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G-ECON-PHD - Economics - PhD

Degree designation.

Duke University offers a world-class doctoral program in economics, featuring a vibrant faculty of exceptional scholars and teachers along with superior research facilities. The faculty is dedicated to anchoring all teaching and research firmly in the core disciplines of microeconomics, macroeconomics, and econometrics. The first year of the program lays the critical foundation necessary for later work in field courses and dissertation-level research.

Advanced study is offered in economic theory, macroeconomics, applied microeconomics (including industrial organization, labor economics, public economics, and development economics), econometrics, history of political economics, and certain fields outside the Economics Department such as finance. The standard time to completion of the PhD is five to six years.

Students preparing to enter these programs will find an undergraduate background in mathematics, engineering, computer science, statistics, or economics to be very helpful.

For additional information, visit the Economics PhD Program page.

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Master's programs.

Duke Economics is currently ranked as one of the top economics departments in the United States, and we consistently strive for innovation and improvement. Our graduate degree programs reflect this by offering flexibility, a rigorous curriculum, and the opportunity to explore other departments and schools in one of America's top research universities.

We offer four distinct master’s programs, each designed to offer students the quantitative and analytical skills they need in preparation for doctoral programs and careers in economics, finance, and related fields.

Degree Offerings

Our four distinct programs are tailored to meet your professional goals – whether that's applied research in academia, industry, or government; applied research in financial markets; financial analysis; or pursuit of your doctorate. Follow links below to learn more about each program.

Master of Arts in Economics (MAE)

Designed to give students a quantitative approach to economics with the flexibility to tailor the degree to fit their future goals, this program offers comprehensive instruction in a wide range of areas within the discipline, including computational economics, economic analysis, and financial economics.  Learn More

Master of Arts in Analytical Political Economy (MAPE)

A joint master’s program of the Departments of Economics and Political Science, necessitated by a growing interest in political economy among young economists and in economics by young political scientists. Learn More

Master of Science in Economics & Computation (MSEC)

The joint field of economics and computer science has emerged from two converging intellectual needs: Computer science has become increasingly important for economists working with big data to address complex questions. Students interested in learning about computational mechanism design with applications to economics are ideal candidates for this program.  Learn More

Master of Science in Quantitative Financial Economics (MQFE)

Designed for students who are seeking the greater depth and rigor that are increasingly required by advanced academic programs, as well as in the private sector, this program is unique in offering advanced courses in volatility modeling, analysis of high-frequency data, and continuous time finance. Learn More

3 Reasons Why You Should Enroll in Our Master's Program

#1 – rigorous quantitative coursework.

Our programs take a highly quantitative approach to economic theory, which helps to provide advanced analytical skills necessary for future economics-related jobs in academia, research, and the public and private sectors. 

#2 – Flexibility with an Interdisciplinary Approach

Our students can customize their curriculum based on their own academic backgrounds and research interests. They can take courses in other departments and schools — such as Computer Science, Mathematics, Statistical Science, the Fuqua School of Business, the Law School, and the Nicholas School of the Environment — as well as collaborate with students and faculty across the social sciences.

#3 – Research Opportunities

Duke University is recognized as one of the premier research institutions and routinely ranks in the top of all U.S. universities in research expenditures. There are numerous research opportunities in which our students may engage, both within the Department of Economics as well as at other departments, schools, and on-campus research institutes.

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What Our Former Students Say ...

Ming-yen Ho, MAPE ’21, Ph.D. student, University of California, Berkeley 

“At Duke Econ, I was fortunate to have the opportunity to work with professors that helped me to develop my research interests and practical skills. Their generous recommendations were a crucial factor for my success getting offers from my dream PhD programs.”

Emma Zang, MA '17, Assistant Professor of Sociology, Yale University  

“Duke Economics faculty members are deeply committed to policy-driven research and are open-minded about research in other disciplines. The courses offered in the Economics department were among the best ones I took at Duke. Through these courses, I received rigorous econometrics training and learned how economists discuss demography, family, and health."

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Fuqua's PhD Program in Business Administration (CIP 52.1399, STEM eligible) prepares candidates for research and teaching careers at leading educational institutions and for careers where advanced research and analytical capabilities are needed.

At Fuqua, you'll develop close working relationships with leading scholars in your field in a stimulating and collaborative learning environment. We encourage strong collaborations between students and faculty, both within your academic area and across different areas, in order to foster the groundbreaking interdisciplinary research we're known for.

Academic Experience

Our PhD program focuses on three critical development areas to prepare you for your career:

• Independent inquiry
• Competence in research methodology
• Communication of research results

From the start, you'll be introduced to rigorous coursework and the research activities across our faculty and your PhD student peers.

Our Faculty

In our PhD degree program, you'll work with our world-renowned faculty who are recognized for excellence in both teaching and research, and for their accessibility across degree programs.

Program Requirements

The PhD in Business Administration is a degree of the Graduate School of Duke University and follows the degree requirements set by Duke's Graduate School. In general, the PhD program requires an average of 5 years to complete. After you and a faculty member in your academic area determine your specific study program, according to your interests and goals, you'll be required to:

• Gain expertise in your area of special interest through your coursework and independent study
• Complete a preliminary qualifiying exam in this area of study by the third year of residence, or earlier
• Defend your dissertation successfully

How to Apply

If you have any questions about Fuqua's PhD programs, please contact our PhD Program Office +1 919.660.7862 or by email . Applications for the PhD program can be found online on the Duke Graduate School website . The application deadline is December 14.

Admission is based on both merit and on a competitive basis. On average, each academic area matriculates 2-3 students each year. The acceptance rate ranges between 2% and 8% across the areas.

Recent PhD Placements

Oliver Binz  - Accounting

• The Information Content of Corporate Earnings: Evidence from the Securities Exchange Act of 1934   Journal of Accounting Research, 2022
• Firms’ Response to Macroeconomic Estimation Errors Journal of Accounting and Economics, 2022
• Managerial Response to Macroeconomic Uncertainty: Implications for Firm Profitability The Accounting Review, 2022

Gregory Burke  - Accounting

• SEC Rule 14a-8 Shareholder Proposals: No-Action Requests, Determinants, and the Role of SEC Staff   Journal of Accounting and Public Policy, 2023

Matt Kubic  - Accounting

• Regulator Continuity and Decision-Making Quality: Evidence from SEC Comment Letters The Accounting Review, forthcoming
• State Sponsors of Terrorism Disclosure and SEC Financial Reporting Oversight Journal of Accounting and Economics, 2021
• Examining the Examiners: SEC Error Detection Rates and Human Capital Allocation The Accounting Review, 2021
• Time to Get It Right: An Examination of Post-Acquisition Fair Value Adjustments Journal of Financial Reporting, 2021

Chen Chen  - Decision Sciences

• Dynamic Pricing of Relocating Resources in Large Networks Management Science, 2021

Mingliu Chen  - Decision Sciences

• Optimal Monitoring Schedule in Dynamic Contracts Operations Research, 2020

Yan Chen  - Decision Sciences

• Society of Agents: Regret Bounds of Concurrent Thompson Sampling NeurIPS 2022, accepted

Huseyin Gurkan  - Decision Sciences

• Informing the Public About a Pandemic Management Science, 2021
• Contracting, Pricing, and Data Collection Under the AI Flywheel Effect Management Science, 2022
• Multistage Intermediation in Display Advertising Manufacturing & Service Operations Management, 2020

Cagin Uru  - Decision Sciences

• Sequential Search with Acquisition Uncertainty Management Science, forthcoming
• Sequential Search with Acquisition Uncertainty By David B. Brown and Cagin Uru Management Science

Sophie Yu  - Decision Sciences

• Testing Correlation of Unlabeled Random Graphs Annals of Applied Probability, forthcoming
• Testing Network Correlation Efficiently via Counting Trees Annals of Statistics, accepted
• Settling the Sharp Reconstruction Thresholds of Random Graph Matching IEEE Transactions on Information Theory, 2022

Jingwei Zhang  - Decision Sciences

• On the Strength of Relaxations of Weakly Coupled Stochastic Dynamic Programs Operations Research, forthcoming
• Dynamic Programs with Shared Resources and Signals: Dynamic Fluid Policies and Asymptotic Optimality Operations Research, forthcoming

Hanjing Zhu - Decision Sciences

• One-Pass SGD in Over-Parametrized Two-Layer Neural Network AISTATS, 2021

Rafael Alves  - Finance

• Forecasting Large Realized Covariance Matrices: The Benefits of Factor Models and Shrinkage Research Policy, 2022

John Barry  - Finance

• Corporate Flexibility in a Time of Crisis Journal of Financial Economics, 2022

Hao Pang  - Finance

• Common shocks in stocks and bonds Journal of Financial Economics, 2022
• Contagion in a network of heterogeneous banks Journal of Banking and Finance, 2021

Danbee Chon  - Management & Organizations

• Disentangling the Process and Content of Self-Awareness: a Review, Critical Assessment, and Synthesis Academy of Management Annals, 2021

Sean Fath  - Management & Organizations

• Encouraging Self-Blinding in Hiring Behavioral Science and Policy, forthcoming
• How Reflecting on Experiences of Disadvantage Can Lead White Men to Perceive Racial Privilege Harvard Business Review, forthcoming
• Blinding Curiosity: Exploring Preferences for “Blinding” One’s Own Judgment Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, 2022
• Self-Views of Disadvantage and Success Impact Perceptions of Privilege Among White Men Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, 2022
• Why Putting on Blinders Can Help Us See More Clearly MIT Sloan Management Review, 2021
• The Highs and Lows of Hierarchy in Multiteam Systems Academy of Management Journal, 2021
• Signaling Creative Genius: How Perceived Social Connectedness Influences Judgments of Creative Potential Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 2021

Carman W Fowler  - Management & Organizations

• Seen and Not Seen: How People Judge Ambiguous Behavior During the COVID-19 Pandemic Journal of Risk and Uncertainty, 2022

Anyi Ma  - Management & Organizations

• On the Mutual Constitution of Person and Culture: Examining the Link Between Perceived Control and Cultural Tightness-Looseness Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, forthcoming
• Support for Increasing Low Wage Workers’ Compensation: The Role of Fixed-Growth Mindsets about Intelligence Journal of Experimental Psychology, forthcoming
• Reconciling Female Agentic Advantage and Disadvantage with the CADDIS Measure of Agency Journal of Applied Psychology, 2022
• Exploring Perceptions of Disadvantage and Success as Interwoven Antecedents of White Privilege Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, 2022

Jessica Paek - Management & Organizations

• Congratulations, So Happy for You! Promotion Motivation Predicts Social Support for Positive Events Motivation Science, 2022
• Tying the Value of Goals to Social Class Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 2023
• The Andrew Carnegie Effect: Legacy motives increase the intergenerational allocation of wealth to collective causes Social Psychological and Personality Science, forthcoming

Rebecca Ponce de Leon  - Management & Organizations

• “Invisible” Discrimination: Divergent Outcomes for the Non-Prototypicality of Black Women Academy of Management Journal, 2022
• “They’re Everywhere!”: Symbolically Threatening Groups Seem More Pervasive than Non-Threatening Groups Psychological Science, 2022
• Double Jeopardy or Intersectional Invisibility? Reconciling (Seemingly) Opposing Perspectives Research on Social Issues in Management: The Future of Scholarship on Race in Organizations, forthcoming
• Ironic Egalitarianism: When Hierarchy-Attenuating Motives Increase Hierarchy-Enhancing Beliefs Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, 2021

Sara Wingrove  - Management & Organizations

• Interpersonal Consequences of Conveying Goal Ambition Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, forthcoming
• Scientific Skepticism and Inequality: Political and Ideological Roots Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 2020

Rodrigo Dias  - Marketing

• Spending and Happiness: The Role of Perceived Financial Constraints Journal of Consumer Research, 2022
• Aha over Haha: Brands Benefit More from Being Clever than from Being Funny Journal of Consumer Psychology, 2022

Holly Howe  - Marketing

• Aha vs. Haha: Brand Benefit More from Being Clever than from Being Funny Journal of Consumer Psychology, 2022
• Open Science Online Grocery: A Tool for Studying Choice Context and Food Choice Journal of the Association of Consumer Research, 2022
• Being There without Being There: Gifts Compensate for Lack of In-Person Support Psychology and Marketing, 2022
• Therapeutic Cannabis Use in Kidney Disease: A Survey of Canadian Nephrologists Kidney Medicine, 2022
• Associations Between Resistance Training Motivation, Behaviour and Strength International Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology, 2021
• Body Image and Voluntary Gaze Behaviors Towards Physique-Salient Images International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2021
• The Shifting Perspectives Study Protocol: Cognitive Remediation Therapy as an Adjunctive Treatment to Family Based Treatment for Adolescents with Anorexia Nervosa Contemporary Clinical Trials, 2021
• Anger Damns the Innocent: The Paradox of Anger in False Accusations of Wrongdoing Psychological Science, 2021

Nah Lee  - Marketing

• Vertical versus Horizontal Variance in Online Reviews and Their Impact on Demand Journal of Marketing Research, accepted

Demilade Oba  - Marketing

• How communication mediums shape the message Journal of Consumer Psychology, 2023

Siddharth Prusty  - Marketing

• Robust Importance Weighting for Covariate Shift Proceedings of the Twenty Third International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Statistics, 2020

Jacqueline Rifkin  - Marketing

• Penny for Your Preferences: Leveraging Self-Expression to Encourage Small Prosocial Gifts Journal of Marketing, 2020
• How Nonconsumption Can Turn Ordinary Items into Perceived Treasures Journal of the Association for Consumer Research, 2021

Kelley Gullo Wight  - Marketing

• Social Relationships and Consumer Behavior  APA Handbook of Consumer Psychology, 2022
• Secret Consumer Behaviors in Close Relationships Journal of Consumer Psychology, forthcoming

Lingrui Zhou  - Marketing

• Befriending the Enemy: The Effects of Observing Brand-to-Brand Praise on Consumer Evaluations and Choices Journal of Marketing, 2022
• Better to Decide Together: Shared Consumer Decision Making, Power, and Relationship Satisfaction Journal of Consumer Psychology, 2021

Yuan-Mao Kao  - Operations Management

• Impact of Information Asymmetry and Limited Production Capacity on Business Interruption Insurance Management Science, 2022

Yuexing Li  - Operations Management

• Data-driven Dynamic Pricing and Ordering with Perishable Inventory in a Changing Environment Management Science, 2022

Chen-An Lin  - Operations Management

• Wait Time–Based Pricing for Queues with Customer-Chosen Service Times Management Science, 2022

Ali Kaan Tuna  - Operations Management

• Sustainability Implications of Supply Chain Responsiveness Research Policy, 2022

Divya Sebastian  - Strategy

• Invention value, inventive capability and the large firm advantage By Ashish Arora, Wesley M Cohen, and Honggi Lee Research Policy, 2023

Lia Sheer  - Strategy

• Sitting on the Fence: Integrating the Two Worlds of Scientific Discovery and Invention within the Firm Research Policy, 2022
• Knowledge Spillovers and Corporate Investment in Scientific Research American Economic Review, 2021
•  Matching Patents to Compustat Firms, 1980-2015: Dynamic Reassignment, Name Changes, and Ownership Structures Research Policy, 2021
• FARS Midyear Meeting Outstanding Reviewer Award 2022
• EAR Conference Best Discussant Award 2021

Matthew Kubic  - Accounting

• The Fuqua School of Business' Best Dissertation Award 2019-2020

Ayoub Amil  - Decision Sciences

• RMP Jeff McGill Student Paper Prize (2022), Finalist  - Multi-Item Order Fulfillment Revisited: LP Formulation and Prophet Inequality
• INFORMS M&SOM Student Paper Award (2023), Second Place
• The Fuqua School of Business' Best Dissertation Award 2022-2023
• INFORMS 2022, George Nicholson Student Paper Competition, Finalist

Taha Ahsin  - Finance

• MFA Doctoral Symposium (2022), Finalist
• SFA Doctoral Student Paper Runners-Up Award (2022)

Jing Huang  - Finance

• European Finance Association Best Conference Paper Prize 2021 for  Open Banking: Credit Market Competition when Borrowers Own the Data
• Western Finance Association Best Paper in FinTech 2022, for "Fintech Expansion"

YoungJun Song  - Finance

• Most Influential Faculty Award
• Selected for AOM Best Paper Proceedings (top 10% of accepted papers)
• Lepage Equity, Diversity, Inclusion Faculty Award
• Alvah H. Chapman Jr. Outstanding Dissertation Award 2020

Jessica Paek  - Management & Organizations

• Lim Kim San Fellowship at Singapore Management University 2022
• Kenan Institute for Ethics Graduate Fellowship 2021–2022
• Best Theoretical/Empirical Paper Award, Academy of Management Meeting, Conflict Management Division 2021
• Advanced Consortium on Cooperation, Conflict, and Complexity Graduate Student Scholarship 2021
• The Fuqua School of Business' Best Dissertation Award 2021-2022
• University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee Advancing Research and Creativity Grant 2022
• Winner, INFORMS/Organization Science Dissertation Proposal Competition 2021

Jessica Reif  - Management & Organizations

• Teaching on Purpose Fellowship, Kenan Institute for Ethics (2024)
• Best Student Poster Award, Honorable Mention - Society for Judgment and Decision Making (2022)
• AMA CBSig Rising Star Award (2023)
• AMA Sheth Doctoral Consortium Fellow
• AMA CBSig Rising Star Award
• AMA Mathew Joseph Emerging Scholar Award
• SCP 2023 Best Competitive Paper Finalist
• Co-Principal Investigator, The Jerome A. Chazen Institute for Global Business Research Grant 2022
• Best Talk Award 2022, Society for Consumer Psychology Conference (Interpersonal Relations & Group Processes Track)
• Early Career Faculty Award 2021, University of Missouri-Kansas City Emeritus College
• AMA Sheth Consortium Fellow 2020
• Society of Consumer Psychology, Best Poster Award - Beyond Persuasion: Developing a Framework of Communication Patterns in Joint Decision-Making

Chenghuai Li  - Operations Management

• Winner, Best Paper Competition 2022, Digital Supply Chain and Supplier Diversity Conference
• INFORMS Data Mining Best Paper Competition, Winner 2020 - Data-driven Clustering and Feature-based Retail Electricity Pricing with Smart Meters
• College of Sustainable Operations Student Paper Award, Honorable Mention 2021 - Wait Time Based Pricing for Queues with Customer-Chosen Service Times
• Recipient of the Duke India Initiative Grant ($2020)
• Duke Graduate School Bass Instructional Fellow
• The Fuqua School of Business' Best Dissertation Award 2020-2021

What areas of study do you offer?

We have study concentrations in the following areas: Accounting, Decision Sciences, Finance, Marketing, Management and Organizations, Operations Management and Strategy.

Could you evaluate my chances of admissions to the program?

Please be advised, we cannot offer assessment of candidacy to applicants or provide feedback to re-applicants. The admission decision is made by faculty in each area and awarded on a competitive basis, after evaluating all applications. We encourage all interested candidates to apply.

Do you have online or part time options for your degree program?

No, online or part time options are not available for our doctoral program.

Do you have to be in residence during the program?

Students are required to be in residence during their coursework (2-3 years) and are highly encouraged to remain in residence for the remainder of the program. On average, students complete the program in 5 years.

I have a graduate degree. Could I be exempt from the GRE/GMAT test requirement?

The GMAT or GRE is required for admission to the Business Administration Program. The GMAT or GRE cannot be waived under any circumstance.

Is there a minimum score for GMAT or GRE?

There is no minimum score requirement, although successful applicants tend to have competitive scores.

If I have an MBA degree, will that make a difference?

Some students have an MBA or another master's degree before entering the program. However, an MBA or another master's degree is not required for admissions.

Is work experience required?

No, it is not required.

Are interviews required as part of the admissions process?

No, they are not required, although some areas may choose to conduct preliminary interviews prior to final admission decisions.

How many recommendation letters are required?

Three recommendation letters are required.

What financial assistance is available for doctoral students?

Fuqua offers fellowships to all doctoral students, including international students. This fellowship pays for tuition, a competitive stipend for living expenses, and single person health fees. The fellowship is renewable for up to five years of doctoral education, conditional on good academic standing in the program. Additional funding in the form of research and teaching assistantships is also available to PhD students. For information about financial aid, please see  https://gradschool.duke.edu/financial-support .

Your admission to the PhD program will include stipends, tuition and registration, and health fees for up to ten semesters, provided you are making satisfactory progress in the program.  Other forms of financial assistance include:

• Desktop computer
• Support for approved academic travel
• Assistance in seeking funding from the Graduate School and outside sources

Teaching and research assistantships are available for supplementary funding.  For additional information about financial aid, please see  https://gradschool.duke.edu/financial-support .

Can I visit the Fuqua School of Business?

The PhD office is unable to offer school tours or individual meetings with Fuqua faculty before the pre-admit season begins. Contacting faculty prior to application submission is not necessary. Due to the volume of inquiries, faculty members regret that they are unable to respond to all inquiries. Prospective students are encouraged to learn about  faculty research .

Do you have a resource guide for Duke and the greater Durham area?

Duke Graduate School and the Emerging Leaders Institute  have surveyed current students and created  The Professional's Guide to Duke and Durham  to answer common questions for incoming students.

Duke's Graduate School

The answers to the following frequently asked questions can be found at the  Duke's Graduate School  general webpage:

• How do I apply to the PhD Program?
• Do I need to provide TOEFLs or IELTS scores?
• What is the minimum ESL-related score?
• If I have an admissions question, who do I contact?
• How much is the application fee?
• Are official documents required during the application review process?
• My transcript is not in English, do I need to provide a translation?
• What if I retake the GRE or GMAT, which score is considered?
• How can I check the status of my application?

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Accounting * Decision Sciences * Finance * Management and Organizations * Marketing * Operations Management * Strategy

PhD Program in Business Administration

Duke university’s fuqua school of business.

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Fields of Study

Get a solid foundation in the tools of accounting research.

Decision Sciences

Help organizations make better decisions.

Push the frontiers of research in financial economics.

Management and Organizations

Understand organizations from multiple perspectives.

Among the most published and cited marketing faculties in the world.

Operations Management

Think conceptually, carefully and creatively about operations issues.

Innovation, entrepreneurship, organizations, and business and public policy.

PhD Program

Duke's Fuqua School of Business

Fuqua’s Finance PhD program is rigorous, technical, and specifically designed for students who aspire to become faculty members at leading universities and to contribute to the research in the field at these institutions. The program provides you with the tools and techniques to push the frontiers of research in financial economics.

A unique aspect of the Fuqua Finance program is how closely our faculty work with you from the very start. The Finance team is a small group, only admitting 3 to 4 students each year, which enables ongoing faculty input for each student. Those who complete the program will receive a PhD in Business Administration with a Finance focus.

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  * - Projected rates for tuition, fees, and stipends are tentative and subject to change.

** - For longer term projections, the tuition remission rate can be assumed to increase 0.7% per year.

*** - Teaching assistant and grader rates are established by the Trinity College of Arts and Sciences.

The Department of Population Health Sciences develops critically-thinking, creative, and collaborative research scientists that are passionate about improving healthcare for all. The doctoral program equips students with the knowledge and tools they will need to research and work alongside health systems, government agencies, non-profits, industry, and others pursuing improved health of populations.

Admission Deadlines

Application Deadline : The application for 2023-2024 admissions  to the Population Health Sciences PhD program has opened, and will close on November 30, 2023.

Successful applicants will find a close fit with a departmental  faculty  advisor who shares their research interests. The DPHS Education leadership team identifies potential matches early in the admissions process, so those offered admission to the program can be assured of a strong match with a faculty advisor. 

Also, please note that the  online degree application requires you to identify potential mentors from our department. You will have an opportunity to contact these potential mentors after you hear whether you have been accepted to the doctoral degree program.  

Some guidance on how to identify those faculty members. 

• What excites you in your research field? 
• What is a productive area that fits your values and your career plans? 
• Who is engaged in research that is complementary to your interests?

About the PhD in Population Health Sciences

The Duke PopHealth PhD program prepares researchers to formulate important research questions, design studies to answer them, organize resources to carry out relevant studies, and analyze the results to contribute scientific and policy insights. Our coursework, experiential learning, and professional development help prepare PhD students to be leaders in the population health field.

Our faculty are world-renowned for their expertise and strengths in the following areas:

• Health Measurement. Learn more
• Implementation Science. Learn more
• Health Policy
• Health Services Research
• Health Economics

Why Choose Duke for a PhD in Population Health Sciences?

The department, which is part of the Duke University School of Medicine, offers Ph.D. candidates a unique and rich setting in which to acquire that foundation and then use it to complete their studies and dissertation research. Ph.D. students can:

Access Duke's  PopHealth DataShare , which provides access and consultation to large data sets from federal and state government sources as well as a private insurer

Tap into Duke PopHealth’s partnerships with world-class institutions like  Duke Cancer Institute ,  Duke Clinical Research Institute ,  Duke Global Health Institute , and  Duke-Margolis Center for Health Policy

Connect with Duke PopHealth’s  Center for Health Measurement , the  BASE Lab ,  QualCore , and  INTERACT  (Implementation Science Research Collaborative) – which each offer specialized research support.

Enjoy proximity to Duke Health, which provides most of the health care in Durham County. Students can also connect with the Durham Veterans Administration Medical Center and  ADAPT Center .

Gennetian Named Director of Graduate Studies of PhD Program

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The Sanford School of Public Policy at Duke University is pleased to announce that Lisa Gennetian will serve as director of graduate studies of the PhD program beginning July 1. 

Gennetian joined Duke Sanford as the Pritzker Professor of Early Learning Policy Studies in 2020. Drawing on perspectives from the behavioral sciences, psychology, and child development, her research focuses on the economics of child development, specifically child poverty, parent engagement and decisionmaking, as well as policy and social investment considerations.

Gennetian is a co-PI on the first multi-site multi-year randomized control study of a monthly unconditional cash transfer to low-income mothers of infants in the U.S. called Baby’s First Years. She is also a co-PI of  the National Center for Research on Hispanic Families and Children .

“I’m committed to mentoring, supporting and diversifying the next generation of scholars, and I am delighted to have this opportunity to contribute to Duke Sanford’s PhD program,” Gennetian said.    

“Lisa has a deep understanding of the challenges facing economically vulnerable families and children, and a history of interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary collaboration that is key to generating new insights and policy solutions toward positive change. She also brings valuable expertise from non-academic and academic sectors as a professional scholar. Our students benefit from her teaching, mentoring and scholarship. I am thrilled that she will be leading our PhD program into the future,” said Manoj Mohanan, senior associate dean for faculty affairs at Sanford.

This May, Gennetian received the Tifft Teaching and Mentoring Award from the Sanford School. Named after late Professor Susan Tifft, this award celebrates educators who excel in guiding and nurturing undergraduate students. Students nominated Gennetian for her ability to engage students in economics and applications to real-world social problems.

In addition to her teaching and research accomplishments, Gennetian was also recently highlighted as one of Duke’s “Trailblazers,” a select group of Duke faculty and staff that embody the future of Duke during the Centennial year of 2024.

Gennetian succeeds  Anna Gassman-Pines  as the director of the Sanford Public Policy PhD program. Gassman-Pines served as the Sanford director of graduate studies for the PhD in Public Policy program since July 2023 and will become senior associate dean for faculty affairs at Sanford on July 1.

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The Duke Time Off photo campaign begins today, and Duke staff and faculty are invited to share pictures of 2024 summer fun away from work – near and far – for prizes from the Washington Duke Inn, Duke Lemur Center and Duke University Stores.

To be eligible for prizes, photographs must be taken between today (May 22, 2024) through Aug. 4, 2024, and shared by current University and Health System employees during the same time. The deadline for submissions is 5 p.m. Aug. 5. Winners will be announced on  Working@Duke  in late August.

We welcome pictures of your special moments and off the beaten path adventures that capture your summer reprieve – everything from a backyard barbecue and beach getaway to a long-awaited international trip that highlights the ways staff and faculty use their time off benefit.

How to share your 2024 summer pictures:

• Post and tag a photo on Twitter , Instagram or Facebook with the #DukeTimeOff hashtag and tag Working@Duke in your posts as well.
• In your post, share what you’re doing with your time away from work and why it’s special.
• Remember to include #DukeTimeOff and tag Working@Duke in your post, so we see your snapshots on social media .
• If you’re not on social media or prefer to share your picture another way, go to  hr.duke.edu/DukeTimeOff2024  to upload your pic.

We welcome and encourage frequent submissions (there’s a prize for a shutterbug), but only the first picture in a series of pictures will be entered whenever one submission contains multiple images. Collage photographs and videos are not eligible for prizes.

During the campaign, the Working@Duke editorial team will award Duke-themed merchandise from Duke University Stores .

All eligible pictures taken and shared throughout the course of the campaign – May 22, 2024, through Aug. 4, 2023 – will be in the running for these grand prizes:

• A “Classic Package for Two” ($425 value) at the Washington Duke Inn , which includes a king or double/double room for one night and full breakfast for two in the Vista Room or room service, courtesy of the Washington Duke Inn. Sunday brunch is not eligible.
• A tour of the Duke Lemur Center ’s Natural History Museum for up to five people with museum curator, Dr. Matt Borths. The collection is one of the rarest fossil primate collections in the world. Borths and his team will give the lucky winners a behind the scenes look at the collection and let them try their hand at fossil prep work.

Last year, staff and faculty shared nearly 400photos of adventures close to home and across the globe.

For Paquita Burnette-Thorpe, Wedding Director at Duke University Chapel, vacations usually entail jetting off to somewhere warm. She recently enjoyed the beaches of Jamaica and plans to explore Belize later this year.

But during the summer of 2023, she and her husband, Derrick, decided to find adventure closer to home. They took a week of vacation days in June and visited North Carolina attractions such as Wrightsville Beach and Hanging Rock State Park.

On the couple’s visit to Hanging Rock, they captured a photo at the top of Hanging Rock with the blue sky and rolling green mountain ridges behind them. Burnette-Thorpe shared the image during last year’s Duke Time Off photo contest, where it was selected among the amazing images. The contest highlights the adventures, hobbies and special moments experienced by Duke staff and faculty while using their time off benefit.

“I think one of the best things you can do is practice self-care,” said Burnette-Thorpe, who has worked at Duke for nearly five years. “Taking time off work is a form of self-care. And it’s your time, you’ve earned it. It gives you a chance to refresh, revive yourself and focus on the things that are important to you outside of work.”

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Scientists Develop New Geochemical ‘Fingerprint’ to Trace Contaminants in Fertilizer

DURHAM N.C. – An international team of scientists has uncovered toxic metals in mineral phosphate fertilizers worldwide by using a new tool to identify the spread and impact of such contaminants on soil, water resources, and food supply.

“While mineral phosphate fertilizers are critical to boost global sustainable agriculture and food security, we found high levels of toxic metals in many fertilizers worldwide,” said Avner Vengosh , chair of the Earth and Climate Sciences division at Duke University’s Nicholas School of the Environment. “Our study developed a new method to identify sources and impacts of these metals on the environment.” Those metals included cadmium, uranium, arsenic, vanadium, and chromium.

Use of mineral fertilizer – synthetic or naturally occurring substances with essential nutrients needed for plant growth – has helped boost sustainable crop yields worldwide. But until recently, its contamination with toxic metals has not been systematically evaluated. This new study analyzes global phosphate fertilizers from major phosphate-mining countries.

“We measured strontium isotopes in both phosphate rocks and fertilizers generated from those rocks to show how fertilizers’ isotope ‘fingerprint’ matches their original source,” said Robert Hill , the study’s lead author and a PhD student at Duke University.

Isotopes are variations of an element, in this case strontium. Chemical analysis of each fertilizer shows a unique isotope mix that matches phosphate rocks from where it was sourced.

“Given variations of strontium isotopes in global phosphate rocks, we have established a unique tool to detect fertilizers’ potential impact worldwide,” Hill said.

To learn whether strontium isotopes are a reliable indicator of trace elements in fertilizer worldwide, researchers analyzed 76 phosphate rocks, the main source of phosphate fertilizers, and 40 fertilizers from major phosphate rock-producing regions including the western United States, China, India, North Africa and the Middle East. Researchers collected samples from mines, commercial sources, and Tidewater Research Station, an experimental field in North Carolina. The research team published its findings on May 9, 2024 in Environmental Science & Technology Letters .

Metals found in soil and groundwater come from both naturally occurring and human-made sources.

“Strontium isotopes essentially are a ‘fingerprint’ that can reveal contamination in groundwater and soil worldwide,” said Vengosh. His research team has also used strontium isotopes to trace environmental contamination in landfill leaching, coal mining, coal ash, fracking fluids, and groundwater that is pulled to the surface with oil and natural gas extraction.

“The isotope is a proxy to identify the source of contamination,” Vengosh said. “Without this tool, it is difficult to identify, contain, and remediate contamination linked to fertilizer.”

Fertilizers in the study showed different concentrations of trace elements, with higher levels observed in fertilizers from the U.S. and the Middle East compared to those from China and India. As a result, the researchers conclude that phosphate fertilizers from the U.S. and the Middle East will have a greater impact on soil quality due to their higher concentrations of uranium, cadmium, chromium as compared to fertilizers from China and India, which have higher concentrations of arsenic.

The National Science Foundation funded this study.

CITATION: “Tracing the Environmental Effects of Mineral Fertilizer Application with Trace Elements and Strontium Isotope Variations,” Robert C. Hill, Gordon D. Z. Williams, Zhen Wang, Jun Hu, Tayel El-Hasan, Owen W. Duckworth, Ewald Schnug, Roland Bol, Anjali Singh, and Avner Vengosh. Environmental Science & Technology Letters, May 9, 2024. DOI: 10.1021/acs.estlett.4c00170

Online: https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.estlett.4c00170

Avner Vengosh is available for additional comment:  [email protected]

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At its regular spring meeting earlier this month, the Vanderbilt University Board of Trust elected three new trustees, reelected three trustees to second terms, and thanked several outgoing trustees for their service.  

The board welcomed new trustees David Bronson Ingram, MBA’89, and CJ (Cynthia) Warner, BE’80, who will serve five-year terms beginning July 1. In addition, outgoing Vanderbilt University Alumni Association Board President Anu (Anurag) Pardeshi, BS’00, MS’02, MBA’04, will begin a two-year term as alumni trustee.

“David, CJ and Anu have deep Vanderbilt roots, have demonstrated a long-term commitment to advancing the mission of the university and bring an enormous amount of professional and civic experience to the board,” Board of Trust Chair Bruce Evans said of the new trustees. “We are lucky to have them, and I look forward to working with each of them as we map Vanderbilt’s way forward.”  

The board also reelected Ike (Lawrence) Epstein BA’89, JD’92, Suzanne Perot McGee, BS’86, and Corey Thomas, BE’98, to second five-year terms. Board members voted to elect outgoing board members Shirley Collado, BS’94, Jay Hoag and John Ingram, MBA’86, to positions of trustees emeriti, and recognized alumni trustee Tim Warnock, BA’84, on the completion of his board term.

“Our new and returning trustees continue the long history of steadfast leadership by board members committed to Vanderbilt’s progress,” Chancellor Daniel Diermeier said. “As we embark on some of our most ambitious initiatives and, at the same time, reaffirm values and principles that have served the university well for generations, having a Board of Trust with such deep experience and varied perspectives is an invaluable asset. I thank all of these trustees—new, reelected and outgoing alike—for their service to the university.”  

About the new trustees

David B. Ingram, MBA’89 , is chairman and CEO of DBI Next, a family office platform for investments in real estate and operating companies. He formerly owned Ingram Entertainment Inc., one of the nation’s largest distributors of DVDs and video games. Ingram graduated from Duke University in 1985 and earned an MBA degree from the Vanderbilt University Owen Graduate School of Management in 1989. He held a variety of positions at Ingram Entertainment Inc. before being named president in 1994 and chairman and president in 1996.   

Ingram founded DBI Beverage Inc. in 2002 as a separate company that became the second-largest beer distributor in California, distributing products including Miller, Coors, Corona, Modelo, Pacifico, Guinness and numerous craft beer brands. He was chairman for 17 years before selling the company in 2019.

Ingram chairs the Owen Graduate School of Management Board of Visitors and is also chair of Owen’s Campaign Cabinet for the Dare to Grow campaign. He previously served as general chair for the Owen Shape the Future Campaign Committee (2002–06) and received the Owen Distinguished Alumnus Award in 2011. In June 2020 he was named one of the “Owen Century Partners” in recognition of his contributions toward Since 2008, Ingram has been president of The Golf Club of Tennessee, and he has served as a board member of Pinnacle Financial Partners since 2016. He was formerly chairman of the Montgomery Bell Academy Board of Trustees and a board member of Buy.com, Goldleaf Financial Solutions Inc., Ingram Micro and the Video Software Dealers Association.  

CJ (Cynthia) Warner, BE’80, is a seasoned energy executive with experience in both traditional and renewable energies. She has been driving growth and improvements to deliver energy more safely, reliably and sustainably for more than 40 years. From 2019 through 2022, she was president and CEO of Renewable Energy Group, an international producer of low-carbon, bio-based diesel. She grew the company’s market value approximately threefold prior to its acquisition by Chevron.   

Warner earned a bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering from Vanderbilt and an MBA from Illinois Institute of Technology. She began her career as a chemical engineer at UOP before serving in executive roles for global energy companies including British Petroleum and Sapphire Energy. Prior to REG, she was executive vice president, operations, at Andeavor.

Warner was inducted into the School of Engineering’s Academy of Distinguished Alumni in March 2019. She is a member of the School of Engineering Board of Visitors and has been a VUConnect career adviser since 2011. Warner is actively engaged with the Supporting Women in Engineering Leadership Program at the School of Engineering.  

Warner was named 2020 Businessperson of the Year by Fortune and one of the 100 most creative people in business by Fast Company in 2010. She serves on the board of directors for Chevron and Bloom Energy and is lead independent director for Sempra Energy. She is also a member of the executive committee for the Columbia University advisory board for the Center for Global Energy Policy and serves as Senior Operating Partner for GVP Climate LLP.     

Anu (Anurag) Pardeshi, BS’00, MS’02, MBA’04, was elected to a two-year term as alumni trustee, a position filled by the outgoing president of the alumni association board. He fills the position as current alumni trustee Tim Warnock’s term concludes on June 30.   

Pardeshi has more than 25 years of diverse health care experience, including 10 years in health care investing and 15 years of operating and strategy experience. He is currently a partner at A1A Investment Partners, a health care–focused private credit and equity fund, where he is responsible for value creation within portfolio companies and prospective investments.  

Previously he was a member of the Truist (formerly SunTrust) Middle Market health care team in Nashville, where he originated more than $750 million in financing opportunities in six years. Prior to that, he held executive leadership roles at CapitalOne Healthcare Financial Services, Sheridan (now Envision), DaVita and Healthways (now Tivity).  

Pardeshi earned a bachelor’s degree in economics and computer science and a master’s degree in computer science from Vanderbilt University, as well as an MBA from Owen Graduate School of Management. He has been a board member of the Vanderbilt Alumni Association Board since 2017 and previously served as a member of the Owen Alumni Board.    

Trustees reelected  

The following trustees were reelected to second five-year terms:  

Ike (Lawrence) Epstein , BA’89, JD’92, is senior executive vice president and chief operating officer at Ultimate Fighting Championship, the world’s premier mixed martial arts organization. Before joining UFC, Epstein was partner and president of the Nevada-based law firm Beckley Singleton. He is on the Vanderbilt Law School’s Board of Advisors and serves as a member of the Law School Campaign Cabinet.   

Suzanne Perot McGee, BS’86, is a Dallas-based philanthropic leader and volunteer and actively engaged in the Dallas and Vanderbilt communities. She is a director of the Perot Foundation and Petrus Asset Management. In 2022, McGee and her family established the McGee Applied Research Center for Narrative Studies at Vanderbilt, which promotes media literacy by providing resources to evaluate the objectivity of news coverage, social media, blogs and other narratives.  

Corey Thomas, BE’98, is CEO and chairman of Rapid7, a publicly held company that provides cybersecurity services for a variety of Fortune 500 clients.   

Thomas was appointed to The President’s National Security Telecommunications Advisory Council in 2023 and serves as chair of the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston. He is vice chair of the Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce and a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.

In other board action, the board approved a voluntary one-year pause of Somto Okoye’s term as Young Alumni Leader. She will resume service as of July 1, 2025.    

New trustees emeriti  

The following trustees were elected to emeritus or emerita status:  

Shirley Collado, BS’94, is president and chief executive officer of College Track, the most comprehensive college completion program in the country dedicated to democratizing potential among first-generation college students from underserved communities. She earned a Ph.D. from Duke University and went on to serve as ninth president of Ithaca College. She was the first person of color to serve in that role and the first Dominican American in the U.S. to serve as president of a four-year institution. Upon the conclusion of her tenure as president, the board of trustees conferred upon her the title of president emerita. She is a board member of ACT, Excelencia in Education, Kids First Chicago and StarRez, and a founding member of Presidents’ Alliance on Higher Education and Immigration. She also is a senior fellow at the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching.

Elected to the Vanderbilt Board of Trust in 2014, Collado served as secretary to the board from 2015 to 2018 and was the first woman of color trustee to serve as a board officer and the first Latinx person to serve as a term trustee. She has served on various standing and ad hoc committees of the board during her tenure, including the Executive Committee, the 2019 chancellor search committee, the Governance and Board Affairs Committee and the Audit Committee. Additionally, she served as a member of the Ad Hoc EDI Committee and as chair of the Academic and Student Affairs Committee and as a member of the same on the renamed Human and Organizational Development Committee. She also served as chair of the Ad Hoc Committee that recommended the renaming of Memorial Hall.  

Jay Hoag co-founded TCV, a leading provider of growth capital to technology companies. In addition to his investment activities, Hoag is a member of TCV’s Executive Committee, which oversees general management of the firm and its funds. Previously he was a managing director at Chancellor Capital Management. He has been recognized numerous times by the Forbes Midas List as one of the industry’s top technology investors. Hoag serves on the boards of Netflix, TripAdvisor and Zillow and was recently named chair of Peloton’s board of directors.  

Elected to the Vanderbilt Board of Trust in 2014, Hoag served as a member of the Audit Committee, the Student Affairs Committee, and the Athletics Committee. He served as both a member and as vice chairman of the Compensation Committee and served eight years on the Investment Committee—three as vice chairman and five as a member.   

John Ingram, MBA’86, is the chairman of Ingram Industries Inc., as well as Ingram Content Group, a division which focuses on physical and digital content services in the book industry. He is a founding benefactor along with his wife Stephanie Ingram, BA’86, of the Currey Ingram Academy, and he has served numerous other national and local nonprofits including the National Center for Learning Disabilities, the Nashville Entrepreneur Center, The Harpeth Hall School, and Montgomery Bell Academy. An avid sports enthusiast, he was the lead investor behind the successful effort to bring a Major League Soccer team to Nashville. In 2022, Ingram established the Ingram Center for Student-Athlete Success, the mission of which is to equip Vanderbilt student-athletes with resources to maximize their potential for unmatched postgraduate preparation.

Ingram served a total of 20 years on the Board of Trust, first from 2003 to 2013 and again from 2014 to present. During his tenure, he served on the Athletics Committee for 19 years: nine as committee chair, three as vice chair and seven as a member. He served on the 2007 chancellor search committee and on the Medical Center Affairs Committee for six years. Additionally, he served on the Audit Committee, the Compensation Committee, the Executive Committee, and the Governance and Board Affairs Committee. He currently serves as a Vanderbilt Director on the Vanderbilt University Medical Center Board.  

In addition to electing the trustees emeriti, the board recognized Tim Warnock, BA’84, on the completion of his two-year term as alumni trustee. He is a past president of the Vanderbilt Alumni Association Board and has been deeply involved in university life for decades. He continues his law practice in the Nashville office of Loeb & Loeb, where he focuses on commercial and intellectual property litigation in federal and state courts.

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