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206 Rubenstein Hall, Box 90312
Durham, NC 27708
Box 90312
Durham, NC 27708
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Nathan Adam Boucher
Assistant Research Professor in the Sanford School of Public Policy
Assistant Professor in Medicine
Assistant Professor in Population Health Sciences
Core Faculty Member, Duke-Margolis Center for Health Policy
Education
DrPH, State University of New York, Downstate Medical Center (2015)
M.P.A., Baruch College (2011)
M.S., Northeastern University (2004)
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Bio
I am a Research Health Scientist at Durham VA Health System’s Center of Innovation to Accelerate Discovery and Practice Transformation (ADAPT), Duke University faculty at the Sanford School of Public Policy and the Medical School, Senior Fellow at the Duke Center for the Study of Aging & Human Development as well as Duke-Margolis Center for Health Policy Core Faculty. My research has focused on assessing patients’ and caregivers’ experiences and expectations of health care delivery during advanced illness and near the end of life, using qualitative and mixed methods research. I have extensive experience in clinical medicine, health care administration, health professions education, hospice and palliative care quality improvement, and community-based research. Challenges and opportunities at the intersection of social care and health care inform my research agenda. My collaborations across disciplines at VA and Duke and with community organizations have afforded me deep insights into the lives and challenges of vulnerable community members and family/friend caregivers. I have active research 1) describing caregivers’ social and health needs related to caring for older adults re-entering the community from prison; 2) examining hospice admissions practices and what can be done to reduce inappropriate live discharges; and 3) developing, with a cross-disciplinary team, a “life story book” intervention for families and community members living with dementia. As a VA Research Health Scientist and Career Development Awardee, I am 1) a principal investigator designing a community-based lay navigator program targeting caregivers’ social and practical needs as they engage in their complex roles as caregivers of Veterans with advanced stage illness, and 2) a co-investigator on several VA projects utilizing my qualitative research skills and passions for public policy and stakeholder engagement.
Representative Publications
Older Adults Post-Incarceration: Restructuring Long-term Services and Supports in the Time of COVID-19. J Am Med Dir Assoc (03/2021)
COVID-19: The Time for Collaboration Between Long-Term Services and Supports, Health Care Systems, and Public Health Is Now. The Milbank Quarterly (02/2021)
"He Needed Just About Everything": Caring for Aging Adults Postincarceration. Journal of Applied Gerontology (02/2021)
Cultivating Cultural Competence: How Are Hospice Staff Being Educated to Engage Racially and Ethnically Diverse Patients? Am J Hosp Palliat Care (02/2021)
No Hugs Allowed: Isolation and Inequity in North Carolina Long-term Services and Supports During COVID-19. North Carolina Medical Journal (01/2021)