Division News

During the Christian Medical & Dental Associations (CMDA) national convention on April 24, Farr Curlin, MD, Professor of Medicine (General Internal Medicine) was honored with the 2022 Educator of the Year award. This award is presented to Christian healthcare professionals who are exceptionally dedicated to using healthcare education to change the world.

Dr. Bruce Peyser was selected as the 2022 Primary Care Preceptor Award recipient by the Duke University School of Nursing!

Nrupen Bhavsar, PhD, has been elected a Fellow with the American Heart Association

The 2021-22 group of Duke Presidential Award winners were celebrated on April 27 in Page Auditorium.

To be successful in today's healthcare environment, clinicians more often aspire to navigate tough conversations with their patients. Dr. Bruce Peyser, GIM professor of medicine and Associate Director of Ambulatory Medical Student Education, has seen this coming, has felt the challenge personally, and has chosen to bring professional education to Duke clinicians. He picked “VitalTalk” as the training organization. VitalTalk

By Liz Switzer As the Department of Medicine (DOM) Fellow Research Academy (FRA) wraps up its inaugural year, participants say they are coming away better positioned as competitive candidates for research awards and with a sense of camaraderie that is fostered by a departmental culture of career development.

This past week was the annual Duke Teaching and Leading EBP, a workshop for educators and champions of Evidence-Based Practice from across the country. The conference was held virtually this year, but participants were still able to meet with peers, expert faculty, and EBP mentors in a supportive learning atmosphere.

Public Health Genetics Week will take place May 23-27, 2022. The virtual event, organized by the National Coordinating Center for the Regional Genetics Network, aims to increase awareness, and celebrate the efforts of the public health genetics system.

The Duke ACTIV-4A hospital medicine research team was invited to speak at the NIH funded, ACTIV4A international monthly meeting hosted by New York University (NYU).  

Sponsored Research Gerald Bloomfield of Cardiology has received a sub-award through the Aga Khan University for a project entitled "Chronic, Non-Communicable Diseases and Disorders Across the Lifespan: Fogarty International Research Training Award (NCD-LIFESPAN)." Total funding will be $23,180.