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# David Toole

Associate Professor of the Practice of Global Health, Theology and Ethics
Duke Global Health Institute
david.toole@duke.edu
Box 90432, Durham, NC 27708
1604 Harris Ct, Helena, MT 59601
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## Overview

David Toole has a joint appointment in the Global Health Institute, the Divinity School, and the Kenan Institute for Ethics. His recent courses include Global Health Systems, Global Health as a Moral Enterprise, Challenges of Living and Ethical Life, and Life, the Universe, and Everything: How to Ask the Right Questions in a World without Answers. His research centers on questions concerning what it means to be human, and on the role of mission hospitals in African health systems.

## Current Appointments & Affiliations

Associate Professor of the Practice of Global Health, Theology and Ethics · 2014 - Present Duke Global Health Institute, University Institutes and Centers
Nannerl O. Keohane Director of the Kenan Institute for Ethics · 2023 - Present Kenan Institute for Ethics, University Institutes and Centers
Associate Professor of the Practice of Global Health, Theology and Ethics · 2019 - Present Kenan Institute for Ethics, University Institutes and Centers
Associate Professor of the Practice of Global Health, Theology and Ethics · 2019 - Present Divinity School
Associate of the Duke Initiative for Science & Society · 2015 - Present Duke Science & Society, Initiatives

## Education, Training & Certifications

Duke University · 1996 Ph.D.