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Niven Singh, a 5th year PhD student in Duke’s Computational Biology & Bioinformatics program, earned a “Best Poster Award” during the 11th International Conference on Biological Physics in Seoul, South Korea in August.

Congratulations to our current student and alumnus for publications in prestigious journals. November 2023:  Rubenstein collaborated with study co-authors Maggie Sweitzer, PhD and Joseph McClernon, PhD, tobacco policy researchers in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and members of the Brain Imaging and Analysis Center.  

One of the main reasons I chose the Duke PA Program is its holistic approach to medicine. The curriculum focuses on the social determinants of health as well as the clinical reasoning required to practice medicine. Both are important to me, as I have been on both ends of what it is like to not be “the perfect patient.”

The official list of  Clarivate’s Most Highly Cited Scientists came out on November 15. Among the 30 Duke faculty to make this list, five are also faculty in the Precision Genomics Collaboratory. Congratulations to our highly cited researchers!

The Duke Doctor of Physical Therapy program, in collaboration with Duke Health Rehabilitation Services, has created a new Hybrid Orthopaedic Physical Therapy Residency Program for physical therapists who have earned their DPT degree and seek to advance their knowledge and skills.   The program is seeking applicants to be part of the new one-year program that launches in the fall of 2024.  

Corrina Robertson Pharmacology Daniel Lew, Ph.D. 11/7/2023 Mating and Marital Fidelity in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Data from a recent study shows that students that complete an internship are significantly more likely to land their top choice position after graduation than students that did not do an internship.  Rachel Meade, a 5th year PhD student in the University Program in Genetics & Genomics, did exactly that after an internship with Analysis Group.  Rachel did a 3 month long paid internship in health economics & outcomes research over the summer of 2022 at Analysis Group in San Franc

Duke Doctor of Physical Therapy faculty member Steven Z. George, PT, PhD, FAPTA, has been named editor-in-chief of the Physical Therapy & Rehabilitation Journal (PTJ), the American Physical Therapy Association (APTA) announced on Nov. 1, 2023.