Duke University School of Medicine Dean Mary Klotman, MD, shares updates on significant research achievements, prestigious awards, upcoming events, and important health reminders.

Tamara Fitzgerald, MD, PhD, an associate professor of surgery and global health, has been working to improve surgical care in Uganda for more than a decade.

Climate change has the potential to make fungi even more hazardous to our health, according to research from Asiya Gusa, PhD. A video from Duke University explains more.

Duke University Hospital ophthalmic photographer Kathleen Warren, CPT, OCT-C, works at the intersection of medicine and art to understand eye health.

Third-year medical student Dominic Tanzillo won a fellowship to study clotting risks of space travel.

Richard G. Brennan, PhD, James B. Duke Distinguished Professor of Biochemistry, can count many successes during his 13 years as chair of the Duke Department of Biochemistry, including celebrating two Nobel Laureates from the department, as well as playing a pivotal role in bringing the vital technology of cryogenic electron microscopy (Cryo-EM) to Duke.

A Graham, North Carolina, man became the second person in the world to receive the device, which provides a bridge to transplant.

Derek Southwell, MD, PhD, assistant professor in the Duke Department of Neurosurgery, has received the NIH Director’s New Innovator Award from the National Institutes of Health to investigate the cellular properties and circuit functional roles of human cortical interneurons.

The Duke Spark Initiative for AI in Medical Imaging formally launches this week. Spark’s mission at Duke encompasses research into development and use of artificial intelligence in medical imaging, with an emphasis on collaborative work between physicians across different specialties and machine learning experts.

The Trailblazer Award recognizes a Black alumnus of the University of North Carolina who paved the way for African Americans during the first 20 years of integration at Carolina.