Dr. Boyd is Professor of the Practice Emeritus of Global Health at the Institute. An expert in global health, cross-cultural medicine, and indigenous health issues, his work focused primarily in Guatemala, China, and East Africa.  He was the inaugural Hymowitz Family Professor of the Practice at DGHI.

Before joining Duke, Dr. Boyd was the Associate Director of the Center for Medicine, Health, and Society at Vanderbilt University and taught courses in global health, public health, and social medicine. He was also the founding executive director of the Center for Health and Healing at St. Vincent Medical Center in Los Angeles.

He has traveled, worked, and researched in over 60 different countries.