Community Engagement/Health Disparities: How Researchers Can Combat Racism, Health Inequities
The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated pre-existing health inequities and emphasized the need for community-engaged research to address those disparities, according to a panel of Duke and UNC-Chapel Hill experts.
School Launches Plan to Dismantle Racism
Since launching its Moments to Movement initiative in June 2020, Duke University School of Medicine has begun work to better understand the root causes and harms of racism and to develop strategies to reduce racial inequity.
In Magnify: Dissecting Disparities in Cancer Outcomes
Race, and how people are treated differently because of it, leads to major differences in health outcomes for cancer and other diseases. As a bit of an outsider, Akinyemiju (pronounced Ah-keen-yah-MEE-jew) saw this aspect of culture and health as something to be examined and dissected. She has built her career doing that.
Kevin Thomas named First Vice Dean for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion for Duke School of Medicine
Kevin Thomas MD, Associate Professor of Medicine, has been named Duke University School of Medicine’s first Vice Dean for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion.
93-Year-Old Joins Duke CTSI Study to Help Solve Kidney Disease Mystery in People of African Ancestry
At age 93, Pearl Asbury joined a study at the Duke CTSI office in Kannapolis at the North Carolina Research Campus to better understand kidney disease in people of African ancestry. “I always wanted to be involved in a study just for Afro-Americans. It is wonderful because for so much of our history, our health has not been understood,” said Asbury, who became the 100th person to enroll.
Duke Receives $2.65M Grant to Increase Diversity and Equity, Opens New Clinical Research Center in Durham
Duke CTSI, Duke University School of Medicine, and Duke University Health System together have launched a new initiative aimed at achieving equitable representation in clinical research.
School of Medicine joins national effort to transform medical education
The Duke University School of Medicine has been selected as one of 11 medical schools from across the United States and Canada to participate in
School Students, Staff, and Faculty receive 2021 Michelle Winn Inclusive Excellence Awards
The Duke University School of Medicine has announced the recipients of the 2021 Michelle P. Winn Awards, which recognize exceptional achievement within the field of diversity and inclusion.
A First at Duke
Only around 6% of practicing ophthalmologists are minorities, and only 3% of ophthalmologists are Black.