Nathan Boucher

Core Faculty

Nathan Boucher, DrPH

Contact

nathan.boucher@duke.edu

Focus Areas
Degrees

DrPH, State University of New York Downstate Medical Center

MPA, Baruch College

MS, Northeastern University

Nathan is a Research Health Scientist at Durham VA Health Services Research & Development and Senior Fellow at the Duke Center for the Study of Aging & Human Development. Nathan is Associate Professor in the Sanford School of Public Policy and in the School of Medicine (Geriatric Medicine and Population Health Sciences), and Duke-Margolis Institute for Health Policy Core Faculty. His research focuses on assessing patients’ and care partners’ experiences and expectations of health care delivery during advanced illness and near the end of life using qualitative and mixed methods. He has over 25 years of experience in clinical medicine, health care administration, health professions education, hospice and palliative care quality improvement, and community-based research roles. Nathan works on lay navigator interventions targeting care partners’ social and practical needs as they engage in their complex roles as care partners of care recipients with advanced-stage illness. Nathan also conducts research related to US long-term services and supports for older adults and how care partners are integrated and supported in this complex, (non)system of care.

From Scholars@Duke

Scholars@Duke Profile
Harker K, Howard T, Smith B, Pinheiro S, Boucher NA. Community Health Workers in the Veterans Administration: Exploring Opportunities and Barriers to Integration for Rural and Caregiver Populations. Med Care. 2026 Sep 1;64(9):611–22.

Seidenfeld J, Franzosa E, Shepherd-Banigan M, Bowling CB, Boucher NA. Barriers to Research Participation Among Older Rural Veterans: Early Insights to Strengthen Frameworks for Age-Inclusive Research. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2026 Aug 12;

Gierisch JM, Thompson E, Tucker M, Koss L, White B, Boucher NA. Designing Research With a Veteran Research Engagement Panel: Lessons Learned From Eight Years of Partnering. Med Care. 2026 Aug 1;64(8):521–4.