Three Faculty Members Selected as Provost Faculty Fellows for 2024-25

Program offers introduction to Duke leadership, strategic initiatives

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Professor M. Kate Bundorf and Associate Professors Johann Guilleminot and Benjamin Smallheer have been selected to serve as Provost Faculty Fellows for 2024-25.

is the J. Alexander McMahon Distinguished Professor of Health Policy and Management in the Sanford School of Public Policy, a core faculty member at Duke-Margolis Center for Health Policy and a research associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research. She received her M.B.A. and M.P.H. degrees from the University of California at Berkeley and her Ph.D. in health economics from the Wharton School.聽

Bundorf鈥檚 research, which focuses on health insurance and health care provider markets, has been published in leading economics and health policy journals and has received funding from the U.S. National Institutes of Health, the Agency for Health Care Research and Quality, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, the National Institute for Health Care Management and the Patient Centered Outcomes Research Institute. Her fellowship project will examine how the university can more effectively engage faculty in interdisciplinary research around important social challenges.

is the聽Paul Ruffin Scarborough Associate Professor of Engineering and an associate professor of mechanical engineering and materials science. He聽joined in 2017.

Prior to that, he held a Ma卯tre de Conf茅rences position in the Multiscale Modeling and Simulation Laboratory at Universit茅 Paris-Est in France. He earned an MS and PhD in theoretical mechanics from the University of Lille 1 Science and Technology and his habilitation in mechanics from Universit茅 Paris-Est.

Guilleminot鈥檚 research focuses on uncertainty quantification, computational mechanics and materials science, as well as on topics at the interface between these fields. His project aims to develop and strengthen educational and research exchange programs between Duke and international institutions at the graduate level.

is an associate professor in Duke鈥檚 School of Nursing, where he serves as assistant dean for the Master of Science in Nursing program. He received his bachelor of science in nursing from Florida State University and his master of science and doctor of philosophy in nursing science from Vanderbilt University. He completed a post-masters certificate in family practice nursing from Tennessee State University.

Smallheer鈥檚 research is dedicated to improving the educational experience of nursing students. He is internationally recognized for his use of simulation and alternative teaching strategies that create learning environments that allow students to transition from the role of a bedside nurse to one of an advanced practice provider. His fellowship project will be to conduct a market analysis and needs assessment of national trends in graduate nursing education.