Suzanne Barbour, a biochemist and national leader in graduate education, has been appointed dean of The Graduate School and vice provost for graduate education, Provost Sally Kornbluth announced Monday. Barbour will also hold a faculty appointment in the Duke University School of Medicine.

In what is believed to be a first, a research team led by Duke Health has demonstrated a way to use CRISPR technology to successfully prevent and treat COVID infections.

The Rising Star Award is presented to early career researchers charting new directions and making novel scientific contributions in regenerative biology research. 

Four School of Medicine faculty were among the nine winners of inaugural Duke Science and Technology (DST) Spark Seed grants named by the Office for Research & Innovation on July 20.

This is a milestone that only 18 other centers in the U.S. have achieved and the first in North Carolina to meet that mark.

Researchers have found that some people age slowly, only experiencing a few months’ worth of physical aging in a year, while others age more quickly, in effect, growing years older in just one calendar year.

Comprehensive care charts a bright future for twins born at 23 weeks.

In an Op-ed, Kathryn Benson, an MD student and 2021–22 North Carolina Albert Schweitzer Fellow, talks about the NCCARE360 platform and how it makes learning about resources and referring individuals easier for providers.

Mary E. Klotman, MD, dean of the Duke University School of Medicine, announced today the creation of the Onyekwere E. Akwari, MD, Endowed Professorship, and named Lisa McElroy, MD, MS, assistant professor of surgery and population health sciences, the inaugural recipient of this new professorship.

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