Division News

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. 

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. 

The American Cancer Society is offering grants to established investigators in mid-career who have made seminal contributions that have changed the direction of clinical, psychosocial, behavioral, health policy or epidemiological cancer research.

Northwestern University will hold a free webinar, "Advances in Person-Centered Outcome Measurement," from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. on Tuesday, June 10.

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.

The National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases has issued a FOA to support research and development of devices, software, or technology that will optimize data collection for NIDDK clinical studies. Read more.

Dr. Lori Orlando received special recognition from the SGIM President, Dr. Eric Bass, for her leadership on the Annual Program Committee meeting from 2013 to 2014. Dr.

How long have you been at Duke? How long have you been at the Division? I've been at both Duke and at the Division since 2008. I started at Durham Primary Care at the Pickett. as an attending and at the Duke outpatient clinic precepting three sessions with residents.