David Boyd
Hymowitz Family Professor of the Practice of Global Health
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David Boyd
Hymowitz Family Professor of the Practice of Global Health
Dr. Boyd is Professor of the Practice of Global Health at the Institute. He is an expert in global health, cross-cultural medicine, and indigenous health issues, and his work has focused primarily in Guatemala, China, and East Africa.
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.
Trained in traditional Chinese medicine at the Pacific Institute of Oriental Medicine in New York, Dr. Boyd also holds a BA from the University of Alabama in Birmingham, a PhD in medieval studies from Yale University and has completed postgraduate clinical training in China.
He has traveled, worked, and researched in over 60 different countries.
Courses
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GLHLTH 499
Global Health Capstone
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GLHLTH 701
Global Health Challenges
Publications
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Sico IP, Hall BJ, Aguilar-González A, Orozco M, Ramirez C, Baumgartner JN, et al. Implementation Analysis of a Perioperative Patient Safety Program in Guatemala. World J Surg. 2020 Jul;44(7):2131–8.
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Tasnim N, Heneine EM, MacDermod CM, Perez ML, Boyd DL. Assessment of Maya women's knowledge, attitudes, and beliefs on sexually transmitted infections in Guatemala: a qualitative pilot study. Bmc Women’S Health. 2020 Mar 21;20(1):58.
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Cai Y, Boyd DL. Effect of a traditional Chinese medicine course for undergraduate nursing students: A pre-/post-test study. Nurse Education Today. 2018 Nov;70:87–93.
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Hoyler E, Martinez R, Mehta K, Nisonoff H, Boyd D. Beyond medical pluralism: characterising health-care delivery of biomedicine and traditional medicine in rural Guatemala. Global Public Health. 2018 Apr;13(4):503–17.
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