Division News

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. 

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

The Bass Connections Precision Medicine team, working with faculty mentor Susanne B. Haga, PhD, from the Duke Center for Applied Genomics & Precision Medicine, recently published their analysis of mobile health (mHealth) intervention studies published between 2015 and 2019.

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.

Kathleen Cooney, MD, MACP, chair of the department, Aimee Zaas, MD, MHS, program director of the Duke Internal Medicine Residency Program, and David Simel, MD, vice chair for Veterans Affairs, have announced the Chief Residents for the 2023-2024 academic year.

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.

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. 

In celebration of International Day of Women and Girls in Science, we are highlighting some of the inspiring women at Duke’s Center for Applied Genomics & Precision Medicine (CAGPM.) We spoke with them to learn more about their careers and what excites them about genomics.

Dr. Lori Orlando leads the team behind MeTree and studies decision modeling and implementation science as it relates to identifying and managing individuals in clinical settings at increased risk for medical conditions.

The February 8, 2022, session of Duke Medicine LEADS featured Bryan C. Batch, MD, MHS, Nia S. Mitchell, MD, MPH, Julius Wilder, MD presenting on "Perspectives on Health Disparities Research." 

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