Nadine Barrett, Ph.D., to lead Duke project studying health concerns of local Black community
Duke University has been awarded a Eugene Washington PCORI Engagement Award to study the health concerns most important to the local Black community, particularly as they relate to COVID-19.
Duke leaders update University community
Questions submitted by faculty and staff as part of virtual Leadership Conversations
Discussion: Possible impact of COVID-19 variants
Duke University School of Medicine Dean Mary Klotman, MD, talks with Duke infectious disease specialists, David Montefiori, MD, and Thomas Denny, MSc, MPhil about potential issues surrounding varia
Ensuring everyone in the world gets a COVID vaccine
7 global health experts from Africa, Latin America, Asia and the U.S. talk about their continents' unique issues
A Detour into Melanoma
Postdoctoral fellow Binita Chakraborty, PhD, was intrigued: in published analyses of large numbers of patients with melanoma (skin cancer) treated with an immunotherapy that is becoming standa
Estrogen receptors in mom's placenta critical during viral infection
Researchers at Duke and Mt. Sinai have identified a molecular mechanism that prevents a viral infection during a mother’s pregnancy from harming her unborn baby.
Q&A with Patrice Harris, MD: psychiatrist, advocate & leader
Patrice Harris, MD, MA, FAPA, a psychiatrist who served as the first African American woman president of the American Medical Association in 2019-2020, was inspired as a child to pursue medicine.
The Physics Behind Tumor Growth
New theory uses physics to predict the growth stages of cancerous tumors
An interview with Geeta Swamy on the safety of COVID vaccines
Duke University School of Medicine Dean Mary E.
2021 LEADER cohort announced
The School of Medicine Office for Faculty is pleased to announce the 2021 LEADER participants.