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Akiko Iwasaki

Lefkowitz Lecture: Progress in Solving the Mystery of Long COVID

February 15, 2024
Long COVID appears to be not one disease but different collections of symptoms all precipitated by an acute COVID infection, said Akiko Iwasaki, PhD, during the annual Robert J. Lefkowitz, MD, Distinguished Lecture.
Mary Duke Biddle Trent Semans Center for Health Education

Duke School of Medicine Soars to Seventh in 2023 Blue Ridge Ranking

February 13, 2024
Duke School of Medicine rises in 2023 Blue Ridge ranking based on growth of its National Institutes of Health funding to $551 million.
Dr. Turek and baby Owen

Saving More Babies Through Innovation in Pediatric Heart Surgery

February 13, 2024
Pediatric heart surgeon Joseph Turek, MD, PhD, loves the technical challenges of operating on hearts the size of strawberries, but he also wants to have an impact beyond the individual babies and families he helps at Duke. Turek wants to change the field of pediatric cardiac surgery.
Kai Sun for Black History Month

Dr. Kai Sun: Addressing Racial Health Disparities in Lupus

February 8, 2024
Black people are more likely than other groups to get the autoimmune disease lupus, and they are also less likely to take medications consistently. Kai Sun, MD, is having success in reducing those disparities through improved patient-doctor communication.
Elderly woman's hands resting over her bent knee

Weight Loss Before Knee Surgery May Boost Mobility, But Doesn't Lower Complications

February 8, 2024
A Duke University School of Medicine study challenges assumptions about the role of weight loss in knee replacement surgery.
Nancy Andrews, MD, PhD

Equality for Women in Science: Not There Yet

February 7, 2024
Dean Emeritus Nancy Andrews, MD, gave the Daubechies Lecture, providing a historical and personal perspective on how women’s opportunities and challenges have evolved over the past half century, how women continue to face inequities today, and how we can work toward a better future.
William Berry, MD and Gregory Georgiade, MD

1973 Duke Medical School Classmates Retire after a Combined 100 Years of Patient Care

February 6, 2024
As Duke University prepared to celebrate its centennial, and Duke Cancer Institute marked its 50-year anniversary, two Duke cancer physicians and
Treating Functional Abdominal Pain In Children Book Cover.

Researcher's New Book Uses Humor to Help Clinicians Treat Kids’ Abdominal Pain

February 6, 2024
In a novel intervention developed by Nancy Zucker, PhD, children with functional abdominal pain are introduced to a fun and relatable cast of characters and trained to become “Feeling and Body Investigators” (FBI) who listen carefully to their bodies to learn why their belly might be hurting and how to manage their symptoms.
Chet Patel, MD and Manesh Patel, MD

New Gift to Support Heart Transplant Patients and Their Families

February 6, 2024
A $1.5 million legacy gift from an anonymous family will help support Duke Heart transplant patients.
Rajiv Shah, M.D., delivers the 2024 Victor J. Dzau Distinguished Lecture in Global Health at Duke's Karsh Alumni & Visitors Center on Jan. 31. Photo by Evan Stulberger/The Rockefeller Foundation

Don’t Settle for “Just a Little Bit of Good”

February 5, 2024
Rockefeller Foundation President Rajiv Shah delivered the Victor J. Dzau Distinguished Lecture in Public Health, calling on leaders to think bigger to address global threats like climate change.

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