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August 28, 2026  |  Kaileigh Moertl

Bill Chen Awarded NIH F31 Predoctoral Fellowship!

Poster announcing Bill Chen's F31 award, featuring headshot of Bill smiling

We are thrilled to congratulate our PhD student, Bill Chen, on receiving a Notice of Award for The National Institutes of Health F31 Predoctoral Fellowship!

This is a tremendous achievement and a testament to Bill’s hard work, scientific curiosity, and dedication to advancing precision health research.

Bill’s fellowship will support research exploring how data from wearable technologies and continuous glucose monitoring can help us better understand the diversity of prediabetes and improve how we identify individuals at risk for future cardiometabolic disease. By leveraging multimodal health data and advanced data science methods, this work aims to lay the foundation for more personalized approaches to prevention and early intervention.

The NIH F31 is a highly competitive award that recognizes promising predoctoral researchers and provides outstanding training opportunities for future scientific leaders. The Duke BIG IDEAs Lab is excited to see Bill continue to grow as an independent investigator and make meaningful contributions to the field.

Congratulations, Bill, on this well-deserved recognition!

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