Division News

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.

The American Society of Nephrology is accepting applications for the William and Sandra Bennett Clinical Scholars program. This program will support nephrology educators with $50,000 a year for up to two years to conduct a project to advance facets of nephrology education and teaching. Applications are due by Monday, July 7.

For this week's faculty spotlight, we talk to Dr. James A. Tulsky about the history and future of palliative care, patient-provider communication, and fly fishing.

The NIH is funding research early phase clinical trials of mind and body approaches for conditions that the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine has identified as high-priority research topics.

Dr. Ranee Chatterjee received a KL2 award to study the effects of dietary potassium on diabetes incidence among African Americans. Congratulations, Dr. Chatterjee!

Dr. Lynn Bowlby just won the 2014 Ambulatory Medicine Teaching Award. The Internal Medicine House Staff presents this award to the faculty member who best exemplifies commitment and excellence to teaching in ambulatory medicine. Congratulations, Dr. Bowlby!