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The 2017 class of Duke’s Master of Management in Clinical Informatics program recently spent three days in Washington, DC, discussing healthcare policy and innovation with stakeholders from across the industry. Class members participated in round-table discussions and listened to presentations from thirteen industry leaders, including private-sector and nonprofit CEOs, policy advisors and fellows, Department of Defense medical innovation officers, and former congressmen.

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With a study watch on her wrist and a sleep sensor in her new tote bag, a Caucasian woman in her 40s walked out of the Duke University Medical Center around 5:30 p.m. Thursday, July 13 as the first participant enrolled in the Project Baseline study in Durham.

Full Article: http://bit.ly/2udRtAR Excerpts from the article:  . . . To make the most of genomic information in practice, clinicians need convenient access to relevant genomic information about their patients.

DURHAM, N.C. – Mutations in the BRCA gene correspond to a higher lifetime risk of developing breast and ovarian cancers, and many women who carry these mutations consider undergoing mastectomy or removal of the ovaries and fallopian tubes as preventive measures.

Rising rates of hearing loss demand better access to preventions and treatments A team of hearing experts at Duke University School of Medicine and the Duke Global Health Institute is calling for a comprehensive, worldwide initiative to combat hearing loss. The percentage of people worldwide with hearing loss has been on the rise, increasing from 14 percent to 18 percent over the past 25 years. Recent data estimate half a billion people worldwide have moderate to severe hearing losses.

Rising rates of hearing loss demand better access to preventions and treatments A team of hearing experts at Duke University School of Medicine and the Duke Global Health Institute is calling for a comprehensive, worldwide initiative to combat hearing loss. The percentage of people worldwide with hearing loss has been on the rise, increasing from 14 percent to 18 percent over the past 25 years. Recent data estimate half a billion people worldwide have moderate to severe hearing losses.

The finding advances a human vaccine for CMV, which afflicts 1 million babies a year DURHAM, N.C. – Long before the Zika virus became a global fear, cytomegalovirus, or CMV, was commonly infecting developing fetuses and causing many of the same brain and developmental impairments. The virus, one of only a handful known to be transmitted through the mother’s placenta to a fetus, infects nearly 1 million infants a year worldwide and is a leading cause of microcephaly, hearing and/or vision loss, and nervous system damage. 

BETHESDA, MD – The American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG) has named Nicholas Katsanis, PhD, Director of the Center for Human Disease Modeling, Professor of Cell Biology, and Brumley Distinguished Professor of Pediatrics at Duke University, as the 2017 recipient of the Curt Stern Award.