Division News

Division faculty and staff are invited to attend a screening of the film “Consider the Conversation 2: Stories About Cure, Relief, and Comfort,” at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, December 4. Tickets are free, but registration is required and space is limited.

Hayden Bosworth, PhD, is the subject of this week’s faculty spotlight.  This week he talks to us about the pleasures of teaching at the Clinical Research Training Program, a pilot effort to use mobile phones to improve adherence, and taking taekwondo with his two sons. 
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Division faculty are encouraged to register as Doximity Members, so that their opinions can be heard by US News and World Report. Starting in 2015, this organization will no longer be using the AMA Physician Masterfile to survey physicians. Instead they will be using Doximity’s Masterfile.

The American Society of Hypertension is calling for abstracts 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.

Lori Orlando, MD, MHS, will be taking on the role of associate director for precision medicine at the new Center for Applied Genomics and Precision Medicine (CAGPM). “I have great confidence in [Dr.

The NIH have issued several new funding opportunity announcements (FOAs) to examine new validation measures for behavior change, as well as a new FOA to enhance the participation of individuals from diverse backgrounds underrepresented in cardiovascular, pulmonary, hematologic and sleep disorders research.

Daniella Zipkin, MD, has had a workshop submission accepted for presentation at the SGIM 38th Annual Meeting in Toronto, this April. Zipkin will present her workshop, “Getting Promoted as an Educator,” on Saturday, April 25, from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Congratulations, Dr Zipkin!

Registration is now open for the Society of General Internal Medicine’s Southern regional meeting, which will be held February 26-28 in New Orleans. In addition, the organizers of this year’s event are offering panel mentoring sessions for junior and mid-career faculty members, fellows, residents and medical students with confidential advice from mentors from diverse backgrounds.

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.

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.