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The School of Medicine Financial Boot Camp is a multi-part series designed to help faculty understand core finance issues with a focus on medical school economics. Participants will receive an introduction to financial concepts that impact institutional decision making, such as the time value of money and cost of capital. The series will also focus on the School of Medicine funding and the allocation of funding from different sources. Participants will learn about the cost of and funding for the research mission.

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has awarded Duke University $1.4 million over four years to train physician-scientists to address Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias (ADRDs).

Duke Learning and Organization Development, (L&OD), will be offering the next sessions of Guide to Managing at Duke, specifically for the School of Medicine, March 17 - 19 and September 15 - 17, 2020 at the Hilton Garden Inn at 2102 West Main Street in Durham.  This is a three-day session and attendance for all three days is required.  The curriculum details can be accessed at: https://tinyurl.com/sdz4tzw.  Please note departmental leadership approval is required.  The cost is $450.00 per participant.

This makes Singapore the third country in the world outside China to culture the virus, and the development will certainly aid efforts in diagnosis.

Erich Huang, MD, PhD, has served as Co-Director since Duke Forge’s inception in 2017. Duke Forge is located in the School of Medicine and serves as the center for actionable health data science, uniting experts from across the campus. He also serves as Director of Duke Crucible and Assistant Dean for Biomedical Informatics in the School of Medicine. In a time of disruptive transformation, Dr. Huang is leading efforts to explore how technology and data can improve health for patients.

Lawrence David and collaborator Anthony Sung (Department of Medicine, Division of Hematologic Malignancies and Cellular Therapy) have been awarded a Stage 2 Damon Runyon-Rachleff Innovation Award.

Duke experts offer a quick explainer and what we know about the new coronavirus in China

Hashim Al-Hashimi, PhD, James B. Duke Professor of Biochemistry, has received the 2020 National Academy of Sciences Award in Molecular Biology. The award is supported by Pfizer Inc. and recognizes a recent notable discovery by a young scientist under the age of 45 who is a citizen of the United States.

NEW DATE! Tuesday, May 5, 5:00-7:30pm, Doris Duke Center at Duke Gardens This event is a wonderful opportunity to network, celebrate achievements, and recognize colleagues with faculty awards. There will be a networking reception with heavy hors d’oeuvres from 5:00-6:00pm and the program will begin at 6:00. A dessert reception will follow. Please RSVP online if you plan to attend.

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 for older people. When a person over age 65 fractures a bone, it can take more than three months for the bone to heal – compared to a month and a half for someone younger.