Magnify Magazine

Medical resident Jeffrey Lee, MD, is on a mission to understand the human side of illness. He partnered with patients on the narrative medicine project “Untold Stories,” to share their personal stories about living with illness.

James Davis, MD, was a third-year medical student when he realized he wanted to help people beat tobacco addiction. Today, he leads one of the largest smoking cessation programs in the United States. The program, called Quit at Duke, includes 12 specially trained providers and helps more than 6,000 people each year.

Over the past 100 years, Duke University School of Medicine has grown from a visionary philanthropist’s dream into one of the world’s premier academic health institutions. The school’s story is one of excellence and innovation in health professions education, world-class patient care, biomedical research, and community partnership.

Growing up in Kenya, Charles Muiruri, PhD, MPH, honed his skills on the soccer pitch before venturing abroad to pursue a career in information technology. His eventual arrival in North Carolina marked a pivotal chapter in his life's story to become a population health professor revolutionizing health care for those living with HIV and chronic health conditions.