Lung Transplant Clinical Trials Network Renewed for Seven More Years
With $21 million in new funding from the NIAID, the network now includes eight centers in North America and will study adolescent lung transplant recipients as well as adult.
Using Genetic ‘Dimmer Switches’ to Combat COVID-19
Nick Heaton, PhD, has turned his research focus from influenza to another RNA virus: COVID-19. He is using powerful gene-editing tools to identify candidates for host-directed therapeutics, which don’t attack the virus directly but instead target proteins the virus needs.
School Launches Plan to Dismantle Racism
Since launching its Moments to Movement initiative in June 2020, Duke University School of Medicine has begun work to better understand the root causes and harms of racism and to develop strategies to reduce racial inequity.
Helping Kids Navigate the Pandemic
The stress and isolation of the pandemic may have a lasting toll on some children, but Duke experts say most will recover fully — and some might even emerge with new strengths.
Dr. Maradiaga Panayotti Explains How Vaccines Protect You Against COVID-19
Vaccines are our best defense against COVID-19 and its variants. Protect yourself and others - don’t wait to vaccinate!
Viviana Martinez-Bianchi Named North Carolina Family Physician of the Year
Dr. Viviana Martinez-Bianchi, associate professor in Duke’s Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, has been named North Carolina's 2021 Family Physician of the Year by the North Carolina Academy of Family Physicians (NCAFP). The honor is the most prestigious award from the NCAFP, the state's largest specialty medical association, comprised of more than 4,300 members.
It's All About the Kids
When Joe Hoffman accepted a friend’s invitation to attend the Duke Children’s Classic, he had no idea he would be starting an ongoing relationship that would last nearly 30 years and continue until today.
Congratulations to the 2021 ALICE Alumnae!
Congratulations to the following individuals, who have completed the 2021 ALICE Program. The Academic Leadership, Innovation, and Collaborative Engagement program is a yearlong leadership development program for mid-career women faculty in leadership roles.
In Magnify: Dissecting Disparities in Cancer Outcomes
Race, and how people are treated differently because of it, leads to major differences in health outcomes for cancer and other diseases. As a bit of an outsider, Akinyemiju (pronounced Ah-keen-yah-MEE-jew) saw this aspect of culture and health as something to be examined and dissected. She has built her career doing that.
Searching for A Higher Gear in the Fight Against Brain Cancer
Duke Ph.D. students Jessica Waibl Polania (left) and Selena Lorrey are looking for ways to use the body's own immune system to target and treat glioblastoma, a particularly aggressive form of brain cancer. They are conducting their research in Peter Fecci’s lab as part of the Duke Brain Tumor Immunotherapy Program.