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James Mold is a revered family physician, geriatrician, researcher, and leader who has helped to reshape our thinking about health and health care. After spending 6 months in Ghana, West Africa, Jim returned to North Carolina to practice in Hillsborough and teach Duke medical students and residents.  After 6 years in private practice, he was recruited to the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center (OUHSC) where he spent most of three decades.

Jeb Hallett has enjoyed a long and distinguished career at top medical centers around the country, where he has performed leading-edge vascular surgery, advanced research, built world-class vascular programs, and helped shape medical education for young physicians following in his footsteps.

A renowned authority in the fields of molecular pharmacology and cancer biology, Patrick Casey has made many contributions to Duke over nearly three decades here. But some of his greatest contributions have taken place half a world away from Durham, at Duke’s campus in Singapore, where he has helped build a novel program that is changing the face of global medical education and research.

Over a Duke career spanning more than a half-century, electrical engineer and computational specialist Frank Starmer made pivotal contributions to an era of tremendous innovation at the interface of medicine, engineering, and computational sciences.

Where in the world is Michael Haglund? Tracking down the busy Duke neurosurgeon isn’t easy, as Haglund regularly leads teams of medical professionals to countries including Ecuador, Uganda, Rwanda, and Kenya to perform complex neurosurgical procedures and establish surgical facilities in-country.

AS MICHEL LANDRY, BSCPT, PHD, chief of the Duke Doctor of Physical Therapy (DPT) Division, prepared for the ceremonial groundbreaking for the new building that will house the DPT program, he could hardly wait.  “When they give me that shovel, I’m not stopping,” said Landry, who has overseen the division since 2011. “I’m going to keep digging. We are so ready for this move.”

The Duke Clinical & Translational Science Institute has been awarded a five-year grant of more than $60 million from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to advance innovative ideas from the point of discovery to implementation in clinical practice and population health. 

Ties between Duke University and the City of Durham are stronger than ever with the opening of a new translational research building in the Brightleaf District. The Chesterfield Building, located at 701 West Main Street, was built in 1948 as a cigarette factory for the Liggett & Myers tobacco company. Now, it is a sparkling glass gateway for scientists, clinicians, and entrepreneurs to meet and collaborate.

Michael Pencina, PhD, was named vice dean for data science and information technology for the Duke University School of Medicine today by Mary E. Klotman, MD, dean, Duke University School of Medicine. Dr. Pencina will begin his service effective immediately.

Joanne Kurtzberg, MD The Marcus Center for Cellular Cures at Duke University School of Medicine has been established to bring together physicians and faculty across medicine and engineering at Duke to develop cellular and biological therapies for autism, cerebral palsy, stroke, and related brain disorders.