Skip to main content

Utility

  • Faculty Directory
  • Contact Us
  • Give
Home

Main navigation

  • About Us
    • Leadership and Administration
    • Facts & Figures
    • History
    • Named Professorships
    • Faculty Resources
    • Staff Resources
    • Duke In Durham
    • Alumni
    • Giving
    • Anatomical Gifts Program
    • Calendar of Events
    • Contact Us
  • Education
    • Health Professions Education Programs
    • Biomedical Graduate Education Programs
    • Biomedical PhD Programs
    • Certificate and Training Programs
    • International Experiences
    • Graduate Medical Education
    • Continuing Medical Education
    • Duke AHEC Program
    • SOM Bulletin
    • Duke Medical Center Library & Archives
  • Research
    • Basic Science Research
    • Clinical and Translational Research
    • Artificial Intelligence
    • Duke Research and Discovery @RTP
    • Core Facilities & Service Centers
    • Funding Opportunities
    • Research Initiatives
    • Research Support
    • Nobel Laureates
    • Summer Undergraduate Research Opportunities
    • 2026 Research Symposium
  • Patient Care
  • Community Partnership
  • Departments, Centers & Institutes
  • Newsroom
    • News
    • Magnify Magazine
    • Multimedia Highlights
    • Magazines and Annual Reports
    • Podcasts

Utility

  • Faculty Directory
  • Contact Us
  • Give
  1. Home
  2. Newsroom
  3. News

News

Twin girls sitting together in a wicker chair

An Uncertain Start, an Incredible Journey

July 18, 2022
Comprehensive care charts a bright future for twins born at 23 weeks.
 Left side: four faces. Top row has side by side female faces. left picture younger, right picture older. Bottom row is side by side of male faces. left picture younger, right picture older. Right side: a scatter graph of facial aging versus the pace of aging generally showing that the older a person looks, the faster their pace of aging.

Pace of Aging May Help Predict Risk of Dementia

July 18, 2022
Researchers have found that some people age slowly, only experiencing a few months’ worth of physical aging in a year, while others age more quickly, in effect, growing years older in just one calendar year.
Trent Semans Center side view

School of Medicine Establishes Onyekwere E. Akwari Endowed Professorship; Lisa McElroy Named Inaugural Recipient

July 15, 2022
Mary E. Klotman, MD, dean of the Duke University School of Medicine, announced today the creation of the Onyekwere E. Akwari, MD, Endowed Professorship, and named Lisa McElroy, MD, MS, assistant professor of surgery and population health sciences, the inaugural recipient of this new professorship.
faculty portraits overlaid over image of despondent teen.

Pandemic Amplified Existing Youth Mental Health Crisis

July 14, 2022
Media Brief: the pandemic has only amplified an already alarming mental health crisis among the nation’s young people – but there are ways for parents and communities to help.
Fluticasone Inhaler

Study Finds No Benefit to Taking Fluticasone Furoate for COVID-19 Symptoms

July 14, 2022
A study led by the Duke Clinical Research Institute (DCRI) in partnership with Vanderbilt University found no symptomatic or clinical benefit to taking fluticasone furoate for the treatment of mild-to-moderate COVID-19 symptoms.
Trent Semans Center Front view

Duke-UNC Project Wins 3rd Place in American Heart Association Heart Failure Data Challenge

July 14, 2022
A team from Duke University School of Medicine and the University of North Carolina School of Medicine was awarded third place by the American Heart Association for a project addressing the elements of structural racism that lead to poor heart health.
COVID-19 spike protein

Monoclonal Antibody Treatment Reduced Deaths in Hospitalized COVID Patients

July 11, 2022
A monoclonal antibody treatment taken by patients hospitalized with COVID-19 did not improve recovery time but did reduce deaths, according to a study published July 8 in The Lancet Respiratory Medicine.
A masked Dr. Grant meeting with a colleague across a table

Meet Gerald Grant, MD, Chair of the Duke Department of Neurosurgery

July 7, 2022
A rich background -- which included time in the US Air Force and Iraq and as an endowed professor, associated dean, and chief of pediatric neurosurgery at Stanford University-- contributed to the making of Grant into an outstanding leader poised to take Duke Neurosurgery to new and exciting directions.
Dr. Shelly Hwang in PPE, during surgery

Real-time Imaging Helps Women Avoid Repeat Surgery After Lumpectomy

July 6, 2022
 A Duke University School of Medicine study shows the potential of new imaging technology to change the landscape of breast cancer surgery.
Barbara Sheline in her garden

Barbara Sheline Starts a New Chapter After 32 Years at Duke

July 1, 2022
Barbara Sheline, MD, MPH, who has directed the Primary Care Leadership Track (PCLT) program in the Duke University School of Medicine since its establishment in 2011, retired on June 30, 2022.  

Pagination

  • First page
  • Previous page
  • …
  • 103
  • 104
  • 105
  • 106
  • 107
  • 108
  • 109
  • 110
  • 111
  • …
  • Next page
  • Last page

Sidebar navigation

  • News
  • Magnify Magazine
  • Multimedia Highlights
  • Magazines and Annual Reports
  • Podcasts
Magnify Magazine Logo

Magnify is Duke University School of Medicine's flagship magazine, publishing both online and print versions. Two stories a month are posted online, focused on the people who make up the School of Medicine community. 

Read Magnify Magazine

Editorial Leadership

Carol Harbers
Senior Director, Editorial Strategy
carol.harbers@duke.edu

Dave Hart
Editorial Director
david.hart@duke.edu

Angela Spivey
Assistant Director and Managing Editor
angela.spivey1@duke.edu

Shantell Kirkendoll
Senior Science Writer and Managing Editor
shantell.kirkendoll@duke.edu

For general communications questions or story ideas, please email SOM-Communications@duke.edu.

Duke University School of Medicine logo

Primary footer menu

  • About Us
  • Education
  • Research
  • Patient Care
  • Community Partnership
  • Departments, Centers & Institutes
  • Newsroom

Footer

  • Terms and Conditions
  • Accessibility
  • Contact Us
Facebook Twitter Instagram YouTube LinkedIn RSS feed

Give

medschool.duke.edu duke.edu dukehealth.org

@2026 Duke University and Duke University Health System. All rights reserved.