Precision Genomics Collaboratory News

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. 

The Precision Genomics Collaboratory (PGC) is committed to supporting graduate students in scientific and educational efforts that bolster their graduate training experiences.

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.

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

A unique collaboration launched four years ago between CTSI and Durham Technical Community College continues to thrive and recently welcomed the latest cohort of the Clinical Research Equity Scholars Program.

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.

Opeyemi Olabisi is among the 2025 researchers elected to the American Society for Clinical Investigation (ASCI), one of the nation’s oldest medical honor societies.

Researchers find a master epigenetic switch that activates silenced genes to compensate for their missing counterparts in a rare genetic disease called Prader-Willi syndrome

Referrals by pediatric primary care providers to a community-led lifestyle program helped improve the health of pediatric patients with obesity, according to research led by Duke Health.