Alie Patton

I’m Alie Patton, a nursing graduate student based in Durham, North Carolina, and I’m focused on bridging rigorous clinical training with thoughtful, research-informed patient advocacy. My background includes extensive nursing clinical experience across general medical-surgical care, cardiology, surgical oncology, pediatric oncology, and labor & delivery, along with community health work that centers social determinants of health and trauma-informed support.

Alongside my clinical and research work at Duke University, I’ve contributed to qualitative scholarship and methodological review on involuntary psychiatric commitment. I’ve also worked in front-office and clinical roles in healthcare settings, and I bring a steady, empathetic approach developed through service work such as crisis counseling and volunteering at a vaccine clinic—always aiming to improve safety, access, and outcomes for the people I support.