Rasheed Gbadegesin, M.D., has been named associate dean for physician-scientist development and director of the Office of Physician

A Duke COVID-19 study tracking the pandemic in Cabarrus County is contributing data to a statewide research network monitoring the coronavirus in sewer systems to help inform the public health resp

Duke University continues its leadership in biomedical research, ranking tenth among the nation’s top medical schools and research institutions for funding from the National Institutes of Health (N

State leaders and education officials weighing whether to re-open schools are considering myriad factors, from infection rates to vaccine rollout to a reluctance on the part of both teachers and fa

As communities grappled with how to get children and teenagers back to school safely during the COVID-19 pandemic, Zimmerman, MD, MPHS, was confident that she and her colleagues at Duke could help. She saw questions that needed to be answered, and she went to work.

School of Medicine faculty and students played a prominent role in Duke University’s inaugural Research Week held virtually January 25-29, 2021.

Among 6,000 children and staffers at YMCA day camps, Duke researchers documented just 19 cases of COVID-19 while community incidence spread.

A new Duke Health training program aimed at meeting primary care shortage needs in rural North Carolina has been approved by the ACGME Residency Review Committee.

Veteran Duke scientist and executive R. Sanders “Sandy” Williams has been named interim Vice President for Research and Innovation at Duke.

In 2020, Alzheimer’s disease was the sixth leading cause of death in the United States. And yet, unlike other leading killers such as heart disease, cancer and stroke, there are currently no effective treatments to prevent or stop it. While deaths from cardiovascular disease declined, deaths from Alzheimer’s more than doubled between 2018 and 2020.