Precision Genomics Collaboratory News

PGC Announces Student Pilot Grant Awardees

The Duke University School of Medicine Office of Biomedical and Graduate Education (OBGE) and Precision Genomics Collaboratory awarded 9 pilot grants of $2,000 each to SOM Biomedical PhD students. The goal of these grants is to support our students in scientific and educational efforts to bolster their graduate training experiences. These awards will help further research in a broad array of topics including fungal infections, cancers, and the effects of environmental toxicants in fetal brain development. They will also help fund intensive 6-week courses. 

Shutting Down a ‘Dark Kinase’ May Defeat Treatment-Resistant Cancers

It happens to people with cancer every day; a first-line drug shrinks the tumor noticeably, but then the cancer returns, this time more aggressive and resistant to treatment than before. Now, Duke researchers are showing for the first time that blocking a key enzyme may help.

PGC Faculty Among Those Awarded Distinguished Professorships

Duke University has awarded distinguished professorships to 31 faculty members and will recognize them in a ceremony at the Washington Duke Inn on May 14.

Among those awarded are four Precision Genomics Collaboratory faculty members.

Gregory E. Crawford (Department of Pediatrics), Wilburt C. Davison Distinguished Professor

Brenna L Hughes (Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology), Edwin Crowell Hamblen Distinguished Professor of Reproductive Biology and Family Planning

New Grant to Address Hidden Hypoxemia

Pulse oximetry, a commonly used method to monitor oxygen levels in patients, has long been trusted as a key diagnostic tool. However, for patients with darker skin tones, this technology may not be accurate. A new grant aims to help.