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Two Duke faculty have received awards from the American Society for Microbiology.  The 2019 American Society for Microbiology awards in research, education, and leadership have now been announced. The American Academy of Microbiology is the honorific leadership group within the ASM, the world's oldest and largest life science organization. The mission of the Academy is to recognize scientists for outstanding contributions to microbiology and provide microbiological expertise in the service of science and the public.  

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I love graduate school. I use genetics and cell biology to study the mechanisms by which cells change their shape in response to chemical cues. In any given day, I might delete a gene to learn more about its function, make time-lapse movies of growing cells, analyze patterns of protein localization, teach a new technique to an undergraduate student, discuss a paper with my advisor, or summarize data into a presentation for a departmental seminar. It’s slow and detailed work, but it’s also a good fit for my personality.

Duke Community & Family Medicine has been awarded a $1.8 million five-year grant by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) to create and implement a two-year community-based primary care fellowship program. The goal of the Duke Primary Care Transformation Fellowship will be to train physicians and physician assistants to lead health care transformation and improve health within their communities and community-based practice settings.

September 28, 2018 - 9:00 am to 4:00 pm The King's Daughters Inn - 204 N Buchanan St. Durham, NC 27707 The Faculty Write Program in collaboration with the Duke Office of Research Initiatives is offering a writing retreat for faculty in the health sciences. The retreat will be held on Friday, September 28 from 9am-4pm at the King's Daughters Innin Durham, NC. Breakfast and lunch will be provided.This retreat is funded by a grant from the Trent Foundation.

A new focus on prevention of cardiovascular disease (CVD) is gathering momentum at Duke to accelerate the transition from treatment to prevention, from palliative care to cure. 

Duke University’s Master of Management in Clinical Informatics (MMCi) program celebrates the graduation of the class of 2018 on Saturday August 18th.  The class is comprised of 27 health care professionals with clinical, technical and business backgrounds.  Jeff Ferranti, MD, Duke Health CIO presided over the ceremony and Amy Abernethy, MD, Chief Medical Officer at Flatiron Health was the commencement speaker.  Dr.

Conversations about good research culture lead many people to focus on research misconduct, i.e., fabrication, falsification, or plagiarism in proposing, performing or reviewing research or reporting results with malintent. Alternatively, research culture may conjure thoughts of growing bacterial cultures in LB broth.

  Donald Fox, PhD and Erez Cohen, PhD candidate in the Fox Lab Just like people in crisis, not every organ responds the same way when faced with an injury. Many organs make new cells through cell division to replace those that died.  Historically, in regenerative medicine, this is seen as the best option for repairing tissue, as it restores the pre-injury appearance of the organ.

Twice a year the Alpha Omega Alpha (AΩA​) Medical Honor Society elects a small number of new members.  The criteria include scholastic achievement, leadership capabilities, ethical standards, fairness in dealing with colleagues, demonstrated professionalism, achievement and/or potential for achievement in medicine, and a record of service to the school and community at large. Membership in AΩA​​ is a distinction that accompanies a physician throughout his or her career. In the fall the society elects a small number of faculty and alumni.