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Daphne Lancaster works with projects that connect community, Duke researchers and community partners to identify and strive toward solving community health issues through research and innovation. Daphne began her career with Duke in January of 2017. 

A native of Kannapolis, NC, Ms. Lentz joined Duke CTSI in June 2021 as a clinical research coordinator. She is the lead coordinator for the Project Baseline Health Study at the CTSI's Duke Kannapolis office.

Mr. Lewis first joined CTSI in 2013 as an intern while earning his degree in Recombinant DNA Technologies and Bioengineering. He became a full-time clinical trials assistant in March 2014.

He currently serves as a Senior Clinical Research Specialist with effort on several studies, including the MURDOCK Cabarrus County COVID-19 Prevalence and Immunity (C3PI) Study; a partnership with the N.C. Department of Health and Human Services to understand COVID-19 prevalence and immunity in the community and to monitor the disease over time.

• Pediatric hypertension and hyperlipidemia
• Clinical trials in children with heart disease
• Thrombosis in patients with congenital heart disease
• Enzyme replacement in Pompe disease
• Infective endocarditis

Wan Lan Liang, RN, BSN, MSN, CCRC joined the CTSI in November 2022 as a Research Practice Manager (RPM) for the CTSI Clinical Research Unit. Wan Lan is based in the Duke Early Phase Research Unit (DEPRU).

Sierra is a native of Fayetteville, North Carolina, and joined CTSI as a Project Planner for the Recruitment Innovation Center in August 2021. She provides recruitment and retention support for clinical research across Duke Health.

Prior to joining Duke, Sierra worked as an HIV Outreach Coordinator for Pitt County AIDS Service Organization. She holds an MPH and a certificate in Epidemiology from Benedictine University.

Chris Lindsell, PhD, Professor of Biostatistics & Bioinformatics at Duke, leads the visionary strategic planning, development, and execution of state-of-the-art research for the CTSI and the Duke Clinical Research Institute to achieve its scientific goals.

Mr. Liu is a software developer who grew up in China and moved to the Triangle area in 1997. He received a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science from Hua-zhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China, and has a master’s degree in accounting. He came to the Duke Kannapolis team from the Duke Department of Psychiatry, where he worked over 15 years and contributed to the development of an Electronic Health Record (EHR) software focusing on mental health.

Assistant Professor in Family Medicine and Community Health

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