Division News

The next Schwartz Center Rounds will be held Wednesday, November 12, from Noon to 1 p.m. in Duke North 2002. Don Ellis, MD, Anita Swiman, EMT, and Julia Johnson, SW, will lead “So Hard to Say Goodbye,” a panel discussion on child suicide. Lunch will be available starting at 11:45 a.m. For more information, contact Michelle Whitt at christy.whitt@dm.duke.edu.

An opening has been announced for the Director of the Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research, the lead research unit for health services research at UNC-Chapel Hill.

Applications are now open for the Duke CTSA Research Career Development Award Program (Duke CTSA KL2), which provides young investigators with the knowledge and skills necessary to perform high-impact research and succeed in today’s highly competitive research environment. The KL2 provides skilled and personalized mentoring, a coordinated and tailored scientific and career development curriculum, and the opportunity to conduct clinical or translational research.

The Australian Outback isn't the first place that springs to mind when thinking of advancing the state of medical education, but that's where the subject of our next Faculty Spotlight has headed. Bruce Peyser, MD, talks to us about what he's doing in Alice Springs, and how it will build better physician-resident relationships. How long have you been at Duke?

The Hypertension Evidence Academy, a one-day regional meeting focusing on hypertension prevention, treatment, and control, will take place on Friday, December 12, from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the East Carolina Heart Institute in Greenville, NC (about 1.5 hours’ drive from Durham). Registration is $15 and includes lunch; participants will be eligible for continuing medical education credits.

The NIH have issued a funding opportunity announcement to facilitate research that conducts secondary analysis of existing data sets relevant to obesity policy evaluation. Relevant topics include diabetes and endocrine and metabolic diseases; digestive diseases and nutrition, including obesity and eating disorders; and kidney, urologic, and hematologic diseases. Up to $500,000 per project year will be available.

The deadline for the Society for Prevention Research 2015 Annual Meeting call for papers is Friday, November 7. The topic of the SPR 23rd Annual Meeting, which will be held May 26-29, 2015, in Washington, DC, will be “Integrating Prevention Science and Public Policy.” Eligible abstract topics include those fitting within this theme, as well as topics focusing on the core areas of interest to the SPR.

The NIH are seeking R01 applications from institutions studying pain from an aging perspective, including studies of older populations, studies of age differences in pain processes and experiences, and studies of pain treatment and management in older adults. Applications are due by February 5. For more information, read the full announcement.  

Jennifer Gierisch, PhD, will teach a course in patient engagement in research in the spring for the Clinical Research Training Program. “Strategies and Approaches to Patient Engagement,” (CRP 267) will provide a practical foundation in strategies and approaches to engage patients and caregivers; it is recommended for faculty, staff, and house staff interested in patient-centered outcomes research.

Medicine Grand Rounds on Fri., Oct. 31 at 8 a.m. in Duke Hospital room 2002 will feature David Edelman, MD, associate professor of medicine (Division of General Internal Medicine). Dr. Edelman will present Challenges in Implementing Primary Care Interventions. Watch from your desk: If you can’t make Medicine Grand Rounds this week, click here to watch a live stream (just enter your Duke Net ID and password).