Dr. Van Houtven's work featured at Gerontological Society of America
Dr. Courtney Van Houtven will present her work (jointly authored with Nina Sperber, Corrine Voils, Jillian Boles as well as colleagues from U. Chicago and U. Washington) at an Economics of Aging Interest Group Symposium, called “Insuring Risk for Long-term Services Need: Individual, Family and Public Approaches” at the Gerontological Society of America in New Orleans, November 22, 2013.
Dr. Bosworth delivers key international lecture
Dr. Hayden Bosworth delivered a key lecture at the European Society for Patient Adherence, Compliance, and Persistence Meeting in Budapest, Hungary Friday November 15, entitled “Translating efficacious adherence interventions into practice: challenges and solutions.”
Dr. Bosworth delivers invited talk at Kidney Week
Hayden Bosworth delivered an invited talk at Kidney Week (American Society of Nephrology) in Atlanta, GA on Thursday, November 7, entitled “physician factors and suboptimal BP control.”
NIH Submission Deadlines
- Standard NIH deadlines can be found here: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/funding/submissionschedule.htm
- Please contact Deborah Wallace (deborah.wallace@dm.duke.edu) as soon as you think you may submit an NIH grant. Submissions require several weeks advance planning to facilitate successful submissions.
Internal Medicine Residency News: November 4, 2013
From the Director
Doctoberfest/comes sadly to a close/hello, recruitment!
Dr. Tulsky delivers invited plenary lecture
James Tulsky gave the closing plenary session last week at the National Palliative Care Research Center Annual Retreat and Symposium on his body of work in communication research– “Behind Closed Doors: The Power of Words in the Medical Encounter”
Dr. Steinhauser delivers invited plenary lecture
Karen Steinhauser gave the opening plenary last week at the National Palliative Care Research Center Annual Retreat and Symposium on assessment and treatment of spiritual health, and recommendations on addressing gaps in the field – “Spirituality and Palliative Care: In Search of the God Particle”
Dr. Voils' work recognized among best at Obesity Week
Corrine Voils' abstract was judged to be "among the best in the field" and will be recognized among 10 winners in the Obesity Society's Health Services Research Section. Their work will receive special recognition during Obesity Week, held in Atlanta from November 11-16 at the Georgia World Congress Center. Congratulations, Corrine!
Dr. McVay's work recognized among best at Obesity Week
Megan McVay's abstract was judged to be “among the best in the field” and will be recognized among 10 winners in the Obesity Society’s Health Services Research Section. Their work will receive special recognition during Obesity Week, held in Atlanta from November 11-16 at the Georgia World Congress Center. Congratulations, Megan!
