Senate confirms Califf as next FDA head
            The Senate voted 89-4 today to confirm Robert Califf, MD, as the next commissioner of the U.S.
        
    New Center for Population Health Sciences Launched; Curtis Named Director
            Nancy C. Andrews, MD, PhD, Dean, Duke University School of Medicine, today announced the launch of the new Center for Population Health Sciences in the School of Medicine.
        
    Dzirasa receives Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers
            Duke neuroscientist Kafui Dzirasa is among 106 researchers named Thursday by President Barack Obama to receive the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers.
        
    Vice President Joe Biden brings Cancer Moonshot to Duke
            Invoking the aspirational spirit that put U.S.
        
    Research Administrators are Behind-the-Scenes Stars
            ‘Unsung heroes’ support research, including Nobel Prize winners
        
    School of Medicine Receives Inaugural Grant to Support Young Physician-Scientists
            The Duke University School of Medicine is one of only ten institutions nationwide to receive a grant from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation (DDCF) through its inaugural Fund to Retain Clinical S
        
    Trio of Autism-Linked Molecules Orchestrate Neuron Connections
            New research from Duke University reveals how three proteins work in concert to wire up a specific area of the developing brain that is responsible for processing sensory information. 
        
    Early Trial Shows Injectable Agent Illuminates Cancer During Surgery
            Doctors at Duke Medicine have tested a new injectable agent that causes cancer cells in a tumor to fluoresce, potentially increasing a surgeon’s ability to locate and remove all of a canc