Kenan Senior Fellow Calls on Bioethics to Address Racial Inequalities in Health Care
Patrick Smith is Associate Research Professor of Theological Ethics and Bioethics at Duke Divinity School. He also directs the bioethics program at the Trent Center for Bioethics, Humanities, and the History of Medicine.
Affinity Group Fosters a Sense of Belonging
The Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) affinity group launched in April 2021 on the heels of the spa shootings in Atlanta.
Graduation 2022: Personal Experiences Push MD Graduate to Help Underserved Communities
Following commencement, Nwanaji-Enwerem will keep his knowledge and skills at Duke, launching a three-year residency in the Department of Family Medicine and Community Health.
Manuscript Emerging from DCRI Think Tank Outlines Actionable Steps to Improve Inclusion and Diversity in Clinical Trials
An industry emphasis on improving inclusion and diversity in clinical trials continues to grow, but strategies to achieve more balanced representation in research and clinical care remain elusive.
Redefining the Relationship between Race and Medicine
Shanti Narayanasamy is conducting a mixed-methods study that uses surveys and interviews to investigate how healthcare professionals think of race and use it in their practice.
The Legacy of Donald Love, One of the First Black Duke Hospital Employees
Love was, if not the first Black employee at Duke Hospital and the School of Medicine, one of the first, beginning his service during a time of legally enforced segregation. He spent the majority of his career with the Department of Pathology, which he joined about 15 years after starting at the hospital.
Annise Weaver Wins Cook Society Award
Annise Weaver, MSEd, CRC, director of clinical operations and associate director of diversity, equity and inclusion, won the 2022 Samuel DuBois Cook Society Staff Award in recognition of her leadership in diversity, equity, inclusion and anti-racism at Duke.
Community Engagement/Health Disparities: How Researchers Can Combat Racism, Health Inequities
The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated pre-existing health inequities and emphasized the need for community-engaged research to address those disparities, according to a panel of Duke and UNC-Chapel Hill experts.
School Launches Plan to Dismantle Racism
Since launching its Moments to Movement initiative in June 2020, Duke University School of Medicine has begun work to better understand the root causes and harms of racism and to develop strategies to reduce racial inequity.
In Magnify: Dissecting Disparities in Cancer Outcomes
Race, and how people are treated differently because of it, leads to major differences in health outcomes for cancer and other diseases. As a bit of an outsider, Akinyemiju (pronounced Ah-keen-yah-MEE-jew) saw this aspect of culture and health as something to be examined and dissected. She has built her career doing that.