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The 2015 Nobel Prize Award Ceremony took place at Stockholm Concert Hall on Thursday, 10 December, 2015 Videos Speech for the Chemistry Prize  Granting of the Chemistry Prize  Dr. Modrich's Nobel Lecture in Chemistry   

The American Academy of Ophthalmology held its 2015 annual meeting in Las Vegas, Nevada November 14-17, 2015. Join us in congratulating the Duke Eye Center award winners and over 30 Duke Eye Center Faculty and Fellows who presented instructional courses, skills transfer sessions, scientific posters and papers during the meeting.  We are proud of our faculty and staff for their commitment and influence in the field of ophthalmology. Read More

Five Duke University School of Medicine faculty members were elected as fellows of the AAAS for 2015, in recognition of their contributions to innovation, education, and scientific leadership. The new fellows will be recognized in a February Fellows Forum at the 2016 AAAS Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C.    

Older women with early-stage, invasive breast cancer had better survival rates than what was estimated by a popular online tool for predicting survival, according to researchers at the Duke Cancer Institute. The finding provides a stronger rationale for women over the age of 70 -- even those who have additional minor health concerns -- to undergo aggressive treatments such as chemotherapy to prevent their cancer from returning.

Thank you to everyone who participated in the Test Your Knowledge quiz in the September issue of the School of Medicine enewsletter. 

Once again, Basic Science Day drew a packed house, with faculty, staff and students from across the School of Medicine attending the sixth annual event on Monday, November 16. The day was filled with speakers representing all of the basic science departments. Dean Nancy Andrews, MD, PhD, welcomed the crowd, followed by Vice Dean for Basic Science Raphael Valdivia, PhD.  Joseph Heitman, MD, PhD, Chair, Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology and James B. Duke Professor, was the featured keynote speaker.

Being bullied in childhood has been associated with increased risk for anxiety, depression and even eating disorders. But according to new research, it’s not only the victims who could be at risk psychologically, but also the bullies themselves.

The ASCB Minorities Affairs Committee has selected Erich D. Jarvis to receive the 2015 E.E. Just Award. Jarvis is a neurobiologist who investigates vocal learning in birds as a model with which to study how the brain generates, perceives, and learns complex behavior such as spoken language. He is currently an associate professor in the Department of Neurobiology at Duke University Medical Center and is also an investigator of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI), a position he has held since 2008.

Julie Ann Sosa, MD, professor in the Department of Surgery at Duke University Medical School, is a member of the 2015-2016 Class of fellows for The Hedwig van Ameringen Executive Leadership in Academic Medicine® (ELAM) Program at Drexel University College of Medicine. This year’s class is the 21st incoming class for ELAM®, the only program in North America dedicated to preparing women for senior leadership roles in academic health science institutions.

Murali Doraiswamy, MBBS, professor of psychiatry and director of the Neurocognitive Disorders Program, has been appointed to serve as the chair of the World Economic Forum’s Global Agenda Council on Brain Research. Neuroscience is increasingly prominent on the global agenda. Currently, two of the world’s largest multidisciplinary science projects are the BRAIN Initiative in the United States and the Human Brain Project in the European Union.