Mission Driven: Education, Research, Patient Care, and Community Partnership
How Climate Change Affects Health: A Conversation with Robert Tighe, MD
Executive Vice President for Health Affairs and Dean of the Duke University School of Medicine Mary Klotman, MD, talks with Robert Tighe, MD, about the school’s new climate change research strategy, emphasizing the critical need to address the climate crisis and its impact on health.
MD Graduates Tackle Tower's Spiral Staircase in Duke Chapel
A few days before graduation, Duke Medical Alumni Association invited graduating MD students and their families to a uniquely Duke experience. Groups had the chance to climb the vertigo-inducing, stone steps – all 239 of them – up through the spiral staircase inside Duke Chapel's tower, leading all the way to the roof.
Duke MD Program's 3rd-Year Experience: Virginie Marchand Goes to Tanzania
Duke medical student Virginie Marchand spent her entire 3rd year at Duke in Tanzania, where she joined a team focused on HIV stigma during labor and delivery. Her team developed a provider training program focused on respectful maternity care during labor and delivery for women living with HIV. She says the experience will help her greatly as she pursues a career in maternal medicine.
