Division News

Since 2019, the Durham VA has served as the coordinating center for The Pharmacogenomics Testing for Veterans program (PHASER), an exciting new program that is bringing PGx testing to Veterans across the country.

Here is a collection of All Things Duke that will be at this year's Society of General Internal Medicine's Annual Meeting, taking place April 6-9 in Orlando, Florida.

Assistant Professor of Medicine (General Internal Medicine), Nia S. Mitchell, MD, was accepted into the 2022-23 Society of Behavioral Medicine's (SBM) Leadership Institute. The purpose of the institute is to turn participant fellows into more effective leaders by fostering self-awareness and the development of leadership skills. 

GIMAssociate Professor of Medicine, Daniella Zipkin, MD, was selected as the 2022 SGIM National Mid- Career Education Mentorship Award recipient

Martin “Arthur” Moseley, PhD, retired from Duke after 15 years of service at the end of January of 2022. Dr. Moseley is an Associate Professor of Medicine, faculty member in the Center for Applied Genomics & Precision Medicine (CAGPM), and Director of the Proteomics and Metabolomics core facility housed in the Duke Center for Genomic and Computational Biology (GCB)

The Duke Internal Medicine Residency Program and the Duke Department of Medicine congratulate newly matched medical students who participated in the 2022 National Resident Matching Program.  We are especially excited to welcome our newest intern class! We cannot wait for you to join us here in Durham.

The Division of General Internal Medicine is pleased to share with you our Annual Report for the 2021 calendar year. This past year we continued to build upon our tradition of excellence as we grew in new and exciting directions.

Assistant Professor of Medicine (General Internal Medicine), Caroline Sloan, MD, was accepted into the 2022-23 class of SGIM’s Leadership in Health Policy (LEAHP) Program.

Katherine Collins, PhD, one of the current Duke Center for Applied Genomics & Precision Medicine’s post-doctoral fellows in genomic medicine research, published a paper in the Translational Journal of the American College of Sports Medicine (TJACSM) characterizing the timing and self-reported determinants of exercise intervention dropout among sedentary adults with overweight or obesity. The study also sought to explore variations in adherence among individuals who completed the 6- to 8-month structured exercise intervention.

The February 22, 2022, session of Duke Medicine LEADS featured Jonathan Bae, MD presenting on "Change Management 101." 

Pearls

1. Crucial ingredients include clear vision, stakeholder engagement, communication, and leadership.
2. Be prepared to, and embrace, failure early and often.
3. Culture change is hard and takes a long time.

 

Watch the recorded session