On a cold December night 75 years ago, an ambulance arrived at the Duke Hospital emergency room bearing a 24-year-old Army veteran named Maltheus Avery, who had suffered severe brain injuries in a

Hidden sweeteners in oral nicotine pouches mask the sting of nicotine but may entice first-time users and youth consumption. 

Five Duke University School of Medicine faculty members have been selected to receive 2025 Physician-Scientist “Strong Start” awards. The awards program, funded with a gift from the Nanaline H.

Duke University and Duke-NUS Medical School have awarded Collaborative Research Grants to five research teams studying the effects of the climate on health.

Opeyemi A. Olabisi, MD, PhD, and Tomokazu Souma, MD, PhD, have been elected to the American Society for Clinical Investigation, one of the nation's oldest medical honor societies. Both are associate professors of medicine in the Division of Nephrology.

Autologous CAR T cell therapy, which involves taking immune system cells from a patient, altering them to improve their ability to fight disease, and then infusing them back into the patient, has b

Heather Hamby, MPH, has been named the new executive vice dean for administration for Duke University School of Medicine, effective June 1, 2025.  

John Karickhoff recently gave $1 million to launch the Duke Ocular Innovation Hub. The hub will serve both as an engine to drive innovation and a repository for innovations developed at Duke Eye Center.

Three Duke University School of Medicine faculty members have been honored for their contributions to biomedical science with awards from the American Society for Clinical Investigation (ASCI), one of the nation’s oldest medical honor societies.

Using enhanced imaging technology, Duke researchers identified a previously unknown part of photoreceptor cells in the retina.