Duke University School of Medicine was awarded more than $527 million in federal funding from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in 2022, ranking ninth nationally among academic medical center

Signs of autism can hide in plain sight, but a Duke University School of Medicine study shows machine learning may help spot them. 

Duke experts discuss the potential effects of a bill in the North Carolina state legislature that would restrict gender-affirming care for minors.

Craig Albanese, M.D., an accomplished health care leader and distinguished academic pediatric surgeon, has been named chief executive officer of Duke University Health System (DUHS).

Developmental psychologist Keisha Leanne Bentley-Edwards, PhD, MA, is an associate professor in the division of General Internal Medicine, the Associate Director of Research and the Director of the Health Equity Working Group for Duke’s Samuel DuBois Cook Center on Social Equity, a scholarly collaborative that studies the causes and consequences of inequality and develops remedies for these disparities and their adverse effects.

Janis Curtis, MSPH, MA, associate director of the Duke Clinical Data Research Networks (CDRN) Program, has been named a 2023 Changemaker in Health for her courage, curiosity, and determination to help transform the global health ecosystem through the best use of information technology.

Andrea Deyrup, MD, PhD, a professor in the Department of Pathology, challenges a long history of race-based medicine that she says is often based on questionable assumptions and flawed science yet deeply embedded in clinical decision-making.

On January 27, 2023,  the Food and Drug Administration approved a new targeted therapy for hard-to-treat advanced breast cancers. Its development was made possible by research and advocacy from the lab of Donald McDonnell, PhD, in the Department of Pharmacology and Cancer Biology. 

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Through her research and administrative work, Sherilynn Black has developed expertise in what scholars need to thrive in academic careers. Recognized as a national leader, she will guide a new initiative at the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine on mentorship, professional development and well-being.