White Coat Ceremony Marks Pivotal Transition for Duke Doctor of Physical Therapy Students
The Duke Doctor of Physical Therapy (DPT) program held the White Coat Ceremony for the Class of 2025 in Duke Chapel on June 4. The celebration marked the end of didactic work and the transition to third-year clinical experiences for the 96 students.
The Office for Faculty Appoints a New Director of the APT Office
The Office for Faculty announced the appointment of the new Director of the School of Medicine APT Office. Joan Dupont, PhD, will start on July, 1, 2024.
Patient’s Gift Launches Melanoma Survivorship Program
An anonymous donor who received his melanoma care at Duke has given $1 million to fund a survivorship program.
Duke PA Students Take the Lead in Organizing Multi-School Point-of-Care Ultrasound Competition
When Katherine Bullock, Helen Gaynes, and Emily McEnerey from the class of 2023 founded the student-led Point-of-Care Ultrasound Society (POCUS) in 2022, their mission was to provide teaching skills for second-year Duke PA Program students and early exposure to POCUS skills to the first-year students.
Centennial Trailblazer: Nimmi Ramanujam
Nimmi Ramanujam and her research team created the Pocket Colposcope, and a sister device the Callascope, lightweight, handheld devices which bring improved cervical cancer screening to settings where these capabilities have not been available.
Centennial Trailblazer: Ed Miao
Dr. Ed Miao’s corner of immunology research involves the rather dramatic plot twist that occurs when a cell confronted by an enemy pathogen basically blows itself up to stop the invader from causing more damage to the body.
NSF Awards $12.5M to Duke Researchers and Colleagues to Explore Polyploidy
The National Science Foundation awards $12.5 million grant to Duke researchers and their colleagues to lead pioneering study of polyploidy.
Health and Human Services Officials Visit Duke, Discuss Responsible Health Care AI
Duke Health hosted leaders from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Microsoft, and UNC-Chapel Hill, to talk about next steps in making trustworthy health care artificial intelligence (AI) a reality.
The Duke-NUS Graduation of the Class of 2024 is a Celebration of Resilience and Courage
Resilience, flexibility and the courage to take on new challenges. Those were three key attributes the Class of 2024 was lauded for during their Graduation and Hooding Ceremony held at The Ngee Ann Kongsi Auditorium on Saturday, 1 June.
Three from Duke Named to ELAM 2024-2025 Class of Fellows
Drs. Cathleen Colón-Emeric, Loretta Que and Heather Whitson were selected as a members of the 2024-2025 class of fellows for the Hedwig van Ameringen Executive Leadership in Academic Medicine® (ELAM) Program at Drexel University College of Medicine.