Division News

Dr. Martha Adams recommends Cutting for Stone, the first novel by author and physician Abraham Verghese. Adams says, “It's a terrifically moving ‘story of love and betrayal, medicine and ordinary miracles.’  I found the many life decisions in the storyline especially intriguing.

Duke Science and Society’s new SciComm Fellows program is offering Duke faculty the chance to develop communication skills and put those skills into action. Training sessions will include academic specialists in science communication, professional science storytellers, policy experts, and hands-on spoken and written communication exercises.

This week's faculty spotlight shines on Dr. Ranee Chatterjee, Assistant Professor of Medicine. We talk to Chatterjee about her clinical work, research interests, and diabetes prevention.

How long have you been at Duke? How long have you been at the Division? I returned to Duke in 2011 after having graduated from medical school here many years ago.

The NIH and NIDDK are supporting Exploratory/Developmental Research Grants (R21) proposing small scale or pilot and feasibility clinical and translational research studies, including epidemiological studies or clinical trials related to kidney or urologic disease research. Studies should address important clinical and translational questions. Projects supported by these grants may lead to full-scale clinical studies including diagnostic strategies, epidemiological studies, or randomized clinical trials of diagnosis, prevention, or treatment of kidney or urologic diseases.

Tom Holland, MD, is a recipient of a 2014  Faculty Education Award. This award, sponsored by the Department of Medicine, is awarded to one member of the GIM hospital medicine faculty each year for excellence and leadership in medical education in the hospital setting. Previous recipients include Drs. Jon Bae (2013) and Saumil Chudgar (2012). Congratulations, Dr.

How long have you been at Duke? How long have you been at the Division? I started as a post-doc with the Division of General Internal Medicine and VA Center for Health Services Research in Primary Care (HSR&D Center) in December of 2003.

The NIDDK, NIAAA and ODS are encouraging R21 applications involving secondary analysis of existing data sets relevant to diabetes and endocrine and metabolic diseases; digestive diseases and nutrition, including obesity and eating disorders; and kidney, urologic, and hematologic diseases. Read more.

 

Bruce Peyser, MD, is a recipient of the 2014 Faculty Education Award, given to recognize his excellence and leadership in medical education in the ambulatory setting. Previous GIM ambulatory medicine recipients of this award were Drs Lynn Bowlby (2013),  Daniella Zipkin, (2012), and Larry Greenblatt (2011). Congratulations, Dr. Peyser!

The AHRQ invites applications for Centers of Excellence to identify, classify, track, and compare healthcare delivery systems ranging from integrated delivery systems to Accountable Care Organizations to help improve CER-recommended practices. This program will to identify, characterize, and classify types of delivery systems and to compare the performance (quality and resource use) of health care delivery systems responsible for a broad spectrum of the patients’ care. Read more.

The NIH invites applications for basic, clinical, translational and outcomes research on acute kidney injury (AKI) in older persons.