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Ninety-five Doctor of Physical Therapy students received their new crisp white coats in a ceremony at the Duke Chapel today.  The Class of 2024 White Coat Ceremony marked a milestone for the students who have finished the didactic portion of the program and set out to begin a year of clinical experiences before graduating next May. Watch the archived ceremony.

Tirzepatide works through a unique ability to activate two different mechanisms the body uses to control insulin secretion and energy balance, Duke Health researchers report.

Kaitlin Hicks,  MEd,  a clinical education senior program coordinator with the Doctor of Physical Therapy division, has received an inaugural School of Medicine Dean’s Valued Service Staff Award. Hicks is just one of four School of Medicine employees to receive the Valued Service Staff Award. 

Duke University’s Master of Management in Clinical Informatics (MMCi) is a one-year master’s degree program that equips working physicians and clinicians, as well as business and IT professionals with the multidisciplinary expertise they need to design better, more efficient patient care.

MedInfo 2023 : "We are privileged to have so many internationally renowned digital health experts present keynote addresses. Our plenary sessions feature more than 50 keynote speakers from countries all around the world including the United States, the United Kingdom, Switzerland, Jordan, United Arab Emirates, Argentina, Indonesia, Hong Kong and of course senior leaders from Australia." More About Keynote Speakers

Jessica Womack, MEd, Director of Educational Programs has won the Inaugural Professionalism and Integrity Staff Award

Sunny Yang Liu is a 3rd year medical student enrolled in the Master of Management in Clinical Informatics program. He is originally from Singapore, where he served in the military. Liu graduated from the University of Chicago and began his journey with Duke’s medical school in 2020. He plans to apply to the family medicine residency program within the Department of Family Medicine and Community Health.

Second-year DPT students Brenna Hammer, SPT, LAT, ATC, and Noelle Cedeño joined a School of Nursing and School of Medicine trip to Honduras, where the team served individuals living and working in Santa Cruz Lempira and La Laguna.

ELAM and ELH are prestigious year-long fellowships aimed at expanding the national pool of outstanding women candidates for leadership in academic medicine and healthcare respectively.

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