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Suephy C. Chen, MD, MS, has been named the new chair of the Department of Dermatology, effective January 4, 2021. Dr. Chen is Vice Chair and Professor of Dermatology at Emory University. She also serves as director of the Emory Dermatology Center for Outcomes Research and Safety and as director of TeleDermatology for the Regional TeleHealth Service of the VA Southeast Network.

Root Causes, a program founded by Duke Medical Students in 2017, is helping the food insecure in the Durham community. Their mission is to "aim to work as health professionals to support the sustainable and humane production of food in combination with access to healthy food. Through our programs, we hope to involve the Duke medical community in improving the health of our patients and community through a stronger local food system." The program was highlighted on ABC 11 News.  

This article was first published by Duke MEDx Duke medical students Jess Rames and Daniel Cox have been chosen as the newest recipients of MEDx’s Barr-Spach Medicine and Engineering Scholarship. 

Dr. Viviana Martinez-Bianchi has long been focused on health equity. When the coronavirus pandemic struck, she turned to the local community, helping launch an effort to get better information in the hands of area Hispanic residents.

McCorison’s job has been a whirlwind of preparing the Mary Duke Biddle Trent Semans Center for Health Education for the return of students and some staff and faculty on Aug. 3. 

Solving problems requires coming up with ideas, but not all ideas are created equal. So how do you know if your idea is good?

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The Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) has selected two Duke University School of Medicine doctoral students and their advisers among a cohort of 45 to receive Gilliam Fellowships.

August 2, 2020 Dear Duke University School of Medicine Students, In alignment with an announcement made yesterday by Duke University President Vincent Price and Provost Sally Kornbluth, indicating that Duke will freeze undergraduate tuition to the same level as the 2019-2020 academic year, the School of Medicine has made the decision to do the same for all School of Medicine educational programs.