Cheers, hugs, and tears of joy filled the air as 120 students from Duke University School of Medicine gathered for Match Day 2025. The annual milestone revealed where the next generation of doctors will embark on their next chapter of medical training.

Cigarette and other tobacco smoking are responsible for millions of deaths worldwide each year.

Annual DARE Awards were presented for groundbreaking research in cancer, neuroscience, cell biology and biochemistry.

The School of Medicine senior vice dean was honored for decades of leadership.

Tatiana Segura, PhD, a professor of biomedical engineering who also has appointments in the departments of neurology and dermatology, works to create new biomaterials, including a gel that regrows tissue in damaged areas of the body and promotes wound healing.

Donald Patrick McDonnell, PhD, has been awarded the Endocrine Society’s John D. Baxter Prize for Entrepreneurship for discovering hormone therapies for treating breast and prostate cancer.

Research led by members of the Duke University Nicholas School of the Environment and the Duke Cancer Institute aims to tackle the issue of cancer risk among firefighters based on their exposure to certain harmful chemicals.

Researchers in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology are examining the silent burden of uterine fibroids. Their push for better medical treatment may give women better, less invasive options—and finally bring fibroid care the attention it deserves.

An artificial intelligence model developed by Duke Health researchers accurately predicted when adolescents were at high risk for future serious mental health issues before symptoms became severe.

A team of Duke pathologists led by Carolyn Glass, MD, PhD, has been awarded a $1.3 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to conduct the first in-depth study of long COVID’s effect at the tissue level.