Big Data: Duke positions itself to lead as health care enters a new era
Welcome to the Revolution.
First came steam power, then electric power, and then the information age.
Bursting the Bubble
New Program Gets Medical Students Off Campus and into the Community
Maya Torain first stepped onto the Duke campus as a medical school student two years ago, but she was no stranger to Du
Swimming against the Odds
Lung Transplant Survivor Gives Back
Growing up in Scotland, Gavin Maitland was intrigued by the 1979 movie Escape from Alcatraz, in which Clint Eastwood’s character breaks out of the noto
Estate Gift Will Expand Opportunities
Richard Schatz, MD’77, was in California, just days away from returning to New York to begin his senior year as an undergraduate at the State University at Buffalo, when the phone
Reunion Gift Opens Doors for Students
When it was time for Tai-Po Tschang, MD’72, to decide where to go to medical school, the choice could hardly have been easier. Duke, in fact, made it for him.
Making a Difference for Lung Transplant Patients
Duke is internationally recognized as a leader in clinical lung transplant and lung transplant research.
Buying Time to Save Sepsis Patients
With sepsis, time is of the essence. Left untreated, the illness—a runaway immune response to infection—can quickly become life-threatening.
Fine-tuning Treatments for Breast Cancer
National cancer databases provide a ton of valuable information for researchers, but institutional data is often more granular, including details such as specific chemotherapy regimens, radiation d
Training Computers to Improve Cardiovascular Care
The Duke Division of Cardiology is using big data to help physicians analyze images from coronary angiograms more quickly and accurately.
2019 Distinguished Alumnus Award - Mark Humayun, MD’89, HS’90-’93
Mark Humayun, MD’89, HS’90-’93 is a 2019 recipient of Duke Medical Alumni Association's Distinguished Alumnus Award.