Dr. Wilder Leads Three-Year Study to Improve Health Literacy in Underserved Communities
Dr. Julius Wilder will lead a three-year investigational health equity patient education study to examine how diverse populations respond to various patient-education tactics such as print, digital, and video, with the goal of identifying the most effective methods and communication infrastructures for communicating relevant and important health information to diverse communities.
Q&A Spotlight: Distinguished Professors Christopher Granger and Rana Gupta
Duke University has awarded Distinguished Professorships to 44 faculty members, six from the Department of Medicine. Over the coming weeks, join us in recognizing these Distinguished Professors through our Distinguished Professor Spotlight. This week, we feature Christopher Granger, MD, and Rana Gupta, PhD.
Berg, Joshi, and McDonald to Receive 2023 DOM Master Clinician Awards
The Department of Medicine (DOM) is pleased to announce the recipients of the annual Master Clinician Award, Carl Berg, MD, Sangeeta Joshi, MD, MBBS, and Shelley McDonald, DO, PhD.
Crawford, Diehl, Weinberg Receive Department of Medicine 2023 Career Achievement Awards
The Department of Medicine (DOM) is pleased to announce the 2023 recipients of the annual Department of Medicine Career Achievement Award: Jeffrey Crawford, MD, Louis Diehl, MD, and
Gastronauts: Making Science Democratic—and Other Worthwhile Pursuits
Darwin was not out to change the world when he arrived in Galapagos in 1835, says Diego Bohórquez, PhD, who wasn’t either when he brought a small group of Duke scientists together back in 2014 to talk gut-brain science.
Now, nearly a decade later, Bohórquez thinks he just might.
Buhr Named Associate Director of Undergraduate Medical Education
Gwendolen Buhr MD, MHS, MEd, associate professor in the division of Geriatrics, has been named associate director of Undergraduate Medical Education – Ambulatory for the Department of Medicine effective May 1, 2023.
Dr. Shelley Rose McDonald Named 2023 American Geriatrics Society Clinician of the Year
Shelley R. McDonald, DO, PhD, associate professor in the division of Geriatrics, has been selected as the 2023 American Geriatrics Society Clinician of the Year.
Infectious Diseases Division Update with Chief John R. Perfect, MD
Infectious Diseases Chief John Perfect shares an update from the division noting milestones, clinical and research missions, and people.
A Special Thank You to Our Staff on Administrative Professionals Day
This Administrative Professionals Day, we'd like to recognize our more than 250 administrative professionals in the Department of Medicine!
It’s Time to Talk About Plastic Pollution and Its Impacts on Human Health
Earth Day is a time to raise awareness of the need to protect Earth's natural resources for future generations. It’s also time to have cross-discipline conversations about plastic pollution’s impact on human health, says two School of Medicine researchers with Duke University’s Plastic Pollution Working Group (PPWG).