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Women's Health: It's Personal for Nimmi Ramanujam

January 21, 2020

The night before she was scheduled to speak to more than a hundred Duke students, colleagues and at least one Nobel laureate, Nirmala ‘Nimmi’ Ramanujam got cold feet.

She had given countless talks before, many about the pocket colposcope, a device her team invented to bring life-saving access to cervical cancer screening to underserved regions. But this talk would be different....Read Full Story

Kimberly S. Johnson: Creating Communities to Address Health Disparities

Community has always been central in the life of Kimberly S. Johnson , MD, associate professor of medicine (Geriatrics) and director of the Duke Center for Research to Advance Healthcare Equity—also known as the REACH Equity Center.

Johnson grew up in tiny Winstonville, Mississippi, just...Read Full Story

Charles Riggan and clinical trial nurse coordinator Quinna Lawson chat in the hospital

Precisely Right: Data Drives A Dream for the Cancer Field

Charles Riggan, 68, (pictured above with clinical trial nurse coordinator Quinna Lawson) is well-known on the clinic floor for the Werther’s Original caramels he passes out during almost-weekly visits to Duke Cancer Center.

Though he doesn’t eat them — he’s diabetic — Charles said the...Read Full Story

Harnessing the Power of Machine Learning for Earlier Autism Diagnosis

When Grayson Kollins was two and a half years old—just shortly after the birth of his younger sister—his parents noticed that he had all but stopped uttering the sentences and phrases that up until then he had been using to communicate. In addition, his daycare provider mentioned that Grayson...Read Full Story

Finding Hope in Darkness: Duke Neurologist Develops and Tests New Therapy to Help Understand and Prevent Neurodegenerative Diseases

Alexandra Angelova was 16 when she began experiencing blurry vision and occasional dizzy spells. Instead of going away, her symptoms gradually grew worse. Now nearly a decade later, with her vision at one percent of its original strength and with balance problems that prevent standing or walking...Read Full Story