Aligned with Duke Health and Duke University, CHOIR fosters excellence and integrity through:

• Collaboration. CHOIR promotes a culture of teamwork, transparency, and alliances among interdisciplinary teams to bridge programs across Duke with aligned interests. 
  
• Rigor. CHOIR fosters research and innovation informed by theory, conceptual models, and discerning consideration of scientific and clinical evidence to adress critical issues in health care. 
  
• Tangible Impact.CHOIR espouses emerging and contemporary methods to evaluate processes and outcomes of health care as well as the effectiveness of patient, family, health system, and policy-oriented interventions to improve the quality, value, and outcomes of prevention efforts health care delivery.
  
• Innovation.  CHOIR facilitates innovation and translation through the development of new methodological approaches, collaborative data sharing, and partnerships. We are poised to develop and test novel strategies to  achieve successful implementation of effective prevention and health care interventions.