杜克大学

What 杜克大学 does

Duke University (杜克大学), founded in 1838 and headquartered in Durham, North Carolina, operates the Department of Pediatrics within Duke University School of Medicine. The department functions as an academic medical center delivering pediatric patient care, physician training, and clinical research across 19–20 subspecialty divisions including Cardiology, Oncology, Neurology, Neonatology, Gastroenterology, Infectious Diseases, Pulmonary and Sleep Medicine, Rheumatology, Transplant and Cellular Therapy, and others. Patient care is delivered through Duke Children's Hospital (ranked among the top 50 children's hospitals nationally by U.S. News & World Report and #1 in North Carolina), the McGovern Davison Children's Health Center outpatient facility, and division-specific clinics that accept regional and national referrals.

The department's underlying technology and research infrastructure includes multi-omic data integration platforms with over 4,500 gastrointestinal biopsy samples from 750+ participants; digital histopathology tools; mixed reality surgical visualization for epilepsy surgery; 3D-printed patient-specific heart and rib-cage models via a Stratasys J750 Digital Anatomy printer; a smartphone-based autism screening app; and CMV vaccine immune-marker research. These capabilities are supported by access to the Duke Clinical Research Institute (DCRI), one of the world's leading academic research organizations, and partnerships with NIH, NIAID, NICHD, NCATS, Pfizer, and other sponsors. The department graduated 130+ residents and fellows across subspecialties in 2026 and graduated 18 new primary faculty plus 3 clinical associates in 2021.

As a nonprofit academic institution operating within Duke University Health System, the department's revenue model combines clinical care billings (insurance, Medicaid, and standard medical fee schedules), tuition and program fees from residency and fellowship training, federal and foundation research grants (NIH, NICHD, NCATS, and others), and philanthropic gifts via the Duke Children's giving program. Funding inflows documented in the source data include a $44.9M ACTIV-1 award, a $5.3M PTN2 award, a $300K Hyundai Scholar Hope Award, a $375K Rheumatology Research Foundation award, a $687K Pfizer pediatric COVID-19 vaccine trial award, and $120K-per-year Strong Start physician-scientist awards funded by the Nanaline H. Duke Fund. Pricing is not publicly disclosed; customer segments include pediatric patients and families (high-volume), physician trainees, and research sponsors.

Name

杜克大学

Legal name

Duke University

Website

https://pediatrics.duke.edu

Company type

Private

Founded year

1838

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Duke University Department of Pediatrics is an academic medical center providing pediatric patient care across 20 subspecialty divisions, physician training through residency and fellowship programs, and NIH-funded clinical research, serving children from birth through young adulthood.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Pediatric Academic Medical Center

NAICS

Specialty (except Psychiatric and Substance Abuse) Hospitals (622310), Specialty (except Psychiatric and Substance Abuse) Hospitals (6223)

SIC

Services-Hospitals (8060), Services-General Medical & Surgical Hospitals, Nec (8062), Services-Health Services (8000), Services-Specialty Outpatient Facilities, Nec (8093)

akta.pro primary industry

Children’s Hospitals (Acute Care) (HLAFAAAI)

akta.pro secondary industries

Children’s Hospitals & Pediatric Health Systems (HLAFAJAG), Pediatric Specialty Care Centers (e.g., cardiology, oncology, neurology) (HLAFAJAH), Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine Practices (HLAFAJAF)

Keywords

• Pediatric healthcare services
• Medical education
• Clinical research
• Physician training
• Academic medical center

Headquarters

HQ city

Durham

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Clinical Care Services: Revenue generated from patient care services provided at Duke Children's Hospital and outpatient facilities
2. Medical Education Programs: Revenue from residency and fellowship programs, continuing medical education offerings
3. Research Grants and Contracts: Federal and foundation funding from NIH, NICHD, NCATS and other research sponsors supporting clinical trials and investigator-initiated research

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Duke Department of Pediatrics provides world-class pediatric patient care across 19 subspecialty divisions (including Cardiology, Neurology, Hematology-Oncology, Neonatology, Gastroenterology, and others), trains physicians through residency and fellowship programs, and conducts clinical and translational research. It operates Duke Children's Hospital (a top-50 nationally ranked children's hospital) and outpatient specialty clinics serving infants, children, adolescents, and young adults from regional and national referral sources.

Product overview

Duke Department of Pediatrics is an academic medical center offering a comprehensive portfolio of pediatric healthcare services organized around three core pillars: world-class patient care across 20 specialty divisions (including Cardiology, Neurology, Hematology-Oncology, Neonatology, and more), innovative medical education programs spanning residency and fellowship training, and groundbreaking research initiatives. The department provides specialized services including the Children's Procedural Sedation Unit, a Pediatric Epilepsy Center with mixed reality surgical capabilities, and clinical programs for conditions ranging from autism to childhood obesity. The educational arm includes the Duke Pediatric Research Scholars Program for physician-scientist development, while research encompasses NIH-funded studies, clinical trials through the Duke Clinical Research Institute (DCRI), and community-engaged health initiatives.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Duke Children's Hospital Patient Care
• Pediatric Medical Education Programs
• Pediatric Research Programs
• Children's Procedural Sedation Unit
• Pediatric Epilepsy Center
• Pediatric Specialty Divisions Clinical Services

Quantifiable outcome

• 90% reduction in mother-to-child HIV transmission in North Carolina within 3 years under Catherine Wilfert's leadership
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability8 records

Feature6 records

Partnerships

19 partnerships are on record, tiered core and major.

• Duke Clinical Research Institute (DCRI)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 August 2025DCRI is one of the world's leading academic research organizations. Syed's training program utilizes data from three large clinical trial programs conducted through DCRI, providing access to a large repository of patient-derived health information and biological samples.
• Pfizer and BioNTechcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 March 2021Duke enrolled the first-in-nation children in the U.S. for Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine clinical trial in children under 12. Emmanuel Walter, MD served as principal investigator.
• New England Research InstitutemajorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 February 2021Jennifer Li received $151,110 for NIH Longitudinal Study for Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome Therapies in Children.
• Pfizer, Inc.coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 February 2021Emmanuel Walter received $687,913 for Phase 1/2/3 placebo-controlled study of SARS-CoV-2 RNA vaccine in healthy children 5 to 12 years.
• Baylor College of MedicinemajorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 February 2021Collaboration with William Lagor on therapeutic potential of CRISPR/Cas9 genome engineering in humanized mouse models.
• Technical Resources International, Inc. (TRI)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 October 2020DCRI was selected by TRI as the U.S. Coordinating Center for ACTIV-1, a master protocol examining immune modulators for severe COVID-19 cases. The award was $44,948,186.
• Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.majorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 October 2020Received $108,361 award for Phase 2 clinical study evaluating doravirine/Islatravir in adolescents with HIV-1 infection.
• UNC-Chapel Hill Center for Health Equity ResearchmajorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 September 2020Partnership with UNC-Chapel Hill and Community-Campus Partnerships for Health on $80M NIH award for COVID-19 testing in underserved populations.
• Duke Human Vaccine Institute (DHVI)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2020DHVI researchers collaborated to unlock secrets of SARS-CoV-2 and develop tests, vaccines, and treatments for COVID-19.
• RTI InternationalcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2020Partnership with RTI International where DHVI serves as the coordinating center for the newly established NIAID-funded Centers for Research in Emerging Infectious Diseases (CREID) network.
• All Babies and Children Thrive (ABC Thrive)majorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2020ABC Thrive awarded seed grants of up to $40,000 to interdisciplinary Duke faculty teams, including one co-led by Richard Chung and Scott Kollins, for early childhood development interventions.
• NC Department of Public InstructionmajorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2020ABC Science Collaborative, led by Danny Benjamin and Kanecia Zimmerman, partnered with NC DPI to analyze COVID-19 data from schools and provide science-based learnings.
• StridebiomajorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2020Mohamad Mikati received $706,765 award for optimization of gene therapy in mouse model of ATP1A3 mutation.
• Pfizer, Inc.coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2020Emmanuel Walter received $213,409 award for clinical vaccine safety evaluation contributing site for COVID-19 optional task.
• Research Triangle InstitutemajorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2020Collaboration on Duchenne Early Check newborn screening study.
• Allergan Sales, LLCmajorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2020Jennifer Sherwin received $102,574 award for Phase 3 clinical trial of Dalbavancin versus active comparator in pediatric subjects with acute bacterial skin infections.
• Vanderbilt University Medical CentermajorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2020Eliana Perrin received supplement for Greenlight Plus Study on early childhood obesity prevention.
• H. Lee Moffitt Cancer CentermajorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2020Lars Wagner received $10,087 for evolutionary inspired therapy for newly diagnosed metastatic fusion positive rhabdomyosarcoma.
• Duke Innovation Co-LabcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2020Collaboration with Duke Innovation Co-Lab for 3D heart printing, using state-of-the-art Stratasys J750 Digital Anatomy 3D printer for surgical planning.

Scale indicators10 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Texas Children's Hospital: Baylor College of Medicine-affiliated top-4 ranked children's hospital. Direct peer — comparable comprehensive pediatric subspecialty care, large research enterprise, and significant federal funding capture.
• Children's Hospital Los Angeles (CHLA): USC-affiliated top-ranked children's hospital on the West Coast. Direct peer — comparable academic pediatric center with research-intensive subspecialty care and physician training programs.
• Children's National Hospital: George Washington University-affiliated top-ranked children's hospital in Washington DC. Direct peer — comparable academic pediatric research and clinical care enterprise with NIH proximity advantages.
• Vanderbilt Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital: Vanderbilt University-affiliated children's hospital in the Southeast US. Direct peer — most direct regional competitor with comparable academic pediatric care, NIH-funded research, and physician-scientist training programs in the same geographic catchment.
• Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center: Top-3 nationally ranked children's hospital with deep NIH-funded research portfolio. Direct peer — comparable academic pediatric research enterprise with extensive subspecialty divisions and physician-scientist training programs.
• Johns Hopkins Children's Center: Johns Hopkins University-affiliated children's hospital. Direct peer — comparable academic pediatric center with strong research programs, subspecialty care, and physician-scientist training.
• Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP): Top-2 nationally ranked children's hospital affiliated with University of Pennsylvania. Direct peer — comparable scale, comprehensive pediatric subspecialty coverage, and leadership in pediatric research/clinical trials.
• UCSF Benioff Children's Hospitals: UCSF-affiliated children's hospital with strong research and specialty care programs. Direct peer — comparable academic pediatric enterprise within a major research university health system.
• Stanford Children's Health / Lucile Packard Children's Hospital: Stanford University-affiliated children's hospital with elite research and clinical programs. Direct peer — comparable academic pediatric center leveraging parent university research infrastructure for specialty care and innovation.
• Boston Children's Hospital: Harvard-affiliated top-1 nationally ranked children's hospital. Direct peer — both operate as elite academic pediatric centers with research-intensive subspecialty care, residency/fellowship training, and significant NIH funding capture.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/Duke_Childrens
• YouTubeyoutube.com/user/DukeMedicine
• Facebookfacebook.com/DukeChildrens
• Instagraminstagram.com/duke_childrens
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/%E6%9D%9C%E5%85%8B%E5%A4%A7%E5%AD%A6

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Number of profiles

Profiles9 records

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