The Duke Kannapolis team manages a wide variety of research projects focusing on the exploration, discovery, and validation of biomarkers that will inform a deeper understanding of health and disease.
Contact our team directly by calling 704-273-5456 or emailing transpop@duke.edu.
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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.
Mr. Chavis joined Duke CTSI to work on the Project Baseline Health Study. He is the lead clinical research coordinator for OneDukeGen study visits. Prior to joining CTSI, he worked at the Duke Eye Center for 22 years. As a certified ophthalmic assistant, he held several positions throughout his time at the Eye Center including visual fields technician, lead glaucoma clinic technician, lead ophthalmic ultrasound biometrist, and surgical coordinator. He holds a bachelor's degree in sociology from UNC-Chapel Hill.
As a clinical research coordinator, Arlene David works with the OneDukeGen team. David enrolls study participants for the OneDukeGen study, as well as collects and processes blood samples from research participants. She has been with Duke since 2014, having previously worked at the Duke Regional Hospital Laboratory and the MC3- Carolinas Cord Blood Bank.
Isabella Grezzi, BSN, RN, is a clinical research nurse coordinator with the OneDukeGen study, an initiative within the Center for Precision Health. Before joining CTSI, Isabella was a clinical nurse in the Duke Heart Center and served as cardiac monitoring champion for her unit.
Brooke Heidenfelder, PhD, serves as a research program leader in the Duke Center for Precision Health and for the center’s Duke Kannapolis research site. Her work involves managing clinical research site operations and handling logistics for large-scale genomics research studies, including the OneDukeGen Genomic Sequencing Study and Biorepository (OneDukeGen) at Duke.
Ms. Chahnaz A. Kbaisi is from the South of Lebanon. She works for CTSI as a Research Technician II and works closely with analysts in the data group and project teams in Durham.
Carla Kingsbury
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.
Christopher Lewis
Mr. Lewis first joined CTSI in 2013 as an intern while earning his degree in Recombinant DNA Technologies and Bioengineering. He became a full-time clinical trials assistant in March 2014.
He currently serves as a Senior Clinical Research Specialist with effort on several studies, including the MURDOCK Cabarrus County COVID-19 Prevalence and Immunity (C3PI) Study; a partnership with the N.C. Department of Health and Human Services to understand COVID-19 prevalence and immunity in the community and to monitor the disease over time.
Mr. Liu is a software developer who grew up in China and moved to the Triangle area in 1997. He received a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science from Hua-zhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China, and has a master’s degree in accounting. He came to the Duke Kannapolis team from the Duke Department of Psychiatry, where he worked over 15 years and contributed to the development of an Electronic Health Record (EHR) software focusing on mental health.