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A diverse team of Duke faculty and community advocates created LATIN-19 (Latinx Advocacy Team and Interdisciplinary Network for COVID-19) in March 2020 to advocate for and bring awareness to the needs of the Latinx community in North Carolina during the COVID-19 crisis.

The LEADER 2023 program has concluded. Congratulate this years cohort!

Duke OTD students have been exposed to how sexual identities shape and are shaped by occupation. That connection has been the focus of research in Occupational Science for several decades. Here is a sample of research illustrating how the research has developed over time. As with all research, there is much room for expansion. All the articles are available through Duke Libraries.

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.

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

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. 

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

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.