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On behalf of the APTA NC Student SIG and the Community Service Project Committee, we have two events planned for this spring semester.   

OTD faculty members Antoine L. Bailliard, PhD, and 

Second-year PA student Adriana DaCosta will have two pieces of art on display at the Brown Gallery Student Art Exhibition, hosted by Duke University Union's VisArts, in the Bryan Center from March 4th through April 8th. There will be an opening reception on Thursday, March 7, from 6:30-8:30 pm.

Duke University, in collaboration with the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill and ​​​NC​​ State University, has received a three-year, $3 million grant from the Chan​ ​Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI) to map and manipulate the unseen complexities of biological networks, with a focus on kinases.

Jewish communities have deep roots in Latin American history, with the first synagogue in the Americas built in Brazil in 1636. A student group known as “Jewtinos at Duke” celebrates this connection of shared Jewish and Latino heritage.

In this two-part series, first-year students Polly Hurlburt and Kris Miller sat down to discuss Kris's groundbreaking role as the first Black president of the Duke PA Program's student society, the Stead Society.   Part Two: Looking Forward Read part one here!    

Dear OTD Community,

In a finding that could help reduce the racial disparity in kidney disease, Duke Health researchers have detailed how two common gene variants among African Americans can cause kidney failure.

OTD faculty members will serve as panelists and the featured speakers at this Duke Divinity School event on March 4. Please join us for a conversation on disability in education, accommodations, and Universal Design for Learning.

Two Computational Biology and Bioinformatics students will be defending their dissertations during the month of March. They will be held in person and virtually.