Division News


Haga authors "The Book of Genes and Genomes"

Susanne B. Haga, PhD, associate professor of medicine and co-director of educational programs at the Duke Center for Applied Genomics & Precision Medicine has authored a new book, "The Book of Genes and Genomes" providing readers an easy to understand overview of the advances in genetics and genomics.

Kessler honored with inagural AMSUS Communications Award

Congratulations to Duke GIM Professor of Medicine, Dr. Chad Kessler, who received the inaugural national communication award for his creation of the “COVID in 20” program at the (virtual) AMSUS annual meeting on Febryary 10. 

Recap: Duke at SGIM Southern

On Feb 9th and 10th, the Society of General Internal Medicine (SGIM) Southern had their second virtual meeting

New Residency Rotation Builds Diversity, Community Bonds

By Liz Switzer

A new rotation for Internal Medicine residents at the City of Medicine Academy (CMA) in Durham encourages high school students—particularly those from historically excluded groups—to consider careers in medicine and health while giving Duke internal medicine residents a fresh opportunity to engage in greater diversity initiatives while gaining a deeper understanding of the local community.

Early exercise interventions used from Duke trial to decrease cardiovascular disease

With 2022 underway and we are still living a relentless pandemic, our health continues to be of the upmost importance and physical activity has been shown to not only improve health, but help prevent the onset of many diseases. In February we celebrate and raise awareness for Heart Month, a time when the national spotlight is on cardiovascular disease. One cardiologist at Duke focused on heart disease, specifically from a preventative standpoint, is Dr. William E. Kraus.

A COVID-19 Collaborative: Wahid, Researchers Break Treatment Ground

By Liz Switzer

Internal medicine hospitalist Lana Wahid, MD arrived at Duke Medical Center in April 2020 with a simple goal: becoming involved in clinical research. By December 2020, she had been named Duke site Principal Investigator of the National Institutes of Health (NIH)-funded ACTIV-4a platform trial to evaluate anticoagulation in hospitalized COVID-19 patients and quickly established the Duke Health System as one of the highest enrolling trial sites in this international collaboration.

School of Medicine is Third in Nation for Federal Medical Research Funding

Duke University School of Medicine was awarded more than $608 million in federal funding from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in 2021, ranking third nationally among academic medical centers, up from 10th last year, according to the Blue Ridge Institute for Medical Research.

The Department of Medicine's award of that total was $174,530,472.