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  Adding irradiation before transplant improves long-term results and should change practice

Assessing risk and intervening before surgery leads to shorter hospital stays Compared to younger adults, older people have higher rates of complications from surgery. But many problems can be avoided by intervening with assessments and risk-reduction strategies before, during and after procedures.

I have been involved with the PCLT program ever since Dr. Sheline invited me to join the start up team about 7 years ago when the program was created. Having worked with Dr. Sheline previously, I knew under her leadership that there was a good chance that we would successfully launch the PCLT program after only four months of intense planning sessions and work, but I wanted to see if this could truly happen.  This was a huge accomplishment as curriculum innovation and change oftentimes take months to years to come to fruition.  

The Institute for Clinical Effectiveness and Health Policy (El Instituto de Clinica Efectividad y Sanitaria, IECS, www.iecs.org.ar) is a leading research organization in Argentina. Notably, in November of this year, its most recent Director General just became Minister of Health for the country! I was fortunate to receive a scholarship through the Fogarty International Center of the NIH to spend 11-months working in the Mother and Child Health Research Department at IECS. My research primarily focused on the epidemic of cesarean sections in Argentina.

Population-based model would benefit research and public health initiatives worldwide [Video:https://youtu.be/ghBBcKIwsZc]

Take a look back at some of the most eye-catching Duke research stories from 2017. [Video:https://youtu.be/lqSi85P1Bq8]

Registration is now open for the next School of Medicine Financial Boot Camp – a multi-part series designed to help faculty understand core finance issues with a focus on medical school economics.  Sessions will be led by Executive Vice Dean Scott Gibson. Participants will be introduced to core financial concepts such as the present value of money, rate of return, basic funds flow modeling for investment decisions, and evaluating the bottom line of investments.   

  Inhalers work for all preschoolers, but less beneficial for those who stay heavy as they age Asthma affects almost 1 in 10 children in the U.S. and is a leading cause of emergency room visits and hospitalizations in preschoolers. According to new research from Duke Health and collaborators, symptoms may be worse for children ages 2 to 5 who are overweight.

[Video:https://youtu.be/LNib9sdX_Jc] Scientists, engineers and clinicians are working together at Duke University's Renegeration Next Initiative to learn how human tissue might be repaired and replaced, using the body's own innate biology. For now, a living, beating patch of heart muscle in a dish is a promising step forward. 

DURHAM, N.C. -- Thomas A. Owens, M.D. has been named president of Duke University Hospital, effective Jan. 1, 2018. Owens succeeds Kevin Sowers, who leaves Duke early next year to become president of the Johns Hopkins Health System and executive vice president of Johns Hopkins Medicine. [Video:https://youtu.be/2YI8MJhcZWw]