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Kathryn Porter Starr, PhD, RD (she/her/hers)

Associate Professor
Duke University School of Medicine; Durham VA Health Care System
Durham, North Carolina, United States

Dr. Starr is an Associate Professor in the Division of Geriatrics in the Department of Medicine at Duke University School of Medicine and a Research Health Scientist at the Durham VA Medical Center. She is Co-Director of the Center for Aging Clinical Nutrition Laboratory, and her research and professional experience has focused on community dwelling older adults at high risk for chronic health conditions and functional decline. Currently, Dr. Starr is PI and Co-PI for clinical research trials involving nutrition optimization and physical activity in vulnerable populations, and PI for a VA Merit award assessing the impact of perioperative nutrition in older Veterans with cancer participating in the VA Perioperative Optimization of Senior Health Program (POSH). Finally, she serves as a member on the American College of Surgeons’ Geriatric Surgery Verification Committee.

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