Stacy Waters Appointed Vice President of Duke Health Development and Alumni Affairs
Stacy Waters, MBA, has been named the new vice president of Duke Health Development and Alumni Affairs (DHDAA), effective November 4, 2024.
How Climate Change Affects Health: A Conversation with Robert Tighe, MD
Executive Vice President for Health Affairs and Dean of the Duke University School of Medicine Mary Klotman, MD, talks with Robert Tighe, MD, about the school’s new climate change research strategy, emphasizing the critical need to address the climate crisis and its impact on health.
Lack of Vaccines, Social Instability Are Fueling Mpox Crisis in Africa
Threat of a pandemic remains low, but international collaboration is needed to contain the virus, DGHI expert says.
Duke School of Medicine Names Recipients of 2024-2025 Dean’s Scholarships
Scholarships honor exceptional scholars in PhD programs.
Ryan Antiel, MD, MSME, Named Greenwall Faculty Scholar
Ryan Antiel , MD, has been awarded a Greenwall Faculty Scholars Award for his work on the ethics of artificial womb technology.
Duke Professor Jörn Coers Earns MERIT Award for Chlamydia Research
NIH Method to Extend Research in Time (MERIT) Award supports research of the immune evasion strategies of Chlamydia trachomatis, the most common sexually transmitted bacterial infection.
Study Solves Testosterone’s Paradoxical Effects in Prostate Cancer
A study from the Duke Department of Pharmacology and Cancer Biology reveals why higher levels of testosterone cause early prostate cancers to grow but can stop later-stage disease. The findings promise to help doctors better target treatment.
Jeannie Beckham's 35 Years — and Counting — of Patient Care, Research, and Leadership
Over her 35 years in the Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Jeannie Beckham, PhD, has mentored more than 140 undergraduates, graduate students, clinical psychology trainees, postdoctoral fellows, and junior faculty members.
Wearable Heart Monitor Increases Diagnosis of Irregular Heart Rhythm
A Duke study found that wearable, long-term continuous heart monitors helped identify more cases of atrial fibrillation but did not lead to a reduction in hospitalizations due to stroke.
DHVI Receives Contract to Manufacture Investigational Avian Flu Vaccines
The Duke Human Vaccine Institute has received funding from the National Institutes of Health to manufacture H5N1 avian flu vaccines for use in clinical trials.