Division News

Joel Boggan, MD, officially joined the division this fall, making him one of the newest additions to the division faculty. In this week’s faculty spotlight, we talk to him about his experience as chief resident of quality improvement and patient safety, his work in Quality Improvement, using Twitter professionally, and great places to eat in Durham. Although you’re new to the division, you’re no stranger to Duke.

The Clinical and Translational Core (CTC) of the Duke O’Brien Center for Kidney Research (DOCK) is sponsoring projects the interrelationships among kidney disease, hypertension and/or heart disease. Priorities for this year include aging, health disparities and implementation.

The School of Medicine is seeking applicants for the position of Associate Course Director for the Practice Course. The Practice Course is a longitudinal course spanning the first three years of medical school. The first year of the course teaches medical students the foundation of the patient-physician relationship, communication and interviewing as well as basic physical examination skills. The second year of the course is dedicated to advanced communication skills such as giving bad news as well as discussion of topics related to student clinical experiences.

The NIH is seeking R01 grant proposals that stimulate and expand research in the health of minority men.

[caption id="attachment_1842" align="alignright" width="300"] Brasstown Valley, the site of the 2015 course.[/caption] Applications are now open for the National Library of Medicine's (NLM) Georgia Biomedical Informatics Course, to be held in the spring and fall of 2015 at Georgia Regents University.

The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute has issued a request for applications to the Mentored Career Development Award to Promote Faculty Diversity in Biomedical Research (K01). This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA)  is targeted toward individuals whose basic, clinical, and translational research interests are grounded in the advanced methods and experimental approaches needed to solve problems related to cardiovascular, pulmonary, and hematologic diseases and sleep disorders in the general and health disparities populations.

This week’s faculty spotlight shines on palliative care physician Nathan A Gray, MD. Gray talks to us about how he got into palliative care, his efforts to expand access to palliative care, and his own work as an amateur cartoonist.

The NIH is seeking Research Conference Grant (R13) applications to conduct health disparities-related meetings, workshops, and symposia. This grant will bring together academic institutions and community organizations to identify opportunities for reducing health disparities through the use of Community-Based Participatory Research (CBPR). Applicants may request direct costs of up to $30,000 per year for up to three years.

The 7th Annual Conference on the Science of Dissemination and Implementation will be held from December 8-9 in Bethesda, MD.

Lisa Criscione Schreiber, MD, will lead December’s Medical Education Grand Rounds on December 2, 3 and 4 with the discussion topic of “Developing Assessment Tools in Medical Education.” The Grand Rounds will be held in the Duke Medicine Pavilion conference room on Tuesday, from 4 p.m. to 5 p.m., Wednesday, from noon to 1 p.m., and Thursday, from 7 a.m.