Dean Mary Klotman, MD, shares updates on significant research achievements, prestigious awards, and upcoming events. She also takes a moment to recognize National Native American Heritage Month and honor our veterans.

In this new role, Mina Silberberg, PhD, a professor in the Duke Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, will facilitate greater coordination of community-engaged education and research across the university.

Research from Duke Science and Technology scholar Nuo Li, PhD, used a novel technique for tracking learning to reveal that the brain’s storage of certain memories is more complex and stable than previously thought.

A study from Keisha Bentley-Edwards, PhD, links the constant demand for Black women and girls to be resilient to lasting adverse effects on health.

A randomized, controlled clinical trial conducted in the Duke University Hospital emergency department shows that providing acupuncture to treat acute musculoskeletal pain in addition to usual care is feasible even in this busy setting, and can reduce pain better than usual care alone.

Women are less likely to receive CPR from a bystander than men when stricken with a cardiac arrest outside of a hospital, but Duke Health researchers found that this disparity was eliminated when 911 operators guided an emergency caller through CPR steps, helping ease apprehensions about administering chest compressions to women.

Spinocerebellar ataxias are a group of neurodegenerative disorders that impact muscle coordination and control. Due to the complexity of the brain, these disorders have been poorly understood. Duke researchers are now using single-cell RNA sequencing technologies to gain a deeper understanding of how these diseases develop, which may lead to better treatment options for patients.

While the Nobel-winning genome-editing technology CRISPR holds great promise, Duke’s Center for Advanced Genomic Technologies is putting some eggs in other baskets.

The Duke Center for Autism and Brain Development has partnered with the Carolina Theater to provide a safe and welcoming cinema experience for autistic individuals and others in need of sensory accommodations.

Faculty from the School of Medicine and the Pratt School of Engineering discussed how artificial intelligence and machine learning are changing biomedical research and health care at the Duke Summit on AI for Health Innovation.