School of Medicine is Third in Nation for Federal Medical Research Funding
Duke University School of Medicine was awarded more than $608 million in federal funding from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in 2021, ranking third nationally among academic medical centers, up from 10th last year, according to the Blue Ridge Institute for Medical Research.
The Department of Medicine's award of that total was $174,530,472.
New Funding Awards - November 2021
Sponsored Research
Andrew Armstrong of Medical Oncology has received an award from the Movember Foundation for a project entitled "International Retrospective Collaborative Analysis of the Impact of Ablative Therapy Directed to the Local Tumor and/or Metastases for Patients with Oligometastatic Prostate Cancer¿." TBD
Vance Fowler of Infectious Diseases has received an award from the National Institutes of Health for a project entitled "HLA Fine Mapping to Elucidate S. aureus Susceptibility - R01." Total funding will be $3,757,863.
New funding awards - September 2021
Sponsored Research
Melissa Daubert of Cardiology has received an award from the National Institutes of Health for a project entitled "Coronary Artery Calcium in the PRagmatic EValuation of evENTs And Benefits of Lipid lowering in the Elderly: CAC PREVENTABLE Ancillary Study." Total funding will be $7,892,380.
Pearls from 10/12/21 Medicine LEADS
The October 12, 2021, session of Duke Medicine LEADS featured Adam DeVore, MD; Omar Mohamedaly, MD; Stephen J. Greene, MD; and Lindsay King, MD, presenting "Perspectives and Innovations in Multidisciplinary Care at Duke."
Pearls from 10/5/21 Medicine LEADS
The October 05, 2021, session of Duke Medicine LEADS was presented by Joshua Parsons, MD, Ryan Anderson, MD, Vanessa Blumer, MD, Cary Ward, MD,PhD, and Arthur Baker, MD, on "A Challenging Case of Endocarditis— Multi-Disciplinary Approach is an Achievable Chimera."
Faculty promotions appoved by Board of Trustees - August and September 2021
Congratulations to the following faculty members for their recent promotion in the Department of Medicine. The following changes were approved during the August 20, 2021, and September 24, 2021, Board of Trustees meetings.
New Funding Awards - August 2021
Sponsored Research
Jatin Roper of Gastroenterology has received an award from the National Institutes of Health for a project entitled "Ultra-bright fluorescent nanoparticles for colorectal adenoma detection." Total funding will be $461,090.
Lefkowitz to Kick-off CGR on Sept. 14
Robert Lefkowitz, MD will be the opening presenter of Cardiology Grand Rounds (CGR) on Tuesday, Sept. 14
New Faculty: August 2021
A warm welcome to new Department of Medicine faculty members who started in August 2021!
Pearls from 8/24/21 Medicine LEADS
The August 24, 2021 session of Duke Medicine LEADS featured Anne Phelps, MD; Neha Pagidipati, MD, MPH, MHS; and John K. Roberts, MD, MS, MEd, presenting "Removing the Roadblocks of Care: When and How to Use SGLT2 Inhibitors for Cardiorenal Protection."