Med School Blog
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January 22, 2020
Hashim Al-Hashimi , PhD, James B. Duke Professor of Biochemistry, has received the 2020 National Academy of Sciences Award in Molecular Biology . The...
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January 15, 2020
A fall—whether down the porch steps or on a slick patch of ice in the driveway—can have a big impact on anyone, but it can be especially difficult...
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January 9, 2020
Human immunodeficiency virus, or HIV, is one of nature’s trickiest invaders, hijacking the biological makeup of a body’s own cells to infect and...
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January 6, 2020
Study confirms need to target different communities with CPR training People in predominantly Hispanic neighborhoods were less likely to receive CPR...
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January 2, 2020
Howard W. Francis, MD, has been named the new chair of the Department of Head and Neck Surgery & Communication Sciences, effective immediately...
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January 2, 2020
Mark Oldham, PhD, has been named director of the Medical Physics Program, effective January 1, 2020. Dr. Oldham is a professor in the Department of...
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December 20, 2019
Three physicians and two post-doctoral nurses will comprise the 2020-2022 cohort for Duke’s National Clinician Scholars Program (NCSP). The cohort...
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December 19, 2019
Duke University and Deerfield Management Company, a healthcare investment firm, announced Wednesday the creation of a major translational research...
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December 16, 2019
Network leads clinical trials that address antibacterial resistance threats As antibiotic-resistant bacteria become more urgent threats worldwide,...
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December 12, 2019
People with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) are more likely to self-administer nicotine and report more pleasurable responses than...
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December 11, 2019
Stefano Di Talia, assistant professor in the Department of Cell Biology, has been awarded the Shipley Foundation Award in Innovative Stem Cell...
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December 6, 2019
Animal study shows ability to overcome a long-standing hurdle in HIV vaccine development Researchers have cleared a major obstacle in the development...
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December 3, 2019
A heart transplant team at Duke University Hospital became the first in the U.S. to transplant an adult heart into a recipient through a process...
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November 26, 2019
Two of the seven Duke University faculty members named Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) today are faculty in...
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November 25, 2019
The winners of the Fall 2019 Duke Incubation Fund awards have been announced, representing promising innovation happening across the University...