Faculty spotlight: Megan E. Brooks, MD, MPH
Megan Brooks, MD, MPH is a medical instructor in the Department of Medicine. She teaches second-year medical students, coordinates care plans, helps develop the curriculum for the Duke Physician Assistant (PA) hospital medicine rotation, and sees patients with everything from heart failure to complications of knee replacement.
Boulware named CTSA contact principal investigator
Dean Nancy Andrews, MD, PhD, has announced that L. Ebony Boulware, MD, MPH, chief of the Division of General Internal Medicine, will serve as the contact principal investigator for Duke’s Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSA) from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), effective March 1, 2015. Dr.
Gierisch appointed associate director of VA Evidence-Based Synthesis Program
Congratulations to Jennifer Gierisch, PhD, assistant professor of medicine, who has been appointed associate director of the Durham VA Evidence-based Synthesis Program.
Division of General Internal Medicine welcomes four newest faculty members
Please join us in welcoming the four newest members of the Division of General Internal Medicine. Together they have varied and distinguished backgrounds that range from psychiatry and internal medicine, to general surgery, to teaching residents.
The latest additions to the division include:
Faculty Spotlight: Lawrence Greenblatt, MD
For this week’s faculty spotlight we talk to Lawrence Greenblatt, MD, a 20-year veteran of the division, about the future of men’s health, the ACLT resident program, and having his name and face light up electronic billboards in downtown Singapore.
PCORI spring 2015 cycle of funding starting in February
The online application system for the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI)’s spring 2015 cycle will open February 4. This year’s spring cycle will offer more than $100 million total in funding in the following areas:
Zullig's WIP talk on building cancer registry capacity in Tanzania available
The powerpoint presentation from Leah Zullig's, PhD, WIP talk on evaluating and building cancer registries in Tanzania are now available for download. Dr. Zullig's talk,
JAMA publishes research on bariatric surgery by Yancy, Maciejewski
This week, JAMA published an article written by William Yancy,MD, Matthew Maciejewski, PhD, and others showing between bariatric surgery and increased long-term survival among obese middle-aged patients in the VA health system.
Up to $50,000 available for collaborative research with SNU
Shiv Nadar University and Duke have issued a request for proposals (RFP) for research projects that build collaborative interdisciplinary research between both universities. This RFP will offer pilot funds for this collaborative research, which investigators may then use to obtain preliminary findings and larger sources of external funding. The RFP will offer up to $25,000 per year for two years; proposals are due by March 31. This year’s RFP has a focus on the intersection of global health and urbanizations, but other interdisciplinary topics may also be eligible.
CSDS offering free training and mentoring program in stroke disparities
The Center for Stroke Disparities Solutions (CSDS) is offering free training and mentoring programs for junior faculty interested in stroke-related disparities. The two-week program will be held this summer in New York City, with resources and faculty from both NYU Langone Medical Center and Columbia University Medical Center; funding for travel and accommodations will be available. Sessions will include coursework, grant-writing sessions, mentoring sessions, and opportunities for collaborative research between mentors and mentees.