Lance Okeke

Assistant Professor.

Nwora Lance Okeke, MD, MPH is an Assistant Professor of Medicine (Infectious Diseases) and Population Health Sciences. Dr. Okeke is an HIV health services researcher and leads an NIH-funded research program using innovative data and implementation science approaches to optimize the HIV care continuum, with over 50 peer-reviewed publications in his field. Dr. Okeke is the Associate Director for Data and Implementation Science at the Duke Center for AIDS Research (CFAR). He also serves as the Vice Chief of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion and developed his Division’s strategy to foster the development of a diverse ID workforce including the HBCU-based Evidence2Practice (E2P) program in 2021. For his work, Dr. Okeke was awarded the national Innovative Leader Award by the HIV Medical Association (HIVMA) in 2023. Dr. Okeke is a 2002 graduate of Xavier University of Louisiana. He also completed his MD at Stanford University in 2007, and holds a Masters’ degree in Epidemiology from the University of North Carolina Gillings School of Public Health.