Michael D. Green (he/him) is a doctoral candidate at the Department of Population Health Sciences at the Duke University School of Medicine. Michael’s broad research interests are in social determinants of health, cardiology, and racial disparities. He currently has a National Institute of Aging Diversity Supplement award on one of his mentor’s (Dr. Matthew E. Dupre) R01 grants, which examines the impact of social determinants of health on risk trajectories for cardiovascular disease, and is assembling a fellowship application with an intended submission in Fall 2023. Michael plans to pursue dissertation research that investigates discrimination in a healthcare setting’s impact on cardiovascular disease risk and outcomes. He plans to establish a research agenda that surrounds unequal treatment in preventative practices for heart disease. He hopes to work at the intersection of academic research, media, and industry, focusing on health communication and interactions within the healthcare system.
Michael received a Bachelor of Arts from Dartmouth College in Anthropology with Honors and minored in Environmental Sciences. At Dartmouth, he was a varsity athlete on the Heavyweight Crew team, a sport that he joined without prior experience during his first year. He was awarded the Global Health Certificate, and the Ernest Everett Just Fellowship supported his research in cardiovascular epidemiology. Michael also interned at the Division of Global Migration and Quarantine at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention during the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. Additionally, he designed and conducted a medical anthropology senior honors thesis project that focused on the lived experience of families who have a child with a severe form of congenital heart disease.