News & Communications

DukeMed Office of News and Communications

assists reporters with questions, interview requests for Duke faculty and other media-related needs

School of Medicine Newsletter

is a quarterly newsletter featuring news of interest to School of Medicine faculty.

DukeMed Magazine

is a bi-annual magazine featuring School of Medicine initiatives and other training programs within Duke Medicine.

DukeMed Alumni News

is a thrice yearly news magazine for and about the alumni of the School of Medicine.

InsideDukeMedicine

is a website for employees of the Duke University Health System.

Research@Duke

lists events taking place at the School of Medicine

School of Medicine in the News

The Washington Post
Anguished search for an explanation - Jeffrey Swanson, PhD, a professor in psychiatry and behavioral sciences, said “we’re not even good at predicting minor violence. When you’re talking about preventing a mass shooting, that’s a needle in a haystack.”

CNN
Shattering the sense of safety - Robin Gurwitch, PhD, a psychologist at the Duke Center for Child and Family Health, said events like the Connecticut school shooting are particularly devastating because they happen in places where safety is taken for granted.

NC Public Radio
Study sheds light on Alzheimer's diagnosis - Jeffrey Petrella, MD, associate professor of radiology, said Duke research demonstrates that a combination of three bio-markers provided predictive information on the development of Alzheimer's disease.

Health magazine
Gene study uncovers more autism clues - Uwe Ohler, Ph.D., associate professor in biostatistics and bioinformatics, said Duke research has identified nearly 100 genes linking autism and fragile X syndrome. "We know not only which genes are linked to fragile X mental retardation protein, but we can locate exactly where they interact," Ohler said.