Division News

Robert M. Califf, MD, Duke University adjunct professor of medicine (cardiology) and former director of the Duke Clinical Research Institute (DCRI), has been confirmed as commissioner for the U.S. Food and Drug Administration following a vote by the Senate today. Califf’s appointment to the position will mark his second time heading the agency, which he also led during the final year of former President Barack Obama’s administration.

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. 

Dr. Rana Gupta, PhD, a preeminent investigator in the field of adipose biology, will join the Duke Molecular Physiology Institute (DMPI) faculty with an anticipated start date of summer 2022. Dr. Gupta is the first Department of Medicine (DOM) faculty appointee to be granted a prestigious Duke Science and Technology (DST) award. His recruitment was facilitated by the DST Award and the strong partnership between DMPI, the DOM, the Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism of the DOM, and the School of Medicine Dean’s Office.  

Your taste buds may or may not be able to tell real sugar from a sugar substitute like Splenda, but there are cells in your intestines that can and do distinguish between the two sweet solutions. And they can communicate the difference to your brain in milliseconds.

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.

The September 14, 2021 session of Duke Medicine LEADS was presented by Susan Spratt, MD on  "SGLT2 inhibitors for Diabetes: A Compelling Story." Here are pearls and takeaways from the session:

A warm welcome to new Department of Medicine faculty members who started in July 2021!

The Internal Medicine Residency Program has announced the 2021 - 2022 Faculty Resident Research grant recipients.

The May 18, 2021 session of Duke Medicine LEADS featured Susan Spratt, MD, presenting, "Creating a Statewide Social Network to Improve Health Equity: NCCare360."

Mark A. Herman, MD, is one of three faculty from the School of Medicine who has been elected to the American Society for Clinical Investigation (ASCI).