When Katherine Bullock, Helen Gaynes, and Emily McEnerey from the class of 2023 founded the student-led Point-of-Care Ultrasound Society (POCUS) in 2022, their mission was to provide teaching skills for second-year Duke PA Program students and early exposure to POCUS skills to the first-year students.

Nimmi Ramanujam and her research team created the Pocket Colposcope, and a sister device the Callascope, lightweight, handheld devices which bring improved cervical cancer screening to settings where these capabilities have not been available.

Dr. Ed Miao’s corner of immunology research involves the rather dramatic plot twist that occurs when a cell confronted by an enemy pathogen basically blows itself up to stop the invader from causing more damage to the body.

Duke Health hosted leaders from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Microsoft, and UNC-Chapel Hill, to talk about next steps in making trustworthy health care artificial intelligence (AI) a reality.  

The National Science Foundation awards $12.5 million grant to Duke researchers and their colleagues to lead pioneering study of polyploidy.

Resilience, flexibility and the courage to take on new challenges. Those were three key attributes the Class of 2024 was lauded for during their Graduation and Hooding Ceremony held at The Ngee Ann Kongsi Auditorium on Saturday, 1 June.

Drs. Cathleen Colón-Emeric, Loretta Que and Heather Whitson were selected as a members of the 2024-2025 class of fellows for the Hedwig van Ameringen Executive Leadership in Academic Medicine® (ELAM) Program at Drexel University College of Medicine.

Anthony S. Fauci, MD, visited Duke at the invitation of Bart Haynes, MD, Frederic M. Hanes Distinguished Professor of Medicine and director of the Duke Human Vaccine Institute (DHVI). He took the audience on a journey though time spanning his 58-year medical career.

Michael Boyce, PhD, Associate Professor of Biochemistry and co-director of the Maximizing Opportunities for Scientific and Academic Independent Careers (MOSAIC) program, a national program to enhance faculty diversity at research universities, organized by the American Society for Cell Biology (ASCB) and funded by National Institutes of Health (NIH).

Four staff members from across the School of Medicine have been named recipients of the Dean’s Staff Awards for 2024. The Dean’s Staff Awards are presented annually to recognize exemplary staff supporting the School of Medicine’s mission and values.