2015 ASH Abstracts Due by December 8
The American Society of Hypertension is calling for abstract submissions for its 2015 meeting, which will be held May 15-19 in New York City. Submissions are due by December 9. Click here to read the submission guidelines or to submit an abstract.
Faculty spotlight: Clarissa Jonas Diamantidis, MD, MHS
One of the division’s newest faculty members recently returned to Duke after a fellowship at Johns Hopkins and four years on the faculty at the University of Maryland.
Palliative care documentary to be screened December 4
Duke Palliative Care will host a screening of the newly-released documentary film Consider the Conversation 2: Stories about Cure, Relief and Comfort at the Full Frame Theatre on the American Tobacco campus on Thurs., Dec. 4 at 6:30 p.m.
Adams Presents at AMIA Symposium
The division’s Martha Adams, MD, is playing a leadership role in the American Medical Informatics Association symposium currently underway in Washington, DC.
On Sunday, Adams is moderating a tutorial on qualitative research for nearly 100 interested participants.
Stead Research Grants Offering up to $25,000 in Funding
The Stead Scholarship Committee and Duke Internal Medicine Residency Program have announced a request for applications for clinical or translational research projects involving a team of Internal Medicine, Med-Peds, and/or Med-Psych residents under the leadership of a faculty mentor in the Department of Medicine. Up to $25,000 is available; letters of intent are due to Murat Arcasoy at Murat.Arcasoy@dm.duke.edu by December 15.
Boulware Moderating Panel Discussion on Healthcare Reform
The 2014-2015 Health Policy Lecture Series begins this Wednesday with a panel discussion on Healthcare Reform: Initial Assessments from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. in the Great Hall of the Trent Semans Center for Health Education.
Dolor Authors JABFM Article on PBRN Clinical Trials
Rowena Dolor, MD, is the lead author of a new article on practice-based research networks, “Guidance for Researchers Developing and Conducting Clinical Trials in Practice-based Research Networks (PBRNs).”
This article, published in the most recent issue of the Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine, offers guidance in the areas of recruiting and engaging practices, budgeting, project management, and communication, as well as templates and examples of too
AHRQ Offering PCOR Career Development Awards
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) is accepting applications for two career development awards in the area of Patient-Centered Outcomes Research (PCOR): The K08 AHRQ PCOR Mentored Clinical Investigator Award, and the K01 AHRQ PCOR Mentored Research Scientist Development Award. Read more.
SGIM Abstract Submissions Open!
Abstract submissions are now open for the 2015 Society of General Internal Medicine meeting! Submissions for abstracts, as well as clinical vignettes and innovations are due by January 8.
The 38th Annual SGIM Meeting will be held April 22-25, 2015 in Toronto.
Faculty Spotlight: Joanna Kipnes, MD
Frequent visitors to Duke University Hospital, as well as patients who make extended stays, often deal with a variety of complex health care problems, including end-of-life issues, chronic pain, lacking the ability to pay, and homelessness. In this week’s Faculty Spotlight Joanna Kipnes, MD, talks about creating tailored health care plans for these patients--and why these patients choose to come to Duke.
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