Duke University is committed to interdisciplinary training and research through an expansive network of centers and institutes that bring together a wealth of resources, intellectual leadership and synergy for population sciences. Because DUPRI faculty associates are in the vanguard of interdisciplinary research, it is common that our faculty also hold appointments in a number of University institutes and centers.
Center for Child and Family Policy
The Center for Child and Family Policy (CCFP) is working to solve problems facing children in contemporary society by bringing together scholars from various disciplines with policy makers and practitioners, in an effort to improve the lives of children and families.
Center on Health and Society
The Center on Health & Society (CHS) connects network scholars at Duke and provides various forms of infrastructure support for research on health disparities, including: research symposia; distinguished lecture series; grant support through Dukes Social Science Research Institute; dissemination of information on health disparities research and grants; and a weekly writing and research productivity group for junior faculty postdoctoral scholars.
Claude Pepper Older Americans Independence Center
The Duke Claude D. Pepper Older Americans Independence Center (Duke OAIC) seeks to support research and training that improves the independence of older Americans. The Center’s primary focus is understanding and optimizing reserve and resilience.
Duke Center for Genomic & Computational Biology
The Duke Center for Genomic and Computational Biology (GCB) catalyzes innovative, interdisciplinary research in genomic and computational biology across Duke’s campus. Research faculty come from diverse backgrounds and work collaboratively to solve problems not easily tackled within traditional departments. The Center enables research across campus through its data-generating, analysis and computational shared resources.
Duke Center for the Study of Aging and Human Development
The Center for the Study of Aging and Human Development serves as a resource for the entire Duke University and Medical Center community with a primary interest in geriatrics and the study of aging. Center research focuses on age-related functional decline and dysmobility, genomic, proteonic and metabolic biomarkers of aging, exercise, osteoporosis, Alzheimer’s disease, cancer and aging, viral diseases of aging, depression in later life, caregiver stress, and religion/spirituality and health.
Duke Global Health Institute
The Duke Global Health Institute (DGHI) works to reduce health disparities locally and worldwide. Recognizing that many global health problems stem from economic, social, environmental, political and health care inequalities, DGHI brings together interdisciplinary teams to solve complex health problems and to train the next generation of global health scholars.
Duke Institute for Brain Sciences
The Duke Institute for Brain Sciences (DIBS) advances interdisciplinary research and education that transforms our understanding of brain function and translates into innovative solutions for health and society.
Duke Network Analysis Center
The Duke Network Analysis Center (DNAC) brings together Duke faculty and researchers around the triangle to foster cutting edge network studies. DNAC (1) creates a strong network research community to share and develop ideas, (2) helps facilitate new funded research projects by linking investigators with complementary skills, and (3) provides training and technical analysis support for new network-related research projects.
Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions
The Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions seeks to address some of the world’s most pressing environmental problems through scientifically grounded, rigorous, balanced nonpartisan policy analysis and broad-based dissemination of the Institute’s work.
The Triangle Comparative and Evolutionary Medicine Center
The Triangle Comparative and Evolutionary Medicine Center (TriCEM) is a nonprofit institute exploring the intersection of evolutionary science and medicine. The center is jointly operated by Duke University, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, North Carolina Central University, and North Carolina State University. TriCEM is an incubator that promotes innovative developments in the theory and practice of evolutionary medicine by fostering cross-disciplinary collaborations among Triangle-based scholars, physicians, veterinarians, public health workers, and more.