EDI News

David Hasan, MD, MSc, professor of neurosurgery, shares his humanitarian efforts in Gaza.

The Trailblazer Award recognizes a Black alumnus of the University of North Carolina who paved the way for African Americans during the first 20 years of integration at Carolina.

The city of Durham, along with many from the Duke Health community, came together to celebrate inclusion, community, family, pride, and advocacy at Pride: Durham, NC 2024. Duke Health was a presenting sponsor of the event, which was held September 28-29. 

The festivities held in downtown Durham on Saturday included performances, food trucks, and a pop-up market featuring numerous vendors. A total of 13 units from Duke Health participated in the pop-up market.  

As a leader with the employee resource group, ¡DALHE!, Dalia Antunez is helping to build community and expand professional networks for Duke’s Hispanic/Latiné employees and allies.

Joyce Nichols, who was the first woman in the country to become a physician assistant when she graduated from Duke's PA program in 1970, is among the people, events, and institutions highlighted in a Museum of Durham History exhibit marking Duke University's Centennial.

At Duke University School of Medicine’s annual ¡DALHE! Hispanic Heritage Month event, attendees came together to reflect on the often-overlooked history of Latinos in the South.  

A first-of-its-kind study documents Durham neighborhoods with higher levels of structural racism also have higher rates of chronic disease. Duke researchers are expanding their work to help others conduct similar studies in their own cities, and to use that data to inform policy efforts to intervene where it’s needed most.

David Hasan, MD, a neurosurgeon, and Seth Cohen, MD, an otolaryngologist and head & neck surgeon, come from different backgrounds. Hasan is Palestinian, Cohen is Jewish. But after the Oct. 7 attack by Hamas in Israel and military response in Gaza by Israel, they both had the same impulse: to help.

PhD candidate Griffin Carter discusses the importance of diversity in the sciences and shares how through his research, he’s working to give hope to people with a deadly brain cancer.

Faculty, students, and staff from across Duke came together for conversations on the intersection of science and equity, diversity, and inclusion at Duke University School of Medicine’s second annual Equity Advancement Symposium