Division News

The Harry J. Lloyd Charitable Trust is accepting application for melanoma research projects in melanoma research in three categories  Career, Basic Science, and Translational Research. Awards tend to be in the range of $100K - $125K per year; applications are due by December 10. Read more. 

Flu vaccines are now available free of charge to all School of Medicine faculty and staff. Annual vaccination is required for all Division faculty or staff who do clinical work and is strongly encouraged for other Division faculty and staff. Times and locations for obtaining the vaccination are available online at http://www.duke.edu/flu/shots/  

James Tulsky, MD, professor of medicine (General Internal Medicine) and chief of Duke Palliative Care, has been awarded $1.7 million from the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) for a communication and dissemination research project.

Division faculty are invited to complete a brief survey for the Internal Medicine Residency Program. This survey will be used to create a database of faculty members who mentor residents in clinical research and other scholarly activities. Click here to complete the survey.

William Yancy, MD, is the focus of this week’s faculty spotlight. Dr. Yancy talks about being a second-generation Duke employee, teaching clinical research seminars, his research investigating the effects of diet preference on weight loss, water-skiing and other subjects. How long have you been at Duke? How long have you been at the Division? I actually grew up in Durham with both of my parents working for Duke.

Two Duke faculty members lent their expertise to a 21-member nonpartisan committee that called for an overhaul of the national approach to end-of-life care. The report, “Dying in America: Improving Quality and Honoring Individual Preferences Near the End of Life,” was released last week.

Saumil Chudgar, MD, is the focus of this week’s faculty spotlight. We talk to Dr. Chudgar about teaching new and established courses to medical students, the history and future of medical education, and enjoying the foodie and improv scenes of Durham and Chapel Hill. How long have you been at Duke?

Adam Perlman, MD, executive director of Integrative Medicine, has been invited to join the faculty for the American College of Physicians’ 2015 Internal Medicine Meeting in April, where he  will present the internal medicine portion of the Multiple Small Feedings of the Mind Session. Congratulations, Dr. Perlman!

The American Heart Association (AHA)’s Cardiovascular Genome Phenome Study (CVGPS) Grand Challenge Award will offer $250,000 a year for up to two years for research examining inter-individual and patient-to-patient differences for chronic diseases such as atherosclerosis and hypertension.

This week's faculty spotlight is Kathleen Waite, MD, a primary care doctor at Duke's Pickett Road Clinic. In this interview we talk to her about building 20-year relationships with patients, helping patients with long-term behavior change, and her own figure skating career. How long have you been at Duke?