STAR Program Mentor
Kanecia Zimmerman, MD, PhD, MPH is a professor in the Department of Pediatrics, Division of Critical Care Medicine, at Duke University Medical Center. She completed her PhD in pharmacoepidemiology at the UNC Gillings School of Public Health. Dr. Zimmerman leads the NIH-sponsored RECOVER program, and she focuses her research on improving the safety of drugs administered to critically ill children. She is passionate about teaching and mentoring young scientists. Dr. Zimmerman has served as a mentor for the STAR Program since 2015.