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Blake S. Wilson, adjunct professor of biomedical engineering, electrical and computer engineering, and surgery at Duke University and co-director of the Duke Hearing Center, has been awarded the 2015 Fritz J. and Dolores H. Russ Prize for “engineering cochlear implants that enable the deaf to hear.”

Theodore Slotkin, PhD, professor of Pharmacology and Cancer Biology in the Duke University School of Medicine, was awarded the 2015 Education Award from the Society of Toxicology. This prestigious award honors an individual who teaches and trains toxicologists and has made significant contributions to education in the field of toxicology. Slotkin has been teaching and mentoring future toxicologists at Duke for more than 40 years. Slotkin is also a professor in Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and in Neurobiology.

As part of the Duke University Alumni Association’s “What’s Your Forever” campaign, Kimberly Blackwell, MD, a Duke University alumna and medical oncologist, described her “forever” passion and the role Duke played in helping her discover and pursue her “forever.”

Duke University School of Medicine has launched a new one-year professional master’s degree program, the Master of Biomedical Sciences (MBS). The program prepares students to be highly competitive candidates for medical schools, related health professions, and other biomedical careers. The curriculum integrates graduate level human biological sciences with skill development in critical thinking, communication, and teamwork. What’s unique about Duke’s MBS Program?

More than 70 Duke University medical students gathered together today at 12:30 p.m. in the Great Hall of the Mary Duke Biddle Trent Semans Center to take part in a nationwide  demonstration of medical students aimed at drawing attention to social injustice and racial bias. Students at more than 40 medical schools across the country were expected to take part in the “White Coat Die-In” protests.

The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) has awarded the distinction of Fellow to 401 of its members this year.  Three members of the Duke University School of Medicine faculty are being recognized for distinguished scientific and societal efforts.

Dan G. Blazer, MD, PhD, the J.P. Gibbons Professor of Psychiatry Emeritus at Duke University School of Medicine, and Mary Klotman, MD, professor of medicine and chair of the Department of Medicine, were both honored by the Institute of Medicine (IOM) this fall.

Hashim Al-Hashimi, PhD, assumed the role as director for the Center for RNA Biology, effective September 1, 2014. Dr. Al-Hashimi replaces Mariano Garcia-Blanco, MD, PhD, who is leaving Duke after more than two decades to become chair of the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biologyat the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston.

Robert A. McDonald, Secretary of Veterans Affairs, spoke to a standing-room-only crowd at the Department of Medicine Grand Rounds on August 29, 2014. This was the first stop on his tour around the country to encourage physicians and other health care providers to work with veterans at VA medical centers. Pictured: Nancy C. Andrews, MD, PhD, Dean, Duke University School of Medicine Ralph Snyderman, MD, Chancellor Emeritus, Duke University Health System Bob McDonald, Secretary, Veterans Affairs Mary Klotman, MD, Chair, Department of Medicine