Magnify Magazine

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Magnify is Duke University School of Medicine's flagship magazine, publishing both online and print versions. Two stories a month are posted online, focused on the people who make up the School of Medicine community.

A bi-annual print magazine is distributed to School of Medicine alumni, donors, and faculty. View the Spring 2026 issue.

If you have an idea for a Magnify story, we'd love to hear it. Please contact Shantell Kirkendoll at shantell.kirkendoll@duke.edu.

The gardener and the resident inspecting plants
Where Patients Grow More than Plants
By Susan Gallagher
A therapeutic gardening program at Duke Behavioral Health is helping patients find calm and purpose by using nature to ease depression, anxiety, and stress.
Debra Silver standing next to instruments in her lab

The Brain’s Blueprint Maker

Debra Silver, PhD, is pursuing one of neuroscience’s biggest questions: What makes a human brain human? She researches it with the same mix of precision and adventure she brings to her passion for scuba diving.
Nimmi Ramanujam, PhD and Student with the Pocket Colposcope

A Pocket-Sized Diagnostic with Global Reach

When a Duke University-led team of doctors and engineers traveled to western Kenya in January, they carried a device small enough to slip into a coat pocket — and ambitious enough to reshape how cervical cancer is diagnosed worldwide. 

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