Joy Noel Baumgartner is an Associate Professor in the School of Social Work with adjunct appointments in the Gillings School of Public Health and the Duke Global Health Institute at Duke University. Dr. Baumgartner has 20+ years of experience conducting socio-behavioral and health services research in low-resource contexts globally. Her area of focus is strengthening the delivery of integrated health and social service interventions that address mental health, HIV prevention, reproductive health, maternal, child & adolescent health, and/or interpersonal violence. As Director of the School of Social Work’s Global Mental Health Initiative, Dr. Baumgartner’s mixed methods research is grounded in the fields of psychiatric epidemiology, implementation science, and integrated service systems to inform, co-create, and evaluate global health interventions. She is PI for the NICHD-funded clinical trial “Adolescent Wellness Visits to Reduce Health Risks in Tanzania” (VITAA study) and the NIMH-funded clinical trial “Family Psychoeducation for Adults with Psychotic Disorders in Tanzania” (KUPAA study). Baumgartner also leads the qualitative and implementation science components of several other research studies focused on child and adolescent health in East Africa and is the Social Work Faculty Liaison for the MSW/MPH Dual Degree program.

Contact
Tate-Turner-Kuralt Building
Room 245-E
325 Pittsboro Street
CB 3550
Chapel Hill, NC 27599
Degrees
PhD, UNC-Chapel HillMSSW, University of Wisconsin-Madison
BA, University of Virginia
Research Program(s)
ResearchMSW Education
Licenses and Certifications
CMSWCPH
Research and Professional Interests
Global Mental HealthMaternal, Child, and Adolescent Health
Implementation Research
Mixed Methods Intervention Research
Co-Investigator
Evaluation of child-optimized financial education for caregivers on child outcomes in rural UgandaHealth-assisted conditional cash transfers to improve timeliness of childhood vaccinations in Mtwara, Tanzania