Division News


Kevin Thomas featured in 'Black Men in White Coats' video series

Kevin Thomas, MD, associate professor of medicine (Cardiology), is featured in the video series "Black Men in White Coats." The aim of the video series is to inspire more underrepresented minority students to consider the field of medicine by showing them stories of others who have done so successfully.

Cardiology recognizes staff, fellows and faculty at end of year celebration

The Division of Cardiology recently celebrated the end of the academic year with 21 graduating fellows. In the division's weekly newsletter, Joe Rogers, MD, interim division chief, reported this class published 321 manuscripts and presented 237 abstracts at nearly every major cardiovascular meeting in the world.

Several awards were given to recognize staff, fellows and faculty. The following were recognized with awards:

Funding opp: Gilead Sciences Research Scholars Program in Cardiovascular Disease

The Gilead Sciences Research Scholars Program in Cardiovascular Disease supports innovative scientific research that will advance knowledge in the field of cardiovascular disease. 

The program is accepting applications for three awards that provide financial support to junior faculty researchers for a 2-year period. Each award is funded up to $130,000, to be paid in annual installments of up to $65,000 per year for 2 years.

The deadline for online application submission is Fri., July 8, 2016, Midnight, Eastern Daylight Time.

Ginsburg takes seat on the NIH advisory committee

This week, Geoff Ginsburg, MD, PhD, professor of medicine (Cardiology), who has had leadership roles at Duke and national organization such as the Institute of Medicine and NIH, will take a seat on the NIH committee that makes recommendations concerning program development, resource allocation, NIH administrative regulation and policy, and other specific or general aspects of NIH policy. 

Q&A with Camille Frazier-Mills: “Helping Duke grow in diversity”

Camille Frazier-Mills, MD, MHS, assistant professor of medicine (Cardiology), came to Duke as an internal medicine resident in 1999. The first time she visited Duke, she met the members of the Minority Recruitment and Retention Committee (MRRC) and felt at home right away. Today she is the associate chair of the MRRC, focusing on alumni affairs. “The MRRC is like family,” she says.