Division News

This week’s faculty spotlight shines on Santanu Datta, PhD, MBA, who talks the future of telemedicine, how his two business degrees influence his research, and developing interventions to reduce alcohol consumption in people with hepatitis C. How long have you been at Duke?

The NIH is funding research examining the relationship between asthma, obesity and self-management. Although the association between asthma and obesity has has been found in many studies, the exact mechanisms for how this association arises are unresolved to include self-management and achieving control.

Hayden Bosworth, PhD, is teaching “Implementation and Dissemination of Health Care Research,” at the Clinical Research Training Program (CRTP) this fall.

The NIH have issued a funding opportunity announcement to support research evaluating large-scale health-care delivery policies or programs that influence diabetes prevention and care. The goal is to support research that meaningfully informs clinical practice and health policy related to prevention or management of diabetes. Read more.

The Burroughs Wellcome Fund is seeking nominations for its Career Awards for Medical Scientists (CAMS) program, which provides $700,000 over five years for physician-scientists to bridge advanced postdoctoral or fellowship training and the early years of faculty service.

Congratulations to Courtney Van Houtven, PhD, who is giving a plenary address at the 3rd International Conference on Evidence-Based Policy in Long-Term Care, which will be held this coming weekend in London. Van Houten will deliver the lecture, “Economics of Informal Care: Do We Know Enough to Advocate for Policy Change?” This plenary session will review empirical findings about the economic impacts of informal care and discuss policies in the U.S.

The sixth annual American Hospitalist Academy will be held from October 20-23 in Englewood, Colorado.

The Prevent Cancer Foundation is accepting proposals for research grants and fellowships. The Prevent Cancer Foundation expects to grant 3 awards of $80,000 over two years, including both grants and fellowships. Applications are due August 27. Read more.

[caption id="attachment_1281" align="alignright" width="148"] George Gopen, JD, PhD, Duke Professor Emeritus of Rhetoric[/caption] Registration is now open for a free seminar series, "Writing from the Reader's Perspective," to be held this fall in the Medical Student Amphitheater in Duke South. The 12-hour workshop, taught by Duke Professor Emeritus of Rhetoric George Gopen, will focus on improving attendees' writing skills by helping them understand the perspective of readers.&nb

The Chancellor’s Program Project Accelerator is a new internal funding source intended to accelerate development of large, multi-investigator research programs within the Duke Schools of Medicine or Nursing. The Program Project Accelerator will fund up to three one-year awards of up to $100,000 to promote competitive applications for external funding within one to two years of the award. The application deadline is October 6. For more information, email Suzy Johnson at suzy.johnson@duke.edu or call 919.681.8222.