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Meghan serves as the clinical research genetic counselor on the OneDukeGen clinical research study. She received master’s degrees in both Genetic Counseling and Public Health Genetics from the University of Pittsburgh and is a diplomate to the American Board of Genetic Counselors. She has experience in direct patient care, clinical research, genetics lab operations, as well as product development. Meghan is passionate about making genomics accessible and equitable in our community.

Leatrice Martin has been at Duke for 21 years, working for Duke Heart leading the Community Education and Outreach Program. Programs have included Duke Heart’s Compression-only CPR community training initiative Save-A-Life, Triangle Metro Heart Walk, community outreach screenings,  volunteer management, physician community engagement, women and heart support and advocacy, physician engagement and lead our annual National Heart Month campaign for 21 years!

Molly Matlock is a Senior Program Coordinator with Duke CTSI. Molly works primarily with the Duke Scholars in Molecular Medicine (DSMM) program and the Bridging the Gap to Enhance Clinical Research (BIGGER) program. Before joining the Duke community, she worked two decades in non-profit management and arts administration. She holds a bachelor’s degree in Cultural Anthropology and English from College of Charleston and studied Folklife and American Studies at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. 

Co-Director, Integration and Strategic Partnerships Pillar
Co-Director, Evaluation and Strategic Planning
Co-Director, Team Science

Professor in Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

Allison came to Duke University School of Medicine to serve as the director of OPSD in August 2019. She oversees a small but mighty team responsible for providing research funding; career mentorship; education and professional development; and opportunities for integrated research and clinical training; and serving as a central resource for students, trainees, and junior faculty interested in physician-scientist careers.

Ms. McKeel is the director of the Communications Office for the Duke Clinical and Translational Science Institute. She joined the CTSI in 2017 after more than 25 years serving in a variety of leadership roles at Duke. She provides strategic, creative, and pragmatic oversight to current, expanded, and new CTSI programs and CTSA Cores.

In her role as Co-Director of Workforce Development for the Duke Clinical and Translational Science Institute, Amanda endeavors to equip faculty, staff, and trainees at Duke with the knowledge and skills needed to succeed in the realm of health-related science, while also strategizing on how to broaden pathways into this professional domain.

Duke School of Medicine Professor in Neuroscience

My research interests focus on elucidating the cellular and molecular mechanisms underlying epileptogenesis, the process by which a normal brain becomes epileptic.  The epilepsies constitute a group of common, serious neurological disorders, among which temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE) is the most prevalent and devastating.

Scholars@Duke Profile

Debbie Meylor joined the Duke CTSI in February 2012. She supports several cohort studies. Ms. Meylor also brings skills in phlebotomy and sample collection, as well as bilingual abilities allowing her to work both with Spanish-speaking and English-speaking participants.

A native of Puerto Rico, she relocated to New York at an early age. After graduation, she had the opportunity to work as a specimen technician and soon became interested in medicine and helping others. She returned to school, trained in phlebotomy, and then learned about Duke’s work in Kannapolis.