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Steven Shen Pathology John Sampson, M.D., Ph.D. 2/3/2023 IL-12 CAR T cell Immunotherapy for Heterogeneous Brain Tumors

Dennis Ko, MD, PhD, associate professor in molecular genetics and microbiology, was among five School of Medicine faculty to be elected into the American Society for Clinical Investigation (ASCI), one of the oldest and most esteemed nonprofit honor societies of physician-scientists.  

Genetics at Duke ranked 8th in the country for NIH funding, according to the Blue Ridge Institute for Medical Research

The Duke University School of Medicine Office of Biomedical Graduate Education (OBGE) and Precision Genomics Collaboratory awarded 17 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 antibiotic natural evolution, prostate cancer, vascular malformations, and more.  

2023 Spring Faculty Celebration Wednesday, May 17, 5:00-7:30pm, Doris Duke Center, Duke Gardens This event is a wonderful opportunity to network, celebrate achievements, and recognize colleagues with faculty awards. Refreshments will be served. Please  RSVP online if you plan to attend. Presented by: Mary E. Klotman, MD, Dean of the School of Medicine, Vice Chancellor for Health Affairs

Biomedical engineers at Duke University have demonstrated a new synthetic approach to controlling cellular biochemical processes

Should you retake courses for better grades, or take a completely different, higher level, course? When it comes to your GPA, CASPA includes everything. Retaking a course does not replace the grade in the GPA that CASPA sends to individual schools. So, there is no one-size-fits-all answer to this question.

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