Six senior PhD students in the School of Medicine were awarded the Chancellor’s Award for Research Excellence for outstanding accomplishments in basic science research. Elizabeth Fleming, Kyle

Infection prevalence among students was lower than in the surrounding community

One of 26 early-career scientists recognized by the Boston publication this year

Star-shaped ‘glue’ cells make it their business to govern connections between neurons

Leadership and faculty from Duke Ob/Gyn met virtually with the office of Rep.

Animal studies show potential for combining an injectable cholesterol therapy with checkpoint inhibitors 

Women with lung inflammation and scarring caused by an autoimmune disease, called interstitial lung disease, or ILD, have typically been told they should not get pregnant for fear the strain of chi

When reports early last winter indicated that a mysterious new infectious disease had broken out of its point of origin in Wuhan, China, Charles Lucore, MD’83, P’17, MBA, began to prepare for its possible arrival in New York. Lucore was one year into his new position as president of St. Francis Hospital, a highly rated hospital and cardiac care center on Long Island. Because New York is a hub of international travel, he anticipated the novel coronavirus would eventually show up.

Before Claire Aldridge, PhD’96, and her husband, Matt Burnside, took their daughter on a long-planned spring break trip to New York City, she checked travel guidelines issued by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and by the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, where she is associate vice president of commercialization and business development. The focus at the time was on surface transmission of the novel coronavirus: avoid touching doorknobs, wash your hands frequently, and don’t touch your face.

A Long Struggle

Eric Dziuban, MD’07, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s country director for the southwest African nation of Namibia, was enjoying a weekend