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Congratulations are in order for our distinguished faculty at the School of Medicine for Securing the esteemed titles of Professor and/or Tenure!

Excellence in Professionalism Award Melanie Bonner, PhD Professor in Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences Assistant Dean of Student Services in the School of Medicine   The Excellence in Professionalism Award recognizes a faculty member who exemplifies professionalism and personifies Duke’s guiding principles of respect, trustworthiness, inclusion, teamwork, and learning.

Duke University School of Medicine is proud to acknowledge the faculty members who were selected as recipients of this year’s School of Medicine faculty awards.

The Class of 2024, a group of 94 remarkable individuals, was formally hooded and awarded their doctorates on Saturday, May 11, in a special ceremony at the Washington Duke Inn. This momentous occasion marked the 80th class to graduate from the esteemed Duke physical therapy program.

The American Physical Therapy Association (APTA) Capitol Hill Day is an annual event that brings together physical therapy professionals and students in Washington, D.C., so they can amplify their voices while engaging with legislators and advocating for their profession.  

Richard “Rick” L. Lieber, PhD, MBA, delivered an address titled “Is It OK That Science Is a Business?” to the Duke Doctor of Physical Therapy program on May 9 as part of the annual Branch Lecture series.

In November 2023, Mexico's Ministry of Culture and the National Institute of Fine Arts and Literature opened “Pedro Lasch: Entre líneas / Between the Lines” at Mexico City’s Laboratorio Arte Alameda. The exhibit is a significant event for Lasch — a research professor of Art, Art History & Visual Studies — and the first retrospective of his career.

… But though I have wept and fasted, wept and prayed, Though I have seen my head (grown slightly bald) brought in upon a platter, I am no prophet — and here’s no great matter;

Graduating students - you should have an email from the AAMC inviting you to complete the Graduation Questionnaire (GQ) survey which is sent to all graduating students to be used in program evaluation and to improve medical student experience.  While completing the GQ is voluntary, the AAMC expects programs to have at least a 70% completion rate. We are at 25% - please help DukeMed by completing the survey!

  For those who could not join us, here is a summary of the event! THE STORIES PROJECT: HUMANITY IN EVERYDAY CLINICAL ENCOUNTERS   May 1, 2024 5-7 p.m. with DINNER* Sixth Floor, Trent Semans Center for Health Education