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First Lady of the United States, Jill Biden, EdD, visited Durham on March 20 to deliver remarks on women’s health research to a group of about 40 invited guests from Duke University, NC Central, and UNC Chapel Hill.

DPT students teamed up with OTD and PA students to play and observe wheelchair basketball, seated volleyball, boccia, and more during the Adapted Sports Experience (ASE), a fun educational event on Duke’s campus.

Registration Open: Writing and Publishing High-Impact Research Manuscripts WHEN: Aug 6-7, 1-5 pm REGISTER: https://research.duke.edu/event/writing-and-publishing-high-impact-research-manuscripts/

Registration Open: Write Winning NIH Grant Proposals WHEN: July 17-18, 8:30 am - 12:30 pm REGISTER:  https://research.duke.edu/event/write-winning-nih-grant-proposals/  

It’s that time of year again; the CASPA application opens at the end of this month! Last week was the annual North Carolina Health Professions Fair Week. We visited seven schools across the state, from Wilmington to Boone, and many places in between. One thing we heard from quite a few students was how helpful our school comparison spreadsheet is in their planning. Every PA program has slightly different requirements, as well as different costs, locations, and amenities. It’s hard to keep up!

Duke OTD was well-represented at the annual meeting of the American Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA) last week! Here's a snapshot:

DURHAM, N.C. – Duke Health is part of a multi-institution research team receiving federal Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H) funding to develop an osteoarthritis treatment that regenerates joints.

DURHAM, N.C. – Duke Health is part of a multi-institution research team receiving federal Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H) funding to develop an osteoarthritis treatment that regenerates joints.

The Duke University School of Medicine Office of Biomedical and Graduate Education (OBGE) and Precision Genomics Collaboratory awarded 14 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 single cell sequencing, changes in the brain due to drug use, and RNA sequencing. It will also help cover costs to attend courses and conferences around the world.

Computational Biology & Bioinformatics student Danting Jiang will be defending her dissertation on April 1, 2024.