Dr. Emily O Brien

Biography

Emily O'Brien is an Associate Professor in the Department of Population Health Sciences and Neurology at Duke University, where she also serves as a Core Faculty Member at the Duke-Margolis Center for Health Policy and Co-Director of the Population Health Sciences at the Duke Clinical Research Institute. Her research focuses on comparative effectiveness, patient-centered outcomes, and pragmatic health systems research, particularly in cardiovascular and pulmonary disease. Dr. O'Brien has extensive experience in methodologies related to Epidemiology, Pragmatic Clinical Trials, and Clinical Decision Sciences. She received her PhD in Epidemiology from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Over her career, she has been principal investigator on numerous projects funded by the FDA, NIH, and PCORI, utilizing diverse data sources such as registries and electronic health records. Dr. O'Brien is an influential educator, teaching Analytic Methods in the PhD program and has co-authored 200 manuscripts in peer-reviewed journals. Additionally, she serves as an associate editor for Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality Outcomes and is involved in leading committees for the American Heart Association.

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