Duke Forge: Request for Applications
Duke Forge is Duke University's Health Data Sciences Center clinical faculty leadership team who seek to leverage data and expertise at Duke to improve health. The Forge is a practical laboratory where Duke and partners develop prototypes, test them, improve them and try again. Through the alchemy of quantitative science, clinical expertise and data from diverse sources, the center will create breakthroughs in health, systems, behavior, medicine, policy and technology to improve lives.
Duke Forge are currently seeking applications from members of the entire Duke community who have ideas, data, quantitative methods and/or needs that could contribute to actionable approaches in health or healthcare.
Interested applicants should submit a one-page application to THEFORGE@duke.edu by 5pm on Jan. 23, 2018. The application should include:
- The title (stated as a question),
- A list of potential team members,
- A brief description of the health or healthcare problem you seek to address,
- Any currently existing data resources or other resources available to address the question, and
- Any perceived gaps in expertise.
Up to ten applicants will be invited to participate in the first design workshop on Febr. 27, 2018 from 4-7 p.m.; invited applicants unavailable to participate will be triaged to a subsequent design workshop. The design workshop will provide opportunities to engage with health system clinicians, quantitative experts, operations experts and students to refine ideas.
Subsequent to the workshop, Duke Forge will recommend next steps to further advance and refine ideas as applicable. A subset of questions will be selected for further refinement and consideration for inclusion in the portfolio of Forge demonstration projects.