Division News

The American Journal of Public Health (AJPH),  with the National Institutes of Health and FDA Office on Minority Health, intends to publish a supplement issue on the science of eliminating health disparities. Original epidemiological, genetic, behavioral, social, and policy-oriented research articles, commentaries, perspectives, and critical reviews of major problem areas related to health disparities in the United States are invited. Papers are due by July 1.

For this week's faculty spotlight, we talk to Professor Shelby Reed, PhD, who in addition to working within the Division has taught at the Department of Economics, and was on the board of directors of the International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research (ISPOR). How long have you been at Duke?

The Department of Medicine’s Minority Recruitment and Retention Committee will host a presentation and dinner from 5:30-6:30 p.m. on Mon., June 16 in Duke North Room 1103. The guest speaker is Isaretta Riley, MD, a third-year fellow in Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Medicine. Dr. Riley will present “Pursuing A Career in Academic Medicine.”

The NIH invites Exploratory/Developmental (R21) applications from U.S.-funded institutions with an Indian institution partner to establish Collaborative Research Partnerships (CRP) to advance science and technology important to understanding, preventing, and treating diabetes and its complications. 

The NIH is seeking Research Project Grant (R01) applications develop behavioral interventions for patients with comorbid chronic diseases and health conditions. Specifically, this FOA will support primary-care research using a multi-disease care management approach to improve health outcomes for individuals with three or more chronic health conditions. Read more.

The NIH is funding behavioral and social science research on the causes and solutions to health and disabilities disparities in the U.S. population.

The Cancer Prevention, Control, Behavioral Sciences, and Population Sciences Career Development Award (K07) will support the career development of junior investigators with research or health professional doctoral degrees who want to become academic researchers in cancer prevention, cancer control, or the behavioral or population sciences. 

Dr. Bruce Peyser, recently co-authored a high-profile article in the journal Academic Medicine. Along with other primary care leaders and educators at Duke, Peyser discusses  the Primary Care Leadership Track at Duke as a way to educate and engage medical students in community health initiatives and research.

This week's faculty spotlight shines on Dr. Laura M. Beskow, Associate Professor of Medicine at the Division of Medicine and the Duke Clinical Research Institute. How long have you been at Duke? How long have you been at the Division of General Internal Medicine? I have been at Duke for nearly 8 years, but I just joined the Division in the last year.

The National Conference on Engaging Patients, Families and Communities in all Phases of Translational Research to Improve Health will be held from August 21-22 in Bethesda, Maryland. For more information, or to register, click here.