Neha Pagidipati

Neha J. Pagidipati, MD MPH is an Associate Professor of Medicine and cardiometabolic disease prevention specialist at the Duke Clinical Research Institute. She served as the Chief Research Fellow at the DCRI between 2016 and 2017 and has been involved with cardiometabolic disease prevention research since 2011. Prior to coming to Duke, she trained at Brigham and Women’s Hospital for internal medicine residency, and then completed a two-year research fellowship in Global Women’s Health at the Brigham. During that time, she also obtained an MPH from the Harvard School of Public Health and studied cardiovascular disease prevention in women in India. Currently, she directs the Duke Cardiometabolic Prevention Clinic and her research focuses on cardiometabolic disease prevention, with particular emphasis on lifestyle modification, weight management, lipid disorders, hypertension, and diabetes. Her research includes clinical trials, outcomes research, and implementation research with a goal to improve evidence-based care of patients with high cardiovascular disease risk. She serves as the Associate Program Director of the Duke Clinical Research Institute Fellowship.