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Made of 56 volunteer members drawn from Duke University and Duke Health system and other community organizations, the group worked to identify and remedy pandemic-related disparities facing the Latinx population.

Duke University School of Medicine is proud to acknowledge the faculty members who were selected as recipients of this year’s School of Medicine faculty awards.  These are just a few of the awards and recognitions afforded to our community members and we want to congratulate them on these well-deserved honors.  Congratulations to the following 2021 Duke School of Medicine Award recipients!

A chance experiment by an ophthalmology researcher at Duke Health has led to an insight: Women have more of a certain type of immune cell that fights infections in mucosal tissue, and these immune cells amass in the lungs, poised to attack the COVID virus. 

The American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) has named Jen-Tsan Ashley Chi, MD, PhD, as co-winner of the Molecular Cancer Research Michael B. Kastan Award for Research Excellence on behalf of his all-Duke research team for their paper — A TAZ-ANGPTL4-NOX2 Axis Regulates Ferroptotic Cell Death and Chemoresistance in Epithelial Ovarian Cancer.  

ELAM is a prestigious year-long fellowship aimed at expanding the national pool of outstanding women candidates for leadership in academic medicine, dentistry, public health and pharmacy.

Commentary by Dr. Kafui Dzirasa and colleagues, published in Science Magazine.

The new Equity in Research (EIR) core launched in July 2020 and aims to elevate, advance, and accelerate equitable, inclusive, and anti-racist research.

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A devastating itching of the skin driven by severe liver disease turns out to have a surprising cause. Its discovery points toward possible new therapies for itching, and shows that the outer layer of the skin is so much more than insulation.