Company Profile
Duke University Department of Population Health Sciences
Company Overview
Duke’s interest in population health has been both longstanding and widespread. To focus that interest and create a transdisciplinary setting for research and education, the University’s Board of Trustees approved the Department of Population Health Sciences in the School of Medicine in May 2017. The department’s creation brought together faculty and operational staff in behavioral science, epidemiology, health economics, health services research and policy, and implementation science.
The department includes 52 faculty members, 57 scholars with secondary appointments, and a staff of 97.
The department’s research and teaching draws on deep engagement with the Duke University Health System (Duke Health), which manages more than 90 percent of the healthcare encounters in Durham County, NC; and close collaboration with the Veterans Administration health care system and the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services. The department also oversees many data sets of local, state and national sources.