Division News

Adam Perlman, MD, executive director of Integrative Medicine, has been invited to join the faculty for the American College of Physicians’ 2015 Internal Medicine Meeting in April, where he  will present the internal medicine portion of the Multiple Small Feedings of the Mind Session. Congratulations, Dr. Perlman!

The Office for Postdoctoral Services is launching a new program for post-doctorates who are preparing NIH F32 applications. This program include both seminars and hands-on workshops.  The following workshops will be offered this fall in Room 143 of the Jones Building:

The American Lung Association’s Lung Cancer Discovery Award will offer up to $100,000 a year for up to two years to support research in lung cancer. Available areas of research include the development of novel medical treatments, advancing current treatment options and/or finding a cure for lung cancer through clinical, laboratory, epidemiological, or any other kind of research.

The School of Medicine has announced its 2014 Fall Core Facility Voucher Program. This joint program with the School of Medicine and the Duke Translational Research Institute (DTRI) Pilot Program will offer vouchers in amounts ranging from $500 to $10,000, redeemable for provision of services at Duke University core facilities/shared resources. Twenty vouchers, based on scientific merit, will be issued in the 2014 Fall Program.

The Coins for Alzheimer’s Research Trust (CART) fund is supporting exploratory and developmental AD research projects within the United States.

The American Heart Association (AHA)’s Cardiovascular Genome Phenome Study (CVGPS) Grand Challenge Award will offer $250,000 a year for up to two years for research examining inter-individual and patient-to-patient differences for chronic diseases such as atherosclerosis and hypertension.

The NIH’s Loan Repayment Program (LRP) application cycle is now open.

This week's faculty spotlight is Kathleen Waite, MD, a primary care doctor at Duke's Pickett Road Clinic. In this interview we talk to her about building 20-year relationships with patients, helping patients with long-term behavior change, and her own figure skating career. How long have you been at Duke?

Corrine Voils, PhD, and other Division faculty had their abstract “Predictors of Initiation of a Behavioral Weight Loss Intervention,” approved for a poster presentation during the annual meeting of The Obesity Society (TOS) during Obesity Week this November. Congratulations to Dr. Voils as well as the other faculty members who made this research possible!

Join other faculty, staff and students to kick off the opening day of TedMed on the 4th floor of the Trent Semans Center of Wednesday, September 10 from 1 to 2:45 p.m. Speaker Elizabeth Nabel, MD President of Brigham and Women’s Hospital, will share a personal story showing how the limits of knowledge can be a weakness and how accepting ignorance can be a strength. Refreshments will be served.