Plan to attend Research Week!

 

The inaugural Duke University School of Medicine Research Week will be held from Monday, October 14 through Thursday, October 17, 2019 on the sixth floor of the Trent Semans Center for Health Education.  

Activities for the week will include presentations from four School of Medicine faculty members, a Duke Office of Scientific Integrity (DOSI) Research Town Hall, the Robert J. Lefkowitz, MD, Distinguished Lecture, Innovation Jam, a Clinical Keynote Lecture, and a poster session featuring the research of residents, trainees and PhD students from clinical and basic science departments.
 

CME Accredited: Each daily 1 hour lecture(s) is designated for 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s).™

Check-in and lunch will begin daily at 11:30 a.m. Boxed lunches provided.

Event Registration

 

Monday,  October 14

School of Medicine Faculty Lectures

 

 

 

12:00 – 12:30 p.m.
"Is it Really Cancer? Creating a Framework for Treatment De-escalation"
Shelley Hwang, MD, MPH, Mary and Deryl Hart Professor of Surgery

 

 

12:30 – 1:00 p.m.
"Nutrition and the Human Gut Microbiome"
Lawrence David, PhD, Assistant Professor of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology 

 

 

Duke Office of Scientific Integrity Research Town Hall

Why Mentors Matter? How to Build Responsible Mentoring in Research
2:00 – 3:30 p.m.
Great Hall, Trent Semans Center  
Fulfills the Responsible Conduct of Research requirement

Registration for the DOSI Town Hall 

Tuesday, October 15

Robert J. Lefkowitz, MD, Distinguished Lecture

 

 

 

12:00 – 1:00 p.m.
"Inner Workings of Brains and Channelrhodopsins"
Karl Deisseroth, MD, PhD
D. H. Chen Professor, Professor of Bioengineering
and of Psychiatry and of Behavior Sciences, Stanford University

 

Wednesday, October 16

School of Medicine Faculty Lectures

 

 

12:00 – 12:30 p.m. 
"Harnessing the Host Response to Infectious Diseases"
Chris Woods, MD, Professor of Medicine

 

 

 

12:30 – 1:00 p.m.
"Duke Precision Genomics Collaboratory"
Svati Shah, MD, MHS, Associate Dean and Director of the Duke Precision Genomics Collaboratory

 

Thursday, October 17

Innovation Jam

Presented by Duke Institute for Health Innovations
10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Learn more: dihi.org/innovationjam

Poster Session

12:00 – 1:00 p.m.
Basic and Clinical Departments represented

Clinical Research Keynote Lecture

Poster session awards will be announced immediately prior to the keynote lecture

 

 

4:00 – 5:00 p.m.
“From Genes and Genomes to Biology and Health”
Richard Lifton, MD, PhD, President, The Rockefeller University

 

 

CREDIT STATEMENT:  Duke University Health System Department of Clinical Education & Professional Development designates this educational activity for a maximum 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s).TM  Physicians should claim only credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
JA Accreditation Statement:  In support of improving patient care, Duke University Health System Department of Clinical Education & Professional Development is accredited by the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), to provide continuing education for the health care team.