PWIM Peer Mentoring Program
The Program for Women in Internal Medicine is pleased to announce the revival of the longitudinal PWIM Peer Mentoring Program. Peer mentoring sessions will occur monthly at alternating times, Wednesdays at 5:30 pm and Fridays at 8:00 am, and will include both in person and virtual options for attendance whenever possible.
Sessions will rotate among three core themes, such that each theme will be discussed quarterly:
New funding awards - July 2021
Sponsored Research
Sudha Shenoy of Cardiology has received an award from the National Institutes of Health for a project entitled "Regulation of myocardial GPCRs by USP20 in normal and hypertrophied heart." Total funding will be $2,248,260.
Pamela Douglas of Cardiology has received a sub-award through the Massachusetts General Hospital for a project entitled "Randomized Trial to Prevent Vascular Events in HIV (REPRIEVE)." Total funding will be $152,536.
New Faculty: July 2021
A warm welcome to new Department of Medicine faculty members who started in July 2021!
Pearls from 7/13/21 LEADS
The July 13, 2021 session of Duke Medicine LEADS featured a discussion led by Geargin Wilson, MD, "ANTI vs. PROcalcitonin: A discussion on the utility of Procalcitonin."
Panelist included, Stephen Bergin, MD, and Ephraim Tsalik, MD, PhD, who weighed in for the diagnostic reasoning discussion.
New Faculty: January - June 2021
A warm welcome to new Department of Medicine faculty members who started between January and June 2021!
2021- 2022 Faculty Resident Research Grant Recipients Announced
The Internal Medicine Residency Program has announced the 2021 - 2022 Faculty Resident Research grant recipients.
Two physician-scientists from Medicine receive SOM Strong Start Awards
Two faculty members from the Department of Medicine have been selected to receive 2021 Physician-Scientist “Strong Start” awards from the School of Medicine.
Wilson builds simple high-filtration-efficiency facepiece
Kenneth Wilson, MD, professor of medicine (Infectious Diseases), is part of a research study that has demonstrated that a high-filtration-efficiency facepiece, capable of filtering out 99% of 0.05μm particles while being worn, can be simply produced with available materials.
Boulware and Klotman elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Four senior faculty members at Duke including two faculty members from the Department of Medicine have been named Fellows of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (AAAS).