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Co-Director, Integration and Strategic Partnerships Pillar
Co-Director, Evaluation and Strategic Planning
Co-Director, Team Science

Professor in Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

Allison came to Duke University School of Medicine to serve as the director of OPSD in August 2019. She oversees a small but mighty team responsible for providing research funding; career mentorship; education and professional development; and opportunities for integrated research and clinical training; and serving as a central resource for students, trainees, and junior faculty interested in physician-scientist careers.

Ms. McKeel is the director of the Communications Office for the Duke Clinical and Translational Science Institute. She joined the CTSI in 2017 after more than 25 years serving in a variety of leadership roles at Duke. She provides strategic, creative, and pragmatic oversight to current, expanded, and new CTSI programs and CTSA Cores.

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.

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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.

Jon'Nita is a Medical Technologist for the Duke Clinical and Translational Science Institute. She joined CTSI in May 2017 and oversees daily laboratory operations for multiple research studies. Jon’Nita earned a master’s degree in Health Services Administration from Strayer University and a bachelor of science in Biology with a minor in Chemistry from South Carolina State University.

Rebecca is a recent PhD graduate from the Cell Biology and Dermatology Departments at Duke University, where she studied skin development. As a graduate student, she began exploring career paths and took an interest in project management. Becca interned with the Duke Project Management Community of Practice (Duke PMCoP), serving as a Project Coordinator for the Steering Committee.