Anthony Filiano, PhD, an assistant professor in the Department of Neurosurgery, has received a $375,000 grant from the Rosenau Family Research Foundation to support his research on Krabbe disease.

With extreme heat waves now five times more likely to occur than 150 years ago, the risk of other extreme events such as wildfires has also risen. a multidisciplinary team of scientists from around the world set out to build a model that will allow health officials and policymakers to predict the impact of wildfires anywhere in the world on their communities.

A few days before graduation, Duke Medical Alumni Association invited graduating MD students and their families to a uniquely Duke experience. Groups had the chance to climb the vertigo-inducing, stone steps – all 239 of them – up through the spiral staircase inside Duke Chapel's tower, leading all the way to the roof.

Clare Smith, PhD, has been named a Pew Scholar in the Biomedical Sciences. This award provides four years of funding to young investigators to explore some of the most pressing questions in human health and medicine.

In 2021, Huang co-led a group of scientists undertaking the task of mapping out the mouse’s brain. Though the final atlas “only” charted one large portion of the brain, the 17 papers from over 250 scientists provided an unparalleled roadmap – at a single-cell resolution – of the entire motor cortex in mice, marmosets and humans.

Duke University School of Medicine students and faculty met with a delegation of Navy Medicine senior leaders to explore collaborative research and scholarship opportunities available within military health care. 

The Office of Learning Environment and Wellbeing will launch a pilot project to investigate the feasibility and impact of a cross-disciplinary peer support program on connectedness, burnout, and wellness for students in health professions education programs.

Ralph Snyderman served as chancellor for Health Affairs and dean of the School of Medicine from 1989 to 2004, leading the development of the Duke University Health System and serving as its first president and CEO.

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.

In honor of Duke University's centennial, Dean Mary Klotman, MD, highlighted the School of Medicine's past and how it informs the present and fuels the future in her 2024 State of the School Address on June 12.