Partnerships to Care for Our Patients and Communities During COVID-19

My major area of research is cardiovascular disease prevention. I am particularly interested in improving detection and control of hypertension. Since assessment of blood pressure begins with measurement, my studies often include out-of-office BP measurement techniques including 24-hour ambulatory BP monitoring and home BP monitoring.

I am also interested in obesity prevention, and in another line of research am examining the effectiveness of food labeling policies (such as calorie-labeling) on people's food and physical activity decisions.

As a family physician, I enjoy providing full-scope primary care (acute care, chronic illness care, preventive services) to patients of all ages and from all walks of life.

Dr. Jacqueline Barnett served as a previous Division Chief and Program Director of the Duke PA Program.  She was responsible for leading all aspects of the division and the overall organization, administration, fiscal management, and continuous review and analysis of the PA  program.  Before joining the faculty at Duke, she served as faculty at the George Washington University School of Medicine PA Program, where she received the endowed Morton A. Bender Teaching Award. Her clinical practice experiences include pediatrics, urgent care, family medicine, and infectious disease.

Dr. Barnett is a previous National Health Service Corps Scholar with a strong commitment to the medically underserved and populations that have been marginalized and historically excluded.  Her career focus has been to advocate and engage in efforts to improve educational opportunities, healthcare access,  public health and health outcomes for those most at risk.  

She is a national leader in PA education and has been recognized for her leadership and work locally and nationally. 

Population Health
Community Engagement and Capacity Building
Design and implementation of collaborative disease prevention/health promotion and health care delivery models
Design and implementation of care management models
Design and implementation of educational programs for health care professionals

Health Disparities, Access to Health Care, Women's Health, Latino Health Care, Chronic Disease Management, Socioeconomic Determinants of Health. Population Health.

I have worked at Duke Family Medicine since moving to the area in 2008, initially serving as Medical Director and later as Chief of Family Medicine and Vice Chair of Clinical Services since 2016.   I have gained a great deal of personal satisfaction from being involved in patient care, particularly as my administrative roles have expanded. I continue to follow a panel of patients that I have been caring for for many years, along with a longstanding passion for gynecological procedural work, which I have maintained since completing my residency.

Since 2017, I have also collaborated with the Duke Cancer Center to improve care for cancer survivors, with a focus on patients with genitourinary cancers. That work has continued to expand to cover a broader array of cancer survivors and now occupies a larger piece of my clinical work.  My interest lies in creating networks and systems that can better respond to and manage the complex and long-term needs of the growing population of cancer survivors.  

Dr. Kenyon Michael Railey, MD currently serves as Associate Professor in the Department of Family Medicine & Community Health and the Medical Director of the Physician Assistant Program. Dr. Railey has lectured both locally and nationally on a variety of topics including healthcare disparities, empathy, and fostering supportive environments for faculty, staff and students. He has a particular interest in the integration of culturally responsive care in personal practice and learner curriculum in addition to interprofessional collaboration initiatives.

My work is a reflection of a core value in social justice and a passion to increase health equity. Most of my academic career has been as an educator, serving as a family medicine residency director for 10 years prior to joining Duke. Having started my career in Massachusetts, where universal coverage started in 2007, I have had a focus in primary care transformation and value based care, with special attention to doing so in residency clinics. I’m eager to use my position as Vice Chair for Education and Faculty Development in the Department of Family Medicine and Community Health to coordinate efforts across its five divisions and growing research group to build “learning systems” that adopt continuous improvement culture in all that we do.

Research interests: health equity, team based care, primary care transformation, leadership and improvement science and group based opioid treatment.

My major area of scholarly interest is in the field of Narrative Medicine.  I am particularly interested in exploring how this approach to practice can enhance both the care that clinicians provide to their patients as well as their sense of professional agency and satisfaction.  

As Director of Student Health, I am dedicated to maximizing the health and well-being of every member of the Duke student community through the delivery of professional, patient-centered and innovative health care.

Methods of improving health of communities, including identifying opportunities for improvement; engagement with community groups, practices and agencies; development of innovative strategies; and measurement of outcomes.