In recognition of Women's History Month, the School of Medicine highlights just a handful of the women making an impact in the basic sciences.

The National Institutes of Health's proposal to cap reimbursement of facilities and administrative (F&A) costs on research grants at 15% would significantly slow or cease scientific and biomedical research at Duke and other research institutions. Here is an explanation of what F&A costs are and why they are such a critical piece of the research endeavor.

Thanks to the support of R. Sanders “Sandy” Williams, MD'74, HS'77-'80, and family, a newly-established fund will provide support to laboratory-based research projects conducted by physician-scientists in the School of Medicine.

Blue Ridge Ranking places Duke Medical School 13th in NIH support among U.S. medical schools.

When Ronald Harris, MMCi, was accepted to the MD program at Duke University School of Medicine, he already had ideas about how to make patient care better, thanks to the perspective he gained from Duke’s 12-month Master of Management in Clinical Informatics program. Now, as a fourth-year medical student, he has been involved in research that has changed heath care.

The Duke Orthopaedic Trauma Section is partnering with the City of Durham for the launch of the Durham Impact Project, a gun violence prevention program. The program plans to engage the community through events focused on addressing preventive health topics and community needs such as food insecurity.

This discussion delves into the groundbreaking research being conducted at Duke University and its profound implications for public health.

A Duke Health team performed the world’s first living mitral valve replacement after an adolescent girl received a full heart transplant and donated the healthy valves from her original heart. The valves were then used to save the lives of two other girls.

Biomedical discovery and world-class patient care are among the key priorities of Duke University's MADE FOR THIS campaign, the most ambitious fundraising and engagement effort in its history.

When Patrick Smith, PhD, first began his academic training in bioethics, his uncle, a civil rights leader, taught him an important lesson: don't forget about the people. Smith shares how despite working in a field that can sometimes seem removed from the people, his uncle’s words have stayed with him, influencing his work at the Trent Center for Bioethics, Humanities & History of Medicine.