Duke AHEC: 50 Years of Workforce Development in Behavioral Health & Beyond
The North Carolina Area Health Education Centers (NC AHEC) program was established in 1974 to address concerns with the supply, distribution, and retention of health care professionals. Duke AHEC, one of nine regional AHEC programs throughout the state, has been led by Duke Psychiatry's Marvin Swartz, MD, since 1996 and delivers programs and services primarily in the Fayetteville area.
Centennial Spotlight: Normalizing the Sight of a Black Doctor
Charles Johnson, MD, faced challenges from the moment he was hired as the first Black faculty member in the School of Medicine in 1970.
Centennial Oral Histories: Rob Califf
Robert Califf, MD, commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration, is a Duke alumnus, renowned cardiologist, and founding director of the Duke Clinical Research Institute. In this Duke Centennial interview, he discusses his life, his mentors, and the emergence of data-driven research.
Duke Centennial: A Forensic Pathology Pioneer
Before there was CSI, there was Wiley Forbus, MD. He changed the way pathologists communicated their findings about the dead, moving from text and drawings to scientific photography.
Exhibit Highlights Duke History, PA Program Pioneer
Joyce Nichols, who was the first woman in the country to become a physician assistant when she graduated from Duke's PA program in 1970, is among the people, events, and institutions highlighted in a Museum of Durham History exhibit marking Duke University's Centennial.
Jeannie Beckham's 35 Years — and Counting — of Patient Care, Research, and Leadership
Over her 35 years in the Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Jeannie Beckham, PhD, has mentored more than 140 undergraduates, graduate students, clinical psychology trainees, postdoctoral fellows, and junior faculty members.
Centennial Trailblazer: Z. Josh Huang
In 2021, Huang co-led a group of scientists undertaking the task of mapping out the mouse’s brain. Though the final atlas “only” charted one large portion of the brain, the 17 papers from over 250 scientists provided an unparalleled roadmap – at a single-cell resolution – of the entire motor cortex in mice, marmosets and humans.
Centennial Spotlights Ralph Snyderman
Ralph Snyderman served as chancellor for Health Affairs and dean of the School of Medicine from 1989 to 2004, leading the development of the Duke University Health System and serving as its first president and CEO.
Watch the 2024 State of the School Address
In honor of Duke University's centennial, Dean Mary Klotman, MD, highlighted the School of Medicine's past and how it informs the present and fuels the future in her 2024 State of the School Address on June 12.
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.