Ebony Boulware, MD

Ebony Boulware, M.D., M.P.H., is a Professor of Medicine, Chief of the Division of General Internal Medicine in the Department of Medicine, Vice Dean for Translational Science and Associate Vice Chancellor for Translational Research in the School of Medicine at Duke University. In addition to her role as Chief of the Division of General Internal Medicine in the Department of Medicine at Duke, she is the Director of the Duke Clinical and Translational Science Institute, where she leads the NIH Duke Clinical and Translational Science Award and other education and research programs.

Dr. Boulware is a general internist and a clinical epidemiologist. She has devoted her scholarly career to studying mechanisms to improve quality, equity, and access to health care and to improving health outcomes. Her studies focus on patients and populations with chronic diseases such as chronic kidney disease and hypertension. As part of her work, she investigates the influence of attitudinal, social, and environmental contexts on health and health inequities. Dr. Boulware frequently engages community members, patients, their family members, and other stakeholders to develop and implement relevant and sustainable health and health care interventions. She has maintained an active research portfolio throughout her career, funded by the National Institutes for Health, the Patient Centered Outcomes Research Institute, the Health Resources and Services Administration, the Agency for Health Care Research and Quality, and foundations.