Directory

Michelle J. Lyn, MBA, MHA

Co-Director, Equity and Learning Health Communities Pillar

Assistant Professor in Family Medicine and Community Health

Interest Areas:

  • Population Health

  • Community Engagement and Capacity Building

  • Design and implementation of collaborative disease prevention/health promotion and health care delivery models

  • Design and implementation of care management models

  • Design and implementation of educational programs for health care professionals

Meghan Mac Neal, MS, CGC, MPH

Clinical Research Genetic Counselor

Meghan serves as the clinical research genetic counselor on the OneDukeGen clinical research study. She received master’s degrees in both Genetic Counseling and Public Health Genetics from the University of Pittsburgh and is a diplomate to the American Board of Genetic Counselors. She has experience in direct patient care, clinical research, genetics lab operations, as well as product development. Meghan is passionate about making genomics accessible and equitable in our community.

Molly Matlock

Senior Program Coordinator, Workforce Development

Molly Matlock is a Senior Program Coordinator with Duke CTSI. Molly works primarily with the Duke Scholars in Molecular Medicine (DSMM) program and the Bridging the Gap to Enhance Clinical Research (BIGGER) program. Before joining the Duke community, she worked two decades in non-profit management and arts administration. She holds a bachelor’s degree in Cultural Anthropology and English from College of Charleston and studied Folklife and American Studies at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. 

F. Joseph McClernon, PhD

Associate Director, Duke Clinical and Translational Science Institute

Joe McClernon, PhD, is a Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Founder/Director of the Center for Addiction Science and Technology (CfAST), and Associate Director of the Duke Clinical and Translational Science Institute (CTSI).

Dr. McClernon earned a PhD in clinical psychology in 2001 from Southern Illinois University-Carbondale and completed a postdoctoral fellowship at Duke in 2002. He served as Director of the Addiction Division in Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences from 2012-2020.

Amanda McMillan, MPH, MA

Co-Director, Workforce Development Pillar

In her role as Co-Director of Workforce Development for the Duke Clinical and Translational Science Institute, Amanda endeavors to equip faculty, staff, and trainees at Duke with the knowledge and skills needed to succeed in the realm of health-related science, while also strategizing on how to broaden pathways into this professional domain.

Duke School of Medicine Professor in Neuroscience

My research interests focus on elucidating the cellular and molecular mechanisms underlying epileptogenesis, the process by which a normal brain becomes epileptic.  The epilepsies constitute a group of common, serious neurological disorders, among which temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE) is the most prevalent and devastating.

Scholars@Duke Profile

Deborah Meylor

Senior Clinical Research Specialist, Duke Kannapolis

Debbie Meylor joined the Duke CTSI in February 2012. She supports several cohort studies. Ms. Meylor also brings skills in phlebotomy and sample collection, as well as bilingual abilities allowing her to work both with Spanish-speaking and English-speaking participants.

A native of Puerto Rico, she relocated to New York at an early age. After graduation, she had the opportunity to work as a specimen technician and soon became interested in medicine and helping others. She returned to school, trained in phlebotomy, and then learned about Duke’s work in Kannapolis.

John Mitchell, PhD

Faculty Director, Community-Partnered Research Network

John Mitchell, PhD, is the faculty director of the Duke CTSI Community-Partnered Research Network (CPRN). In this role, Mitchell collaborates closely with Duke faculty and community organizations to develop, implement, and provide oversight of the CPRN.