Duke Health Joins with nference to Advance Medical Research and Patient Care
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.
Innovative Study Seeks to Improve Suicide Prevention for College Students
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.
National Center for Child Traumatic Stress Renewed at $40 Million
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.
Duke CTSI, NCCU Celebrate Five Years of Innovative Partnership
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.
Scientists Find Key Reason Why Loss of Smell Occurs in Long COVID-19
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.
What Should We Do About Twitter?
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.
Helping Duke Give Back to the World
Duke alum Leslie Graves has known about Duke’s mission to provide life-changing cancer care since she was a teenager. In October 2022, Graves received the William W. Shingleton Award, the highest honor given to friends of Duke Cancer Institute.
Student Researchers Share What They Know About AI and Health
Students from Duke’s Health Data Science (HDS) and AI Health Data Science Fellowship presented their work at the 2022 Duke AI Health Poster Showcase on Dec. 6.
Study Confirms No Benefit to Taking Ivermectin for COVID-19 Symptoms
A study led by the Duke Clinical Research Institute (DCRI) in partnership with Vanderbilt University found no differences in relief of mild-to-moderate COVID-19 symptoms between participants taking ivermectin and participants taking a placebo.
Pain Management Gets the Green Light
New research from Padma Gulur, MD, a professor of anesthesiolgy at Duke University Medical Center bolstered a bright idea about pain management: green light exposure that may help the 20% of adults who have chronic pain.