Core Faculty
Emily O'Brien, PhD
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Degree
PhD, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
I am an epidemiologist and health services researcher at the Duke Clinical Research Institute. My research focuses on comparative effectiveness, patient-centered outcomes, and pragmatic health services research in cardiovascular and pulmonary disease.
Areas of expertise: Epidemiology, Health Services Research, and Clinical Decision Sciences
Rosen M, Fontil V, Faulkner Modrow M, Smith SM, Carton TW, Chamberlain AM, et al. Estimating the Hawthorne Effect in Real-World Blood Pressure Control Trials: An Analysis of the BP Home Trial. J Gen Intern Med. 2026 Sep;41(12):3416–26.
Kalapura C, Mentz RJ, Greene SJ, Hammill BG, Mac Grory B, Li F, et al. Cardiovascular Multimorbidity and Associated Mortality Among Medicare Beneficiaries Dually Eligible for Medicaid. J Am Heart Assoc. 2026 Aug 4;15(15):e042150.
Wong C, Kendrick K, Webb L, Cohen L, McAdams MP, Rubino H, et al. Novel Recruitment, Data Collection, and Safety Reporting Methods in the Era of COVID-19: Design of a Post-Emergency Use Authorization COVID-19 Vaccination Safety-Surveillance Study. In: Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety. 2026.