Prof Lesley H. Curtis is Professor and Chair of the Department of Population Health Sciences in the Duke School of Medicine. A health services researcher by training, she is an expert in the use of healthcare data for health services and clinical outcomes research. She serves as co-PI of the FDA’s Sentinel Innovation Centre and Co-Investigator of the Data Core for the FDA’s Sentinel Initiative to monitor the safety of FDA-regulated medical products. Additionally, Prof Curtis serves as co-Investigator of the coordinating centre for PCORI’s National Clinical Research Network (PCORnet), working with health systems and patient networks to develop a harmonised network infrastructure that leverages health systems and electronic health record data for robust observational and interventional research. She is the co-PI of the NIH Health Care Systems Collaboratory, an NIH Common Fund initiative to strengthen the national capacity for large-scale research studies embedded in health care delivery. 

Prof Curtis received her B.A. in Economics at Washington University, as well as her M.S. in Public Policy Analysis and Ph.D. in Health Services Research and Policy from the University of Rochester. 

Prof Lesley H. Curtis's Session:

• Keynote Address - The Science of Population Health: Transforming Evidence to Impact
  Date: 22 Sep 2023, Friday | Time: 0905 - 0935 | Venue: The NAK Auditorium