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Core Faculty

Lesley Curtis, PhD

Contact

lesley.curtis@duke.edu

Focus Areas
Degree

PhD, University of Rochester

Dr. Curtis is a health services researcher who oversees a portfolio of projects that use observational data to address questions related to clinical and comparative effectiveness, pharmacoepidemiology, health care delivery, and epidemiological trends across a broad array of clinical conditions and clinical care settings. An expert in the use of Medicare claims data for health services and clinical outcomes research, she has led the linkage of Medicare claims with several large clinical registries and epidemiological cohort studies including the Framingham Heart Study and the Cardiovascular Health Study. 

Dr Curtis directs the Center for Pragmatic Health Systems Research at the Duke Clinical Research Institute and leads the Distributed Research Network Operations Center for PCORI’s National Clinical Research Network (PCORnet), working with health systems and patient networks to develop a harmonized data infrastructure for robust observational and interventional research.

Areas of expertise: Health Services Research and Health Policy

From Scholars@Duke

Scholars@Duke Profile
Boucher NA. Family caregiver lived experience matters in home- and community-based services. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 2024 Nov;72(11):3296–8.

Lane SJ, Basrai Z, Yoon C, Scales K, Farnham T, Carson E, et al. Using Collective Impact to Examine Direct Service Worker Training and Credentialing in North Carolina: Recommendations for Change. Journal of applied gerontology : the official journal of the Southern Gerontological Society. 2024 Oct;7334648241292964.

Van Houtven CH, Coffman CJ, Decosimo K, Grubber JM, Dadolf J, Sullivan C, et al. A stepped wedge cluster randomized trial to evaluate the effectiveness of a multisite family caregiver skills training program. Health Serv Res. 2024 Aug 13;