Brief Bio

George (Trey) Turner serves as interim Lead Faculty for the Clinical Research Management specialty in the MSN Program. He earned a Bachelor's degree in Pharmacy at Auburn University and a Master of Arts in Health Facility Management at Webster University (St. Louis, MO and Denver, CO). Mr. Turner is a U.S. Army veteran. While in the military, he served as director of Pharmacy Services and as a clinical pharmacist at hospitals and medical centers across the United States and in the Far East. He has served as an IRB member at three tertiary care teaching medical centers. At Duke University Medical Center, he served continuously as an IRB member from 2000 to 2009.

Trey Turner has had extensive training and experience in pharmaceutical project management and regulatory affairs. As a senior military officer, he served as Director of the Pharmaceutical Project Management Division at the U.S. Army Medical Material Development Agency and as Chief of the Regulatory Affairs Office for the Department of Defense at the U.S. Army Medical Research and Development Command. Prior to coming to Duke University, Mr. Turner worked as a clinical research scientist and clinical trials manager in the pharmaceutical research industry at Cato Research in Durham, North Carolina.

Academic Program Affiliations

Education

Professional Certifications

Research Interests

Awards and Honors

• 1993 Leadership A ward, South Puget Sound Society of Hospital Pharmacists

• 1993 Legion of Merit, U.S. Army

• 1992 Meritorious Unit Citation, 47 Combat Support Hospital, U.S. Army

• 1992 Army Commendation Medal, Third Oak Leaf Cluster

• 1991 Southwest Asia Medal (3 awards), U.S. Army

• 1988 Army Commendation Medal, Second Oak Leaf Cluster

• 1987 Meritorious Service Medal, First Oak Leaf Cluster

• 1981 Meritorious Service Medal

• 1974 Army Commendation Medal, First Oak Leaf Cluster

• 1972 Army Commendation Medal

Areas of Expertise

• Clinical Research Management
• Pharmacology

Representative Publications

• 2000 -- Dren, A. T., Turner, G. H. The drug development process: Challenges, changes, and careers. Part I. ADVANCE for Nurses. 2000; 2(20); 20-22

• 2000 -- Dren, A. T., Turner, G. H. The drug development process: Challenges, changes, and careers. Part II. ADVANCE for Nurses. 2000; 2(21); 18-28

• 1991 -- Pubmed # 2029003 Turner 3rd, G. H., Lobner, T., Patrick, J. Pharmaceutical services required during setup of an Army combat support hospital. Am J Hosp Pharm. 1991; 48(3); 533-5

Grant Funding (selected)

• Innovation in Nursing Education and Technology,  
  Health Resources and Service Administration (HRSA)
  1D80-HP11272-01-00
  01/2009-12/2011
  Role: Program faculty
  The major goals are to infuse innovative education technologies in three nursing education programs in three universities in North Carolina.

• TIP-NEP Technology Integration Program for Nursing Education and Practice  
  Health Resources and Service Administration (HRSA)
  1U1-KHP07713-01-00
  09/2006-08/2011
  Role: Program faculty
  The major goal is to establish a center of excellence in technology for education and practice.

• Clinical Research Management Program for Nurses  
  Health Resources and Service Administration (HRSA)
  D09-HP07350-02
  07/2006-06/2009
  Role: Program faculty
  The major goal of this project is to develop interactive case scenarios for on-line teaching.