Duke Researchers Find Promising Results in Pre-Arrest Diversion Program for People who use Drugs
Active participants in Law Enforcement Assisted Diversion were significantly less likely to be re-arrested and more likely to use behavioral health treatment, according to a study of four programs in North Carolina.
EDI Spotlight: Rebecca Redmond, PhD
In this month’s EDI Spotlight, Redmond shares about her unique role as director of assessment and research in the Office of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion.
Four SoM Faculty Receive 2023 Physician-Scientist Strong Start Awards
Four School of Medicine faculty members have been selected to receive 2023 Physician-Scientist “Strong Start” awards.
Trailblazer: Monique Starks Flies High with Promising AED Drone Delivery Network
Monique Starks is the first investigator in the U.S. to be funded by the National Institutes of Health to explore development of a drone network that is capable of delivering AEDs to OHCA bystanders, and she’s flying high with some promising early observations.
Algorithms to Assess Stroke Risk are Markedly Worse for Black Americans
Current medical standards for accessing stroke risk perform worse for Black Americans than they do for white Americans, potentially creating a self-perpetuating driver of health inequities.
Cold Comfort: How an Ion Channel Activates Our Response to Temperature
How our bodies sense our environment and react to it is a big question, and how we answer it can have important implications for drug development.
School of Medicine Faculty, Staff Win 2022-23 Presidential Awards
Three individuals and two teams within the School of Medicine are among Duke’s 2022-23 Presidential Award winners.
Thomas Denny: Overseeing Duke’s Vaccine Research Enterprise
As chief operating officer at the Duke Human Vaccine Institute (DHVI), Thomas Denny is in the unique position of helping people fight flu and HIV, developing the next generation of COVID-19 vaccines, and all the while leading an annual $120 million enterprise.
Diving into Whales' Ability to Tolerate Low Oxygen
Duke cancer biologist Jason Somarelli, PhD, will collaborate with a group of Duke marine scientists to explore the cellular adaptations that some whales possess that gives them such an amazing ability to tolerate low-oxygen (hypoxic) environments as they dive and forage for food.
Building Better Guardrails for Algorithmic Medicine
Enthusiasm for applying AI tools to some of healthcare’s most vexing problems is helping drive the adoption of technologies that, until relatively recently, had not undergone the kinds of rigorous scrutiny routinely applied to drugs and medical devices.