Dr. Maradiaga Panayotti Explains How Vaccines Protect You Against COVID-19
Vaccines are our best defense against COVID-19 and its variants. Protect yourself and others - don’t wait to vaccinate!
Viviana Martinez-Bianchi Named North Carolina Family Physician of the Year
Dr. Viviana Martinez-Bianchi, associate professor in Duke’s Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, has been named North Carolina's 2021 Family Physician of the Year by the North Carolina Academy of Family Physicians (NCAFP). The honor is the most prestigious award from the NCAFP, the state's largest specialty medical association, comprised of more than 4,300 members.
It's All About the Kids
When Joe Hoffman accepted a friend’s invitation to attend the Duke Children’s Classic, he had no idea he would be starting an ongoing relationship that would last nearly 30 years and continue until today.
Congratulations to the 2021 ALICE Alumnae!
Congratulations to the following individuals, who have completed the 2021 ALICE Program. The Academic Leadership, Innovation, and Collaborative Engagement program is a yearlong leadership development program for mid-career women faculty in leadership roles.
In Magnify: Dissecting Disparities in Cancer Outcomes
Race, and how people are treated differently because of it, leads to major differences in health outcomes for cancer and other diseases. As a bit of an outsider, Akinyemiju (pronounced Ah-keen-yah-MEE-jew) saw this aspect of culture and health as something to be examined and dissected. She has built her career doing that.
Searching for A Higher Gear in the Fight Against Brain Cancer
Duke Ph.D. students Jessica Waibl Polania (left) and Selena Lorrey are looking for ways to use the body's own immune system to target and treat glioblastoma, a particularly aggressive form of brain cancer. They are conducting their research in Peter Fecci’s lab as part of the Duke Brain Tumor Immunotherapy Program.
Better Preclinical Drug Testing and More with Organs-on-Chips
A new custom-developed tool, called an organ-on-a-chip, shows potential for making pre-clinical testing more accurate.
Congratulations to the 2021 ADVANCE-UP Alumni!
Congratulations to the 2021 ADVANCE-UP program graduates!
Duke Science and Technology is ‘Accepting the Challenge’
With a few large leadership gifts and some strategically placed advertising in national media, Duke University is launching a new fundraising effort designed to elevate excellence in the sciences.
The faculty recruitment and retention effort, called Duke Science and Technology, will give the university resources to expand core strengths in Duke’s research, extending to nearly every corner of the university.
Two Duke Trainees Among Six Scholars Selected for Duke National Clinician Scholar Program
Six scholars have been selected for the 2022-2024 cohort of Duke's National Clinician Scholars Program (NCSP). The cohort represents the fourth group of interdisciplinary medical researchers recruited to the Duke NCSP site.