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In honor of National Native American Heritage Month, two Duke Occupational Therapy Doctorate students shared how their native heritage has shaped their occupations, identities, and lives.

Day of the Dead altars, a tradition developed in Mexico, present foods, photos, candles, and other objects that honor deceased loved ones. In November, Duke Chapel hosted a large ofrenda commissioned by Duke Arts, featuring calaveras (painted skulls) by artists with the Inter-Latin American Artist Collective. To better understand the traditions, history, and beliefs surrounding ofrendas, the Chapel, Duke Arts, and Say the Thing, convened a panel discussion.

A new model developed by researchers at Duke University could help increase the number of patients receiving positive genetic test results, providing them with valuable information that could guide treatment decisions.

The Office for Faculty is partnering with the Office of Strategic Communications to provide School of Medicine faculty members with a hands-on opportunity to learn about effective and appropriate use of social media to advance a career in academic health. This 3-hour workshop will:

Vice Dean for Faculty Mara Becker, MD, MSCE, was featured in a Duke Centennial panel “Women Leaders for a New Century” on October 24, 2024. The panel highlighted women leaders who are charting a course for Duke’s next century. A writeup of the event is available in the Duke Chronicle.

Duke researchers led efforts in a collaborative case control and cohort study in Ghana and Nigeria on the prevalence of genetic risk factors for chronic kidney disease.

Before October 7, 2023, David Hasan, MD, MSc, professor of neurosurgery, never pictured himself doing humanitarian work overseas. But that all changed once the Israel-Hamas war began. The father of a young daughter, he was particularly saddened after seeing children on both sides injured and killed. Hasan, who was born in Kuwait to Palestinian parents, set out to do whatever he could to help, traveling to Gaza in late 2023 with a group of doctors to perform surgeries.

The award recognizes notable and life-long achievements in research that have had a sustained impact on understanding cardiovascular biology and disease and/or that have changed the standard of cardiovascular clinical care.

Svati Shah, MD, Ursula Geller Distinguished Professor of Research in Cardiovascular Diseases, received the Gill Heart and Vascular Institute Outstanding Contributions to Cardiovascular Research Award from the University of Kentucky.

After 13 years as DCI’s executive director, Dr. Kastan has decided the time is right to pass the torch to the next generation of leaders.