Directory

Dr. Adcock received her undergraduate degree in psychology from Emory University and her MD and PhD in neurobiology from Yale University. She completed her psychiatry residency training at Langley Porter Psychiatric Institute at UC-San Francisco and did neurosciences research as a postdoctoral fellow at UC-SF, the San Francisco VA Medical Center, and Stanford before joining the Duke faculty in 2007. Her work has been funded by NIDA, NIMH, NSF and Alfred P.

Bryan Batch, MD, joined Duke CTSI in 2023 as faculty director of the Duke-NCCU Bridge Office. In this role, Dr. Batch works closely with Duke and North Carolina Central University leadership to create opportunities for multidisciplinary collaborations and ensure that faculty, investigators, and trainees at all career levels have access to core resources and services to do innovative research.

A native of Kannapolis, Ms. Lentz joined Duke CTSI in June 2021 as a clinical research coordinator. She was the lead coordinator for the Project Baseline Health Study at the CTSI's Duke Kannapolis office.

Kenisha Bethea joined Duke CTSI in June 2017. She focuses on projects related to improving population health through community engagement with Duke and the Durham community to foster understanding and trust to ensure all members of the community are served.

Nrupen Bhavsar is a quantitative epidemiologist with methodological expertise in the design and analysis of observational studies that leverage data from cohort studies, registries, and the electronic health record (EHR). His background, training, and research is in the measurement and characterization of biomarkers, risk factors and treatment outcomes for chronic disease using real-world datasets.

Anita Brantley brings to CTSI Accelerator many years of experience in clinical research study management in both industry and NIH trials with an emphasis on study startup, contract and budget negotiation, regulatory oversight; as well as operational and personnel management.