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In a third round of rapid response funding from the Advancing Health Equity Together Grant program, eight community organizations have received $7,000 awards from Duke to address a range of preventable and treatable chronic diseases.

Affiliate Duke CTSI faculty members Keisha Bentley-Edwards, PhD, and Senthil Selvaraj, MD, have been named to the 2025 Office for Faculty leadership programs at Duke University School of Medicine. 

During the second training offered in 2025 to the Duke research community, the CTSI Center for Equity in Research will host a transformative, virtual workshop focused on the core principles of gender equity in research. The workshop offers a variety of continuing education credit.

The workshop, “Incorporating a Racial Equity Lens through 5Ws Framework in Research,” will be held on Zoom from noon to 1:30 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 23. Keisha Bentley-Edwards, PhD, and Dane Whicker, PhD, co-directors for the CTSI Center for Equity in Research, will lead the training.

Rural populations have been historically underrepresented/excluded from clinical research. However, there is limited data to guide decisions on inclusion of rural populations at the study level. This paper for Clinical and Translational Science, co-authored by members of the Duke CTSI Integrating Special Populations (ISP) team, describes the inclusion of rural populations within our research enterprise using Clinical Research Management System demographic information at a large academic medical center in the Southeast.

Duke Health, along with Duke University School of Medicine and Duke CTSI, announce a third round of Rapid Response funding for the Community Initiative to Advance Health Equity Together Through Education and Outreach Grant Program.

CTSI acknowledges and celebrates Native American Heritage Month. This nationwide observance provides an important opportunity to recognize and honor the rich cultures, histories, and contributions of Tribal Nations, as well as raise awareness about both the historical and current struggles of Indigenous people.

We proudly present the READI Impact Report highlighting the activities and milestones that helped to achieve our vision to improve health and health equity for all.

We encourage you to use this time to deepen your understanding, show appreciation, and continue to foster an inclusive environment at CTSI and beyond where every voice is heard and valued.

In an article in the Charlotte Post, Keisha Bentley-Edwards, PhD, co-director of the CTSI Center for Equity in Research, discusses how the U.S. maternal mortality gap can be traced to slavery-era medical exploitation of enslaved African women.