Research Faculty
Sarah C. Armstrong, MD, Chief
Areas of interest: Healthy lifestyles research (childhood obesity)
Jeffrey P. Baker, MD, PhD
Areas of interest: History of medicine
Debra L. Best, MD
Areas of interest: Community pediatrics, pediatric advocacy, resident education
Richard Chung, MD
Areas of interest: Chronic illnesses in adolescence, health behavior change, health care transitions, positive youth development, treatment adherence, obesity, eating disorders
Brian H. Eichner, MD
Areas of interest: Quality improvement, patient satisfaction
Elizabeth Strachan Erickson, MD
Areas of interest: Early childhood literacy
Gary Maslow, MD
Areas of interest: Mental health and transition of care models
John W. Moses, MD
Areas of interest: Research photography
Aditee Pradhan Narayan, MD
Areas of interest: Medical education, curriculum development, child abuse and neglect, children and youth in foster care, mentorship
Emmanuel B. Walter, MD, MPH
Areas of interest: Vaccine development, vaccine safety, clinical studies related to the control and prevention of infectious diseases
Charlene Wong, MD, MSHP
Areas of interest: Behavior change and health engagement, leveraging principles from behavioral economics, employing youth- and person-centered research methodologies, and informing health policy
Charles Wood, MD
Areas of interest: Identification of factors in early childhood that increase risk for excessive weight gain and obesity
Clinical Research
- Adolescent chronic illness
- Adolescent cardiovascular health
- Clinical Immunization Safety Assessment (CISA) Project
- Vaccine and Treatment Evaluation Unit (VTEU)
- Eating disorders
- Evaluation of screening services
- Evaluation of the impact of quality improvement activities
- Medication adherence
- Obesity prevention and treatment
- Analysis of health disparities
- Quality improvement
- Healthcare transitions
Historical Studies
- History of autism
- History of childhood immunization in the U.S. and Britain
- Origins and history of neonatal intensive care
Clinical Trials
The Primary Care Research Consortium, in the Duke Clinical Research Institute, is a primary care research network in the Duke Health System and surrounding communities.
For more information about pediatric studies in the PCRC, contact:
Emmanuel (Chip) Walter, MD, MPH
Associate Director
919.620.5374
919.471.3820 fax
walte002@mc.duke.edu
For further information about clinical trials currently being conducted in the Division of Primary Care Pediatrics, please visit dukechildrens.org.