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Dr. Abigail Carroll, PhD, MS, OTR/L, shared her expertise on Changing Criterion Designs (CCDs)—a process-driven research methodology—during her recent presentation for the Interdisciplinary Rehabilitative Research Seminar Series. Her talk, Occupational-Centered Inquiry: Practical Application of Theory and Changing Criterion Design Methodologies in Intervention and Education Research, offered attendees both conceptual depth and real-world relevance.

The SingHealth Duke-NUS Academic Medical Centre (AMC) welcomed members of the Academic Medicine Advisory Council (AMAC) from 15 to 17 April to review progress and offer strategic guidance.

CBB Director of Graduate Studies David Carlson, PhD, named 2025 Bass Chair. Read more

The Duke University School of Medicine Office of Biomedical and Graduate Education (OBGE) and Precision Genomics Collaboratory awarded 9 pilot grants of $2,000 each to SOM Biomedical PhD students. The goal of these grants is to support our students in scientific and educational efforts to bolster their graduate training experiences. These awards will help further research in a broad array of topics including fungal infections, cancers, and the effects of environmental toxicants in fetal brain development. They will also help fund intensive 6-week courses. 

The Precision Genomics Collaboratory (PGC) is committed to supporting graduate students in scientific and educational efforts that bolster their graduate training experiences.

Virus-specific T-cell measurement is made easier to enable better understanding of immune responses in patients and management of human infectious diseases.

After outreach from the parent of a child with a rare neurodegenerative disease, Pranam Chatterjee, PhD, is closing in on the causes, and the findings may also have implications for Alzheimer’s disease. Read more

What happens when self-concept does not fully match up to the robust image of health and wellbeing we feel obligated to portray professionally? 

CBB Student Ben Neubert is a finalist at the Duke's Startup Showcase 2025 on April 10, 2025, at the Fuqua School of Business. Duke I&E's premier event celebrates student entrepreneurship. Ben's project is titled Toilemetry. Toilemetry is an NIH-funded medical technology venture developing a smart toilet that automates urine output tracking in hospitals, providing real-time, accurate data to improve patient outcomes and streamline workflows.