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Duke University's Help Desk is a student initiative that partners with health care organizations to address their patients' unmet social needs through screening patients, referring them to community resources, and troubleshooting barriers to resource connection. Only 20% of a person's health is determined by healthcare, while 80% is determined by a mix of socioeconomic factors, the surrounding environment, and health behaviors, which are encompassed by the social determinants of health (SDOH). The SDOH are officially defined as conditions in which people are born, live, work, and grow. Help Desk aims to educate students about the SDOH, train a workforce of community resource navigators who help patients connect to resources for their social need, and create and share toolkits and training materials that other healthcare organizations and partners can use to replicate the Help Desk model.

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Zishen Li Profile

Zishen Li

Emergency Department Site Coordinator
Govind Gurnani Profile

Govind Gurnani

Treasurer
Anika Mohan Profile

Anika Mohan

Endocrine Site Coordinator
Hart Rodriguez Young Profile

Hart Rodriguez Young

Director of Patient Advocacy
Avari Wang Profile

Avari Wang

Programming Chair
Lindsey Coralie Nguegang Profile

Lindsey Coralie Nguegang

Programming Chair
Neil Nimmagadda Profile

Neil Nimmagadda

Recruitment and Training Chair
Rosie Smolowitz Profile

Rosie Smolowitz

Director of Patient Advocacy
Hannah Auddino Profile

Hannah Auddino

Community Alignment Specialist
Daliya Rizvi Profile

Daliya Rizvi

Health Policy Specialist
John Purakal Profile

John Purakal

Advisor (Faculty/Staff)
Achintya Inumarty Profile

Achintya Inumarty

Recruitment and Training Chair
Anthony Zhao Profile

Anthony Zhao

Lincoln Site Coordinator
Harry Pratt Profile

Harry Pratt

Lincoln Site Coordinator
Ayush Khanna Profile

Ayush Khanna

Communications Coordinator
Sai Gayathri Kurup Profile

Sai Gayathri Kurup

Emergency Department Program Coordinator
Ariana Vaida Profile

Ariana Vaida

Lincoln Community Health Center Program Coordinator
Austin Brown Profile

Austin Brown

Endocrine Program Coordinator

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Durham NC 27708
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