Enhancing the Research Enterprise at Duke: Building on Duke Science and Technology
Duke University recently launched Duke Science and Technology (DST), a fundraising and faculty recruitment and retention effort aimed at elevating and sustaining excellence in the sciences. The effort is designed to accelerate the recruitment of new faculty and expand core research strengths in three main areas: resilience of the body and brain, computation, and materials science.
Hughes Named a Damon Runyon Fellow
Elizabeth Hughes, a postdoc in Raphael Valdivia's lab, has been named a Damon Runyon Fellow
Duke Onco-Fertility Program: Advances Are On the Horizon
The emerging field of onco-fertility brings together oncology and reproductive endocrinology specialties to maximize the reproductive potential of cancer patients and survivors.
MRI Scans Show Few Brain Differences in Children with ADHD
MRI scans of children aged 9–10 years with ADHD showed few differences in structural brain measurements compared to their unaffected peers, according to a study led by a Duke University School of Medicine researcher.
Advancing Neuroscience: Probing New Questions, Tools, and Promise in Brain Science
Duke neuroscientists discuss the challenges and technological achievements that help us better understand our complex brain.
North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services Names Charlene Wong, MD, MSHP, Assistant Secretary for Children and Families
The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services announced the launch of the Division of Child and Family Well-Being to help achieve its vision of children who are healthy and who thrive in safe, stable and nurturing families, schools and communities.
Duke-led Research Teams Receive Norins Awards to Explore the Germ Hypothesis of Alzheimer’s Disease
Two Duke-led research projects exploring the role that infections or microbes might play in Alzheimer’s disease have received $50,000 Duke/UNC Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center Norins Pilot Award
No Link Between Cognitive Changes, Alzheimer’s Markers After Major Surgery
Cognitive changes following non-neurologic and non-cardiac surgery were not associated with changes in Alzheimer’s disease-related biomarkers in older patients, according to a study led by a team at Duke University School of Medicine.
Omicron Antibodies Persist 6 Months after Moderna Vaccine Boost But Are 6 Times Lower
A booster dose of Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine showed signs of waning antibody levels against the Omicron variant after six months, but the antibodies still remained effective against the variant in laboratory tests, according to a Jan. 26 study in the New England Journal of Medicine.
Vigilance Needed for COVID to Move from Pandemic to Endemic
COVID-19 may soon evolve from a chaotic and unpredictable pandemic to a more manageable endemic, but will remain dangerous and require people to remain vigilant, safe and responsible.