Precision Medicine Team Successfully Coordinates National Trainee Meeting
Led by Susanne Haga, a group of staff in DGIM’s Precision Medicine Program successfully wrapped up the third meeting supported under an U13 award from the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI). The NHGRI Research Training and Career Development Annual Meeting was held on April 7–9, 2024 at the Westin Seattle Hotel in Seattle, Washington.
Women and Alcohol-Related Complications during the COVID-19 Pandemic
A new study published in JAMA Health Forum on April 12 reported that women in particular struggled with alcohol-related complications during the COVID-10 pandemic.
Duke Hospitalists Well-Represented at Annual SHM Meeting
The Society of Hospital Medicine meeting (SHM Converge) was held in San Diego this past week (Apr 12-15). This is the largest conference for hospitalists annually, with several thousand attending nationwide. Many Duke hospitalists and trainees attended the meeting, with several selected to give a platform or poster presentation. Here are some of the presenters at this year’s meeting (compiled by Dr. Suchita Shah Sata). Abstracts will be published in an online supplement of the Journal of Hospital Medicine.
DOC-Durham Tech Mobile Lab Wins IPE Award
The DOC-Durham Tech Mobile Lab was awarded the Duke AHEAD 2024 Interprofessional Education (IPE) Team Excellence Award on March 22 at the annual Education Day. This award recognizes the “exceptional achievements in the coordination of learners, faculty, or staff as a team within the realm of educational activities.” The DOC-Durham Tech Mobile Lab is a partnership that enables monthly home visits of patients limited in their ability to visit a clinic.
Faculty Promotions February 2024
Covid-19: Lessons Unheeded
The direct and indirect repercussions, particularly the long-term consequences, of the pandemic on all facets of health and well-being continue to be investigated and reported. DGIM Professor Keisha Bentley-Edwards has explored several areas impacted by the pandemic including contraceptive access and use among students, the impact of systemic racisms and pre-existing conditions for Black Americans, and access to behavioral weight loss interventions in Black adults. Her latest publication caps off a special
DGIM Hospitalists Recognized by SHM NC Triangle Chapter
The local chapter of the Society of Hospital Medicine (SHM) hosted their NC Triangle Chapter Networking and Awards night on February 16 at the Graduate Hotel in Chapel Hill. Among the award recipients were Tara Spector and Pooh Setji (both won for Clinical Leadership for Physicians), Poonam Sharma (Excellence in Teaching), Lana Wahid (Excellence in Research), Noel Ivey (Best vignette), and David Gallagher
DGIM Residents & Faculty at 2024 NC ACP Chapter Meeting
The 2024 Annual Scientific Session of the NC Chapter of ACP (Chapter Governor Marion McCrary) was held on Feb 9-10 at the Marriott Crabtree Valley Hotel in Raleigh, NC, organized by Program Co-chairs Noel Ivey, Michelle Perkons, Denise Pong, and Fatima Syed. Along with several residents in attendance, DGIM speakers included Will Yancy, Bruce Peyser, Suchita Shah Sata, David Boyte, Poonam Sharma, and Katherine Neal. Check out the photos of some of the presenters and attendees below!
GIM Promotion - Eugenia McPeek Hinz, MD, MS
Congratulations to Eugenia McPeek Hinz, MD, MS, for her promotion to Assistant Professor of Medicine. Dr.
5 in DOM Complete ALICE Program
Drs. Wyatt and Bentley-Edwards Receive NIH Award to Reduce Kidney Health Disparities
Mario Family Foundation Awardees Focus on Older Adult Care, Heart Failure Patients, HIV
Faculty Perspective: Leadership Development
Duke Medicine Expands Advocacy Curriculum to Include Fellows
Moving Medicine Forward: Dr. Shariff Receives Community Cancer Centers Innovators Award
Shah named CMO for Duke Primary Care and VP of Duke University Health System
Kevin Shah, MD, MBA, has been named Chief Medical Officer for Duke Primary Care (DPC) and Vice President of Duke University Health System (DUHS), effective June 1, 2023.
Transformational Leader Quinn Capers, MD, to Deliver June 16 Greenfield Lecture
Academic medicine transformation leader Quinn Capers, IV, MD, the Rody P. Cox Professor of Internal Medicine (Cardiology) and associate dean for faculty diversity at the University of Texas Southwest School of Medicine, will deliver the June 16 Greenfield lecture with a talk entitled “Diversifying the Physician Workforce – Why We Can’t Wait.”
The event will be held in person only beginning at 8 a.m. in Duke North, 2002. Breakfast will be served outside of the room starting at 7:45am.
Announcing the 2023 DOM Administrative Award Winners
