Mark McClellan Reappointed as Director of Duke-Margolis Center for Health Policy
Mark McClellan, the Robert J. Margolis Professor of Business, Medicine, and Policy, has been reappointed for a second five-year term as Director of the Duke-Margolis Center for Health Policy.
Omicron And The Holidays Add Up To "Perfect Storm" For COVID Cases, Duke Expert Warns
The newest COVID-19 variant – omicron – casts a larger shadow each day, driving infection rates up just as millions of Americans prepare to travel for the upcoming holidays. Should people get tested first? Should they hug grandma? Will students coming home from college become huge virus vectors?
Gerald Grant, MD, Named New Chair of Department of Neurosurgery
Gerald Arthur Grant, M.D., an internationally known surgeon-scientist, has been named the new chair of the Department of Neurosurgery at Duke University School of Medicine, effective April 1, 2022.
Duke School of Medicine Pioneer Charles Johnson, MD, Dies at 94
Charles Johnson, MD, Professor Emeritus of Medicine, passed away on December 14, 2021, at the age of 94. Dr. Johnson joined Duke in 1970 as the first Black faculty member in the School of Medicine and first Black physician on the faculty of Duke University.
Discovery of I-Shaped Antibody Opens New Avenue to HIV Vaccine
About 38 million people worldwide are living with AIDS. Pharmaceutical treatments can keep the disease in check, but a vaccine remains elusive despite decades of concerted effort. However, a recent discovery at the Duke Human Vaccine Institute (DHVI) brings the goal of an effective vaccine within reach.
Antibiotics Can Be First-Line Therapy for Uncomplicated Appendicitis Cases
With numerous recent studies demonstrating that antibiotics work as well as surgery for most uncomplicated appendicitis cases, the non-surgical approach can now be considered a routine option, according to a review article in JAMA
Duke Institute Lands Federal Contract to Make Vaccine Candidates
The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases awarded researchers at the Duke Human Vaccine Institute a contract that enables it to compete for projects advancing investigational vaccines to production for use in early clinical trials.
Announcing 2022 LEADER Program Cohort
The Leadership Development for Researchers (LEADER) Program is designed for junior faculty who are leading a research group and driving their own research agenda.
Erica Taylor, MD, SoM Alumna and Duke's First Black Female Orthopedic Surgeon, and Chief of Surgery at Duke Raleigh Hospital, Featured in STAT News
A STAT News investigation into Orthopaedic Surgery, deeming it "the whitest specialty."
Challenge Accepted: Duke Science and Technology
Duke launches an ambitious new effort to elevate and sustain excellence in science and technology.