Division News

Congratulations are once again in order for Dr. Tulsky, who was just awarded a $1.7 million, three-year grant from the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI). This grant will build upon an existing computer program called SCOPE that allows oncologists to record conversations with patients and receive feedback on how well they did.

Congratulations to James A. Tulsky, MD, who was the co-author of a recent Institute of Medicine report calling for an overhaul of the way the U.S. approaches end-of-life care.

The Mandel Center for Hypertension and Atherosclerosis at Duke is requesting proposals to support a research fellow to research the causes and treatment of hypertension, atherosclerosis and related cardiovascular diseases. The Center will award one 1-year $45,000 fellowship grant; applications are due by December 1. Each applicant must have an identified Mentor who is a member of the Duke Cardiovascular Research Center at the time the application is reviewed.

The NIH have issued a funding opportunity announcement to support research or develop devices, software, or technology that will optimize data collection for NIDDK clinical studies. Total funding support normally may not exceed $150,000 for Phase I awards and $1,000,000 for Phase II awards. Applications are due by December 5. Read more.  

The Harry J. Lloyd Charitable Trust is accepting application for melanoma research projects in melanoma research in three categories  Career, Basic Science, and Translational Research. Awards tend to be in the range of $100K - $125K per year; applications are due by December 10. Read more. 

The American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) is offering its Joint Grant Awards Program to support family medicine research. The program goals are to support research of value to practicing family physicians, encourage proposals by junior investigators, and fund pilot studies. The AAFP will award up to $50,000 for each project; applications are due by December 1.

Flu vaccines are now available free of charge to all School of Medicine faculty and staff. Annual vaccination is required for all Division faculty or staff who do clinical work and is strongly encouraged for other Division faculty and staff. Times and locations for obtaining the vaccination are available online at http://www.duke.edu/flu/shots/  

James Tulsky, MD, professor of medicine (General Internal Medicine) and chief of Duke Palliative Care, has been awarded $1.7 million from the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) for a communication and dissemination research project. The award is one of 46 new funding awards that PCORI’s Board of Governors approved yeste

James Tulsky, MD, professor of medicine (General Internal Medicine) and chief of Duke Palliative Care, has been awarded $1.7 million from the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) for a communication and dissemination research project.

Division faculty are invited to complete a brief survey for the Internal Medicine Residency Program. This survey will be used to create a database of faculty members who mentor residents in clinical research and other scholarly activities. Click here to complete the survey.