Brooke Heidenfelder, PhD
Brooke Heidenfelder serves as a Research Program Leader with Duke Kannapolis. She joined Duke CTSI in July 2013. Her work includes overseeing clinical operations and regulatory affairs for the research team based in Durham, N.C.
Holly Hough, PhD
Holly Hough, PhD, was most recently employed as a Research Program Leader in the Duke Office for Clinical Research (DOCR). She co-developed CRISP, or the Clinical Research Internship Portal, in collaboration with CTSI Workforce Development and previously designed and launched the integrative medicine program for patients at the North Carolina Cancer Hospital.
CTSA, Integrating Special Populations Core
Duke Children's Health and Discovery Initiative
Duke Pediatric Research Scholars
Assistant Professor in Pediatrics
Friederike Jayes , DVM, PhD
Dr. Jayes received her Veterinary Medicine degree in Giessen, Germany and her PhD in Physiology from North Carolina State University in Raleigh. Her research interests have always centered on the physiology and endocrinology of the female reproductive system. Uterine fibroids have a major impact on women’s health, on quality of life and on health cost. The etiology of this disease remains unknown and non-surgical therapies are either short-lived or have significant side effects.
Professor of Medicine, Division of Geriatrics
Senior Fellow in the Center for the Study of Aging and Human Development
Associate Director, CTSA KL2 Education Program
Member of the Duke Cancer Institute
As the product manager for myRESEARCHhome, Derek works with the Duke research community and developers in the Office of Research Informatics to create solutions for researchers and facilitate adoption through outreach. He has been at Duke for 6 years, having worked as a Clinical Research Coordinator and Research Program Leader in Pulmonary Critical Care before stepping into the product manager role.
Derek has a bachelor's degree from Westmont College and an M.Div from Duke.
William Schuyler Jones, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine
Chahnaz A. Kbaisi
Ms. Chahnaz A. Kbaisi is from the South of Lebanon. She works for CTSI as a Research Technician II and works closely with analysts in the data group and project teams in Durham.
Deborah joined the Duke Clinical and Translational Science Institute in March 2022 as the Chief Administrative Officer and Assistant Dean for Translational Science. She brings her knowledge, expertise, and management skills to help lead the Duke CTSI team into the next phase of growth and prosperity.