A new study finds that race is important to consider when evaluating stroke-related communication disorders.

The Duke Physician Assistant (PA) program held its traditional white coat ceremony in the Great Hall of the Trent Semans Center. Division Chief and Program Director Jacquelyn Barnett, DHSc, MSHS, PA-C, and other members of the faculty welcomed 91 first-year students as they begin their journey into the PA profession.

Pancreatic cancer is one of the most challenging types because it is most often diagnosed in the late stages, when surgery isn’t possible. A test that has been studied in a Duke basic research lab shows promise for early detection.

Duke Health is building upon its longstanding history of innovative research by joining with nference, a science-first software company, to transform healthcare by making biomedical knowledge computable.

In 2002, Teikko Artis was in a bind. A year after starting at Duke, Artis enjoyed his work as a patient service advocate in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences.

The Comprehensive Adaptive Multisite Prevention of University Student Suicide (CAMPUS) trial aims to test more targeted, adaptive strategies to better treat the range of students experiencing suicidal ideation.

Duke University and North Carolina Central University (NCCU), a historically black college and university, celebrated a five-year partnership marked by extraordinary gains in cross-institutional educational opportunities, impactful research initiatives, and strong community outreach and support.

The UCLA-Duke National Center for Child Traumatic Stress (NCCTS) was awarded $40 million over five years to continue raising the standard of care and increasing access to services for children and their families across the U.S. who have experienced trauma.

The reason some people fail to recover their sense of smell after COVID-19 is linked to an ongoing immune assault on olfactory nerve cells and an associated decline in the number of those cells, a team of scientists led by Duke Health report.

Following the recent organizational changes at Twitter and concerns about how they may affect the platform, DCRI Chief Science & Digital Officer Eric Perakslis, PhD, offers insights for clinicians and researchers who use the platform to share their work.