Division News

For this week's faculty spotlight, we talk to Dr. James A. Tulsky about the history and future of palliative care, patient-provider communication, and fly fishing.

The NIH is funding research early phase clinical trials of mind and body approaches for conditions that the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine has identified as high-priority research topics.

Dr. Lynn Bowlby just won the 2014 Ambulatory Medicine Teaching Award. The Internal Medicine House Staff presents this award to the faculty member who best exemplifies commitment and excellence to teaching in ambulatory medicine. Congratulations, Dr. Bowlby!

The Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School Singapore (Duke-NUS) invites interested Duke medical faculty to visit and speak at the school. This program will promote collaborative research projects between Duke and Duke-NUS faculty. Visiting Duke faculty will present a research seminar at Duke-NUS during their visit. Applications are due by July 15.

For this week's faculty spotlight, we talk to Professor Shelby Reed, PhD, who in addition to working within the Division has taught at the Department of Economics, and was on the board of directors of the International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research (ISPOR). How long have you been at Duke?

The NIH is seeking Research Project Grant (R01) applications develop behavioral interventions for patients with comorbid chronic diseases and health conditions. Specifically, this FOA will support primary-care research using a multi-disease care management approach to improve health outcomes for individuals with three or more chronic health conditions. Read more.

The NIH is funding behavioral and social science research on the causes and solutions to health and disabilities disparities in the U.S. population.

The Cancer Prevention, Control, Behavioral Sciences, and Population Sciences Career Development Award (K07) will support the career development of junior investigators with research or health professional doctoral degrees who want to become academic researchers in cancer prevention, cancer control, or the behavioral or population sciences. 

Northwestern University will hold a free webinar, "Advances in Person-Centered Outcome Measurement," from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. on Tuesday, June 10.

The National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases has issued a FOA to support research and development of devices, software, or technology that will optimize data collection for NIDDK clinical studies. Read more.