Tune in each month to hear Dean Mary E. Klotman
offer her thoughts and ideas about important and
timely topics and issues related to medical education,
science and discovery, and patient care.
Episode 08: Why is the Study of the Immune
System so Important and What is the Impact
of that Research?
One of the most important breakthroughs in the last couple of years was
where we found that you could actually engage the immune system as
a therapeutic approach to cancer.
Episode 7: What are Duke researchers doing to better
understand Alzheimer’s and other brain diseases?
What is being developed to prevent and treat these conditions?
Episode 6: Why is it Important to Explore
the Early-life Origins of Health and Disease?
One of the aims of the Translating Duke Health Initiative is to explore the early-life origins
of health and disease.
Episode 5: Translating Duke Health Initiative
In the coming year and beyond, how will Duke address society’s most significant
scientific and healthcare challenges?
Episode 3:
What Did it Take to Change HIV From a Fatal
Diagnosis to an Often-manageable Chronic
Disease?
How can we learn from that success and apply it to other diseases?
Episode 2:
What is Data Science and Why is it Important?
Data science allows us to analyze enormous data sets to improve health.
Episode 1:
Why is Diversity Important in Academic Medicine?
Having a community that is diverse will enhance the way that we look at problems.