Division News

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.

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.  

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.

Karen E. Steinhauser, PhD, is co-hosting "State of the Science in Spirituality and Palliative Care Research." This conference, to be held Sept- 30-Oct. 1, will feature 11 scholars from across North America who will discuss current and future research on a variety of subjects in spirituality and palliative care. Congratulations, Dr. Steinhauser!

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.

William Yancy, MD, is the focus of this week’s faculty spotlight. Dr. Yancy talks about being a second-generation Duke employee, teaching clinical research seminars, his research investigating the effects of diet preference on weight loss, water-skiing and other subjects. How long have you been at Duke? How long have you been at the Division? I actually grew up in Durham with both of my parents working for Duke.

Two Duke faculty members lent their expertise to a 21-member nonpartisan committee that called for an overhaul of the national approach to end-of-life care. The report, “Dying in America: Improving Quality and Honoring Individual Preferences Near the End of Life,” was released last week.

Two Duke faculty members lent their expertise to a 21-member nonpartisan committee that called for an overhaul of the national approach to end-of-life care. The report, “Dying in America: Improving Quality and Honoring Individual Preferences Near the End of Life,” was released last week.