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OBGE Spring 2025 Courses

David Anderson Population Health Sciences Sudha Raman and Gillian Schmidler 7/8/2024 "Analyzing the Impact of State Policy Discretion on Risk, Enrollment, and Plan&nbsp

1st year cohort seminar – "Choosing a Lab"                For all 1st year students on February 11 in MSRB III, 1125 from 2pm-3pm.    Preparing to Graduate seminar for students who are planning to defend in the next year:                  January 21 at 3:00pm:https://duke.zoom.us/j/95718296578

It has been a busy Fall semester! In addition to welcoming our new 1st year students who have been taking BIOTRAIN 701 and disciplinary courses while doing rotations, OBGE managed the largest enrollment in BIOTRAIN 720 (Scientific Grant Writing). This fall was the 14th year for the course, originally started by Doug Marchuk years ago as a small class for UPGG and MGM students.

DARE Application An important mission of the Office of Biomedical Graduate Education (OBGE) is to recognize the accomplishments of our PhD trainees, particularly those who have been especially successful in the research mission. To that end, we are writing to announce the 2024-2025 School of Medicine Dean’s Award for Research Excellence (DARE) Program.

In August 2024, OBGE welcomed Dr. Krissi Hewitt as the new Director of the office. Krissi oversees the OBGE team and its mission, works on strategic planning with Beth Sullivan, the Associate Dean for Research Training, and is a liaison to the 17 School of Medicine PhD programs, as well as with The Graduate School and other university units. In the meantime, take a couple minutes to learn more about Krissi from a few questions that we asked her:

Bruce Donald, PhD, the James B. Duke Distinguished Professor of Computer Science, plays a significant role in the narrative of AI development at Duke University. Donald has been involved in AI research since the late 1970s and has witnessed the evolution of the field.

With generous support from the Duke Endowment, Le Well is working to provide identification and intervention with appropriate resources to facilitate thriving of students in SOM HPE programs. We welcome Jeanine Bandini, LCSW, to serve as Le Well’s Well-Being Navigator for the remainder of the project.

As a third-year student, I was curious about what insights I would gain as I walked into the AOTA Education Summit held in Charlotte, NC, in early November. As it turns out, I found it helpful in preparing me for my education-based capstone, as the summit showcased innovations that were as inspiring as they were transformative.