Lantos continues focus on Lyme illness
Paul Lantos,MD, a Duke Medicine hospitalist, clinician-educator, and Pediatric Infectious Diseases attending, is well known for his research and knowledge about Lyme disease. In the past several months he has several published papers and a noteworthy presence in the meetings of the IDSA as well as an international conference on lyme borreliosis.
Conference Participation
Voils' JGIM Paper Prompts Editorial
This week Corrine Voils, PhD, and colleagues in health services research saw their paper appear online in the upcoming November issue of the Journal of General Internal Medicine plus an associated editorial.
The authors learned that adding genetic risk to type 2 diabetes risk counseling did not change weight, insulin resistance, or health behaviors.
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DGIM Contributes to New JAMA Article on Breast Cancer Screening
Last week the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) published the American Cancer Society 2015 update for breast cancer screening for women at average risk. In the issue there is also a review by Duke researchers who conducted an evidence review supporting the guideline. Several of these authors are from general internal medicine.
Zullig and Zafar in Moshi, Tanzania
This week we learn about GIM in Moshi, Tanzania, at the Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Center, where Leah Zullig (GIM) and Yousuf Zafar (Oncology) are working with a pilot study sponsored by Duke Global Health/Duke Cancer Institute. As part of the study, the team is validating the quality of the Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Center.
This picture shows Dr. Zullig (GIM) and Dr. Zafar (Oncology) with two medical students from Kilimanjaro Medical College and staff from medical records and the cancer registry.
Davis Delivers Keynote for "Race to Quit, NC"
James Davis was a featured speaker October 6th, alongside the Deputy Secretary of Health Services, NC Department of Health & Human Services and the Executive Director of the North Carolina Alliance for Health, for the launching of “Race to Quit, NC,” the official kick-off of a statewide smoking cessation campaign.
Davis is a GIM faculty member and Director of Duke’s Center for Smoking Cessation.
Williams Reports on 23rd Cochrane Colloquium
Posted by John Williams, MD, MHS*
The 23rd Cochrane Colloquium was held in Vienna, Austria, October 3-7. It is the premier conference focused on the methods for conducting systematic reviews. As director of the Durham Evidence Synthesis Program (ESP), I attended with the goal of learning new methods to use at our center and to present results from an ESP research project.
Learning new approaches
Boulware receives Eugene Washington PCORI Engagement Award
Ebony Boulware, MD, MPH, chief of the division of general internal medicine, recently received a funding award from the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI).
Journal Names Wang to Editorial Board
This week Virginia Wang, PhD, accepted an invitation to be on the editorial board of Health Care Management Review. Dr. Wang is a GIM investigator in Health Services Research & Development.
Recap: GIM Wine & Cheese + Posters
If you came you were able to meet a new hospitalist who’s also the IRB representative for GIM, Neil Stafford, shake hands with a new faculty candidate, figure out who’s Shelby Reed and who’s Reed Johnson, and by the way, they do research together. You might have seen yourself in the slideshow continuous loop on the large screens. Dizzy now? Visit our blogsite and enjoy the slideshow.