Andrea F. Duncan, MD, MS
Locations: CHOP at Penn Medicine Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
About Andrea F. Duncan, MD, MS
Andrea F. Duncan, MD, MSClinRes, is a professor of pediatrics at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. She also serves as Associate Chief of DEI and Medical Director of the Neonatal Follow-up Program. She holds a Distinguished Endowed Chair in Pediatrics and serves as Vice Chair of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in the Department of Pediatrics at the University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine and Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP).
Dr. Duncan is the principal investigator (PI) for Neurodevelopmental Follow-Up for the CHOP site of the NIH/NICHD Neonatal Research Network and the PI for the CHOP site of the Cerebral Palsy (CP) Foundation Early Detection of CP Network. Her main research interest is in long-term neurodevelopmental outcomes of NICU graduates. This has included funded research investigating cognitive, motor, language, executive functioning, and behavioral outcomes in preterm children, both in early life and school age and investigations of correlates of neonatal neuroimaging and parenting style on outcomes. She has also studied the effects of implementation of the international guidelines for early assessment for CP on diagnoses and outcomes in high-risk infants and was invited to co-author the “high-risk for cerebral palsy” designation clinical consensus statement.
She was elected to the Society for Pediatric Research Council and serves on the Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine sub-board of the American Board of Pediatrics. Dr. Duncan also is a member of the Cerebral Palsy Foundation Board of Directors and completed her pediatric residency and fellowship in neonatal-perinatal medicine with a special focus in neurodevelopment at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas.
Titles
Attending Neonatologist
Professor of Pediatrics, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
Associate Chair, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, Department of Pediatrics
Lead Diversity Search Advisor, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine
Certifications
Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine – American Board of Pediatrics
Pediatrics – American Board of Pediatrics
Awards and Honors
2022, Distinguished Endowed Chair, Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
2022, Gerald Merenstein Lectureship Award, American Academy of Pediatrics
2017-2018, PRIDE Mentor Development Program, National Institute of Health and National Heart Lung and Blood Institute
2015, Mid-Career Minority Faculty Development Program, Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC)
2014, Scientific Review Early Career Reviewer Awardee, National Institute of Health Center
2013, University of New Mexico Limited Competition Winner - Dana Foundation Neuroimaging Grant, University of New Mexico
2013, Junior Faculty Research Excellence Award Nominee, University of New Mexico
2013, Maternal-Fetal Medicine Awardee, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) conference
2012-2014, 2 year (PRIDE) Program to Increase Diversity in Behavioral Medicine Research Scholar, National Institute of Health and National Heart Lung and Blood Institute
2012, Junior Faculty Research Excellence Award Nominee, University of New Mexico
2012-2014, Selected for 1st University of New Mexico 2-year Medical Leadership Academy, University of New Mexico
2010-2011, Graduate Student of Excellence Award, University of New Mexico
2008, Travel Award, Pediatric Academic Societies' Conference
2007, Marshall Klaus Perinatal Research Award, American Academy of Pediatrics
2007, Fellow's Travel Award, American Academy of Pediatrics Section on Perinatal Pediatrics Conference
1999, National Medical Association Scholarship
1999, Mayo Clinic Summer Clinical Fellowship, Mayo Clinic
1999, Departmental Pediatric Scholar, Mayo Clinic
Leadership and Memberships
Memberships in Professional Organizations
2015-present, Society for Pediatric Research
2011-present, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
- 2011-present, Neonatal Research Network (NRN) Term Control Protocol Subcommittee
- 2011-present, Neonatal Research Network (NRN) Follow-up Protocol Review Subcommittee
2003-present, American Academy of Pediatrics
- 2016-present, Social Media Chair, MID Career Neonatologists (MidCaN), sub group of the Section on Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine
- 2016-present, Mid- Career Neonatology Group Executive Council
- 2015-present, Section on Neonatal- Perinatal Medicine Membership Committee
- 2008-present, Section on Neonatal- Perinatal Medicine
Editorial and Academic Positions
Editorial Positions
2021-present, Associate Editor – JAMA Pediatrics
2022-present, DEI Editor – JAMA Pediatrics
2018-present, Reviewer, Neonatology
2017-present, Reviewer, Health and Development
2016-present, Ad-hoc Reviewer, Cognition and Perception Study Section- National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
2011-present, Reviewer, Pediatrics
2011-present, Invited Abstract Reviewer, Pediatric Academic Society Annual Conference
2010-present, Reviewer, Archives of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine
2010-present, Reviewer, Journal of Pediatrics
2009-present, Reviewer, Early Human Development
Academic Positions
2024-present, Secretary-Elect of the Faculty Senate, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine
2023-present, Lead Diversity Search Advisor, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine
2022-present, Chair, Department of Pediatrics Department Inclusion, Diversity, Equity Antiracism and Access (IDEAA) Council, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Research Interests
Long-term medical and neurodevelopmental outcomes of NICU graduates Evaluation of executive functioning and brain connectivity in high-risk infants and infants with CP Parenting style in high risk infant development Use of implementation science to translate evidence to practice
Education & training
Graduate Degree
MS in Clinical Research - University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM
Medical Degree
MD - University of Texas Southwestern at Dallas, Dallas, TX
Residency
Pediatrics - University of Texas Southwestern at Dallas, Dallas, TX
Fellowship
Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine - University of Texas Southwestern at Dallas, Dallas, TX