Meredith Stevenson Duncan

Meredith Stevenson Duncan is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Biostatistics at the University of Kentucky's College of Public Health, serving as Director of Graduate Studies for the PhD in Epidemiology and Biostatistics program. She holds a PhD in Epidemiology from Vanderbilt University (2020) and an MA in Biostatistics from Boston University (2013).

Research Focus: Her work centers on cardiovascular health equity, particularly among people of color and LGBTQ+ populations. She aims to integrate social determinants of health and structural racism into cardiovascular risk prediction models to eliminate race-based risk assumptions. Her projects include the NIH-funded Power of Social Determinants of Health initiative and collaborations on health disparities in HIV and veteran populations.

• Teaches courses on grant writing and survival analysis.
• Advises graduate students William Burton Burrows and Kory Heier.

Awards: New Investigator Scholarship (2020), Early Career Investigator Poster Award (2018), Paul Dudley White International Scholar (2018).

Grants & Projects: Leads or co-invests in 15+ grants, including NIH-funded studies on health disparities, cardiovascular risk estimation, and LGBTQ+ veteran health. Notable projects include The Power of Social Determinants of Health (NCA-CTS, 2021–2023) and collaborations with Meharry Medical College on health equity initiatives.

Labs/Teams: Member of the Cancer Prevention and Control Research Program, Center for Health Equity Transformation, and UNITE Research Priority Area at UK.