Three Duke Scientists Awarded NIH Grants for High-Risk, High-Reward Research
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has awarded grants to three Duke University School of Medicine faculty members through the NIH Common Fund’s High-Risk, High-Reward Research program.
Longtime Donor Establishes a Presidential Distinguished Chair
One day when Carol Deane was an undergraduate biology student at Lake Forest College, a private liberal arts university north of Chicago, she happened to pick up a magazine.
Duke Brain Scientists Named Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigators
Pandemic Response Shows Path For Improved Health Care in the Future
In many ways, the COVID-19 pandemic forced positive changes in how medicine is practiced in communities and at academic medical centers, with Family Medicine departments working at the front lines
Duke/UNC Awarded Grant to Establish Joint Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center
Duke University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have been awarded funds from the National Institutes of Health to establish a prestigious Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center (AD
Two new NIH-funded centers to explore impacts of genomic variation in health, disease
Duke University is the recipient of two large grants totaling nearly $12 million from the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) as part of its new Impact of Genomic Variation on Fun
Duke Opens New Research Campus in Research Triangle Park
When Thomas Denny, MSc, MPhil, professor of medicine and chief operating officer of the Duke Human Vaccine Institute, looks around the br
School of Medicine scientist Joseph Heitman elected to the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina
The German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina has elected Joseph Heitman, MD, PhD, James B.
Recovery From an ICU Stay Is Tough. Could More Protein Help?
Protein might dramatically boost recovery after an ICU stay, but clinicians are just learning how to study its effects.
White receives AAMC’s Distinguished Teaching Award
The American Association of Medical Colleges (AAMC) has awarded Leonard White, PhD, the 2021 Alpha Omega Alpha Robert J. Glaser Distinguished Teacher Award.