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OBGE Professional Development Awards are designed to support professional development for biomedical PhD trainees who have shown an interest in engaging in OBGE’s mission to develop student’s full potential as independent scientists. The award provides reimbursement for activities that directly enhance the recipient’s professional growth, including, but not limited to conference registration and travel and workshop attendance.  

Noncoding RNAs are proving to be critical players in the evolution of brain anatomy and cognitive complexity.

The School of Medicine Office for Faculty and Office of Physician-Scientist Development are now accepting applications for the Fund to Retain Clinical Scientists at Duke. Supported by awards from the American Heart Association, Doris Duke Charitable Foundation and Dean Mary Klotman, the Fund provides supplements of up to $30,000-$50,000 to clinician-scientists with significant caregiving responsibilities. Supplements are for 1 year, with the possible option to apply for a second year.

Shelley Hwang, MD, MPH, Mary and Deryl Hart Distinguished Professor of Surgery and Jessilyn Dunn, PhD, Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering; Assistant Professor of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, were among the recipients to receive funding from the inaugural Duke Science and Technology (DST) Launch Seed Grant Program. This team will use wearable devices to monitor up to 50 patients before and after surgery to track surgical recovery.

Makenzie Beaman, a pediatric scientist in training in the Medical Science Training Program (MSTP), was selected for the best fellow platform presentation award at the 43rd Annual David W. Smith Workshop on Malformations and Morphogenesis on August 23.  Out of the 64 fellows and medical genetics residents and fellows in the workshop, 13 were selected to give platform presentations. Beaman and one other were selected as the co-best presentation. 

Microbial proteins around a sexually transmitted infection allow pathogen to hide undetected inside host cells

A core project will be led by Benjamin Goldstein, Ph.D., associate professor of biostatistics and bioinformatics, along with Gary Maslow, M.D., associate professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences, will use artificial intelligence to analyze 260,000 health insurance claims, including those from 6,000 children diagnosed with autism, from birth to 18 months.

How functions in microbial communities remain constant despite varying compositions

Ed Hammond, PhD, Duke University Clinical & Translational Science Institute and Diego Kaminker, Deputy Chief Standards Implementation Officer, explore Healthcare Interoperability through conversations with experts from around the world with guest expert Ron Parker. Listen to HL7's dynamic podcast series! Listen 

Please join us in welcoming our new Faculty Development Residents: Dr. Robin Baker, Dr. Courtney Jeffries, and Dr. JD Sheppard. Learn more about them here.