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Nathan A. Boucher, Associate Research Professor and Director of Undergraduate Studies  

Office Location: 206 Rubenstein Hall, Box 90312, Durham, NC 27708
Office Phone: +1 919 613 9359
Duke Box: 90312
Email Address: nathan.boucher@duke.edu

Areas of Expertise

    Education:
    C., Duke University, School of Medicine, 2020
    DrPH, State University of New York, Downstate Medical Center, 2015
    M.P.A., Baruch College, 2011
    M.S., Northeastern University, 2004

    Teaching (Spring 2024):

    • Pubpol 852.01, Organizational ethics Synopsis
      Sanford 03, F 10:20 AM-12:50 PM

    Recent Publications   (More Publications)

    1. Boucher, NA; Tucker, MC; White, BS; Ear, B; Dubey, M; Byrd, KG; Williams, JW; Gierisch, JM. "Frontline Clinician Appraisement of Research Engagement: "I feel out of touch with research".." J Gen Intern Med (April, 2023): 1-7. [doi]  [abs]
    2. Sperber, NR; Boucher, N; Hughes, JM; Bruening, R; Zullig, LL; Decosimo, K; Tucker, M; Christensen, LA; Allen, KD; Hastings, SN; Van Houtven, CH. "Mandated Caregiver Training in the Veterans Health Administration: Caregiver Inquiry Informs National Dissemination.." The Gerontologist 63.3 (March, 2023): 534-544. [doi]  [abs]
    3. Sperber, N; Delgado, R; Barrett, R; Boucher, N; Christensen, L; McKenna, K; Peacock, K; Shepherd-Banigan, M; Ince, P; Whitaker, C. "Training Health Care Practitioners to Include Family Caregivers With Web-Based Learning Modules.." Perm J 27.1 (March, 2023): 28-35. [doi]  [abs]
    4. Boucher, NA; Dries, E; Franzione, A; Burton-Chase, AM; Morris, D; Sautter, J. "Developing the Future End-of-Life Health Care Workforce: Lessons Learned From a Survey of Advanced Health Professions Students.." The American Journal of Hospice & Palliative Care 39.6 (June, 2022): 613-618. [doi]  [abs]
    5. Boucher, NA; Alkazemi, MH; Tejwani, R; Routh, JC. "Parents of Children With Newly Diagnosed Disorders of Sex Development Identify Major Concerns: A Qualitative Study.." Urology 164 (June, 2022): 218-223. [doi]  [abs]

    Highlight:

    I am a Research Health Scientist at Durham VA Health System’s Center of Innovation to Accelerate Discovery and Practice Transformation (ADAPT) and Duke University faculty at Sanford School of Public Policy, the Medical School, and the Nursing School. I am also a Senior Fellow at the Duke Center for the Study of Aging & Human Development as well as Duke-Margolis Center for Health Policy Core Faculty. I have several leadership roles at Duke. 

    I have extensive experience in clinical medicine (licensed physician assistant in critical care and emergency medicine), health care administration, health professions education, hospice and palliative care quality improvement, and community-based research. Challenges and opportunities at the intersection of social care and health care inform my research agenda. My collaborations across disciplines at VA and Duke and with community organizations have afforded me deep insights into the lives and challenges of community members and family/friend care partners.

    My research has been funded by Veterans Administration, NIH, Centers for Medicare/Medicaid Services, several foundations, and Duke University. Recent research includes 1) describing care partners’ social and health needs related to caring for older adults re-entering the community from prison; 2) designing and testing community health worker programs focused on older adults; 3) characterizing concerns care partners and people living with dementia have regarding the quality of care settings as well as emerging technologies; 4) systems approaches to homelessness among Veterans, and 5) defining and realigning training and employment for NC direct care workers serving in home- and community-based services.

    Let's collaborate: nathan.boucher@duke.edu

    Nathan A. Boucher