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A referee uses a whistle to ensure that the ‘rules of the game’ are being followed. In the game of research, you may encounter a time when you may need to play the role of whistleblower and report a problem. However, before reporting a concern, you may want to learn more about the role of a whistleblower, who to contact, and what happens after you report your concern.  You can also speak with someone about any concerns you may have about the consequences of reporting and the obligations of the institution to potential whistleblowers.

Every summer Robert (Crusty) Malone Rosemond, AB’49, MD’53, HS’53, P’82, P’86, P’86 would take his friends to an isolated fishing camp in the wilderness of Northern Ontario, Canada. Among them were Ralph Snyderman, MD, former chancellor for health affairs, and Bucky Waters, former Duke men’s basketball coach and vice chancellor for alumni affairs and development at Duke Medical Center. 

 

Thanks to a successful first year of Translating Duke Health (TDH), twelve new faces have popped up around the School of Medicine’s labs, clinics and meeting rooms.

The Durham Veterans Affairs Health Care System, the Duke University Health System and the Duke University Schools of Medicine and Nursing have been selected as one of just 12 sites nationally to participate in a VA health care quality improvement fellows program.  

Cancer drugs are able to halt life-threatening bacterial lung infections in mouse models by promoting lung repair, researchers at Duke Health have found.   Reporting in this week’s Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, the research team said that if the findings are confirmed in human studies, the drugs could point to a new weapon against bacterial pneumonia, which afflicts 50,000 people in the U.S. each year.  

The Duke Office of Clinical Research will host Office Hours twice per month beginning in December.  Instructors will be available to assist end users with general questions regarding using the iRIS system to submit protocols to the DUHS IRB.  Please bring a laptop if possible along with your protocol specific questions to the sessions. Dates and locations for January and February are: January 14, 11 AM – Noon, DMP 2W91 February 4, 11 AM – Noon, DMP 2W91 February 18, 11 AM – Noon, DMP 2W91

Authorship remains both a primary means for sharing scientific discovery and a primary currency for demonstrating an individual’s scientific contribution.  Consequently, deciding authorship has the potential to impact careers, funding for future research, and intellectual credit for a body of work.

  The Rhodes Scholarship is one of the most prestigious awards granted to college students, with recipients selected on the basis of high academic achievement, personal integrity, leadership potential and a commitment to service. The Rhodes Trust provides full financial support for the pursuit of a degree at the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom.

Two pioneering Duke University School of Medicine alumni who helped revolutionize the treatment of cardiovascular disease are among the five scientists named winners of the prestigious 2019 Fritz J. and Dolores H. Russ Prize.