The Duke Center for Community and Population Health Improvement is a multidisciplinary center fostering academic, community, and health system partnerships that will conduct community and population research and implementation programs to improve health in the Southeastern US and to disseminate best practices nationally and internationally. DCCPHI leverages integrated health system and public data sources, as well as robust community engagement, to inform community and population health priorities and to serve as a platform for rigorous clinical studies and program implementation. It contributes to the fulfillment of Duke’s commitment to T3 (translation to practice) and T4 (translation to populations) research that will ultimately improve health care and health. Goals
Foster robust relationships and facilitate knowledge transfer among academic, community, and health system stakeholders
Inform local, regional, and national health policies
Identify targets for community and population health improvement at patient, family, community, and regional levels through clinical, social, geospatial, and other contextual analytic methods
Rigorously study interventions to improve community and population health
Develop novel analytic methods for community and population health research
Train leaders to sustain and extend community and population health improvements
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The Duke Center for Community and Population Health Improvement is seeking faculty interested in Center affiliation and involvement.