Directory

Carla Kingsbury

Clinical Research Coordinator, Duke Kannapolis

Ms. Kingsbury came to Duke CTSI in July 2014 with a Bachelor of Science degree in human services and psychology from Wingate University. Her previous role was with a healthcare system, where she worked in research specializing in traumatic brain injury. Ms. Kingsbury enjoys working in research because it allows her to meet people in the community and see how the contribution of each individual serves a larger purpose to benefit the community as a whole.

David G. Kirsch, MD, PhD

Co-Director, Office for Physician-Scientist Development

Barbara Levine University Distinguished Professor

My clinical interests are the multi-modality care of patients with bone and soft tissue sarcomas and developing new sarcoma therapies. My laboratory interests include utilizing mouse models of cancer to study cancer and radiation biology in order to develop new cancer therapies in the pre-clinical setting.

Dwight D. Koeberl, MD, PhD

Director, Integration of Special Populations Core

Professor of Pediatrics

The focus of our research has been the development of gene therapy with  adeno-associated virus (AAV) vectors, most recently by genome editing with CRISPR/Cas9. We have developed gene therapy for inherited disorders of metabolism, especially glycogen storage disease (GSD) and phenylketonuria (PKU). 

Walter Kwiatek

Co-Director, Biomedical Informatics and Data Science Pillar

Walter Kwiatek has served in several Duke enterprise-wide IT leaderships and will now focus his expertise on three key Duke Health strategic programs:

Wendy K.K. Lam, PhD

Child Health Project Leader, Special Populations

Dr. Lam provides programmatic, administrative, and operational leadership for the Child Health Core, and coordinates and supports efforts to achieve the goals and aims of the CTSA grant. She serves as a liaison with Duke investigators and staff involved in child health research, as well as other CTSI components and national CTSA consortium workgroups. Dr. Lam is also responsible for facilitating the development and implementation of new proposals and initiatives to support child health clinical and translational research.

Daphne Lancaster

Project Planner I, Community Engaged Research Initiative

Daphne Lancaster works with projects that connect community, Duke researchers and community partners to identify and strive toward solving community health issues through research and innovation. Daphne began her career with Duke in January of 2017. 

Anna Lentz

Clinical Research Coordinator, Duke Kannapolis

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