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While the COVID-19 pandemic has much of the world focused on emergency and ICU medicine — rightly so, there is another crisis that will impact our health care system that we can’t take our eye off of — a shortage of primary care physicians (PCPs). As fewer medical students choose primary care, Americans will be left with even fewer PCPs to look after them, and a surplus of subspecialists in the health care system. 

   

President Vincent Price, Provost Sally Kornbluth and six other Duke faculty members have been elected members of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences (AAAS) for 2020. They are among 276 artists, scholars, scientists and leaders honored this year.

More than 700 faculty, staff and students tuned into the Duke University School of Medicine’s first COVID-19 Research Forum.

Graduating in May?  Review this helpful article from the Washington Center: https://resources.twc.edu/working-virtually/managing-your-career-during-times-of-uncertainty-5-steps-you-can-take-today

A desire to end social distancing and re-open the American economy is a short-sighted approach that could yield disastrous results, because we simply don’t have good tests on hand yet to figure out who is safe, Duke experts said Tuesday. The three experts spoke with media Tuesday on myriad topics related to COVID-19  testing. Here are excerpts: ON CALLS TO REOPEN THE ECONOMY Thomas N. Denny, CEO, Duke Human Vaccine Institute

The findings have implications for people with Alzheimer’s disease undergoing surgery Alzheimer’s disease patients who undergo orthopedic or other surgeries frequently develop post-surgical delirium, often leading to a poor recovery and a higher risk of dying.

When infected with SARS-CoV-2, why do some people—such as smokers and older adults— have extreme respiratory and cardiovascular distress while others have no symptoms at all?

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Twelve faculty members in the Duke University School of Medicine have been awarded distinguished professorships. In total, Duke University awarded distinguished professors to 28 faculty members from eight Duke colleges and schools. Distinguished professorships are awarded to faculty who have demonstrated extraordinary scholarship in advancing science and improving human health.      The 2020 recipients from the School of Medicine are: