Division News

The Duke Center for Applied Genomics & Precision Medicine’s Associate Director, Christopher W. Woods, MD, co-authored a recent publication in the BMC Public Health Journal studying the impact of rapid at-home testing on COVID-19 trends, “At-home testing to mitigate community transmission of SARS-CoV-2: protocol for public health intervention with a nested prospective cohort study.” This non-pharmaceutical intervention remains critical to controlling disease transmission and can ease the burden associated with facility-based testing. At-home testing can additionally improve testing access in high-risk communities. This study evaluates the impact that at-home testing has on both COVID-19 transmissions and socio-behavioral patterns in underserved populations.

Here is a look back at our top 10 news stories of 2021!

More effective and equitable implementation of cancer screening represents a significant opportunity for the National Cancer Program, with the potential to reduce the burden of cancer, according to a report released February 2, 2022, by the President’s Cancer Panel. The Panel’s report, Closing Gaps in Cancer Screening: Connecting People, Communities, and Systems to Improve Equity and Access, presents goals and recommendations to optimize cancer screening informed by a series of meetings conducted 2020-2021.

We are proud to announce the 6th annual GIM Excellence Awards, presented by our Division Chief, Dr. Ebony Boulware, in the video below. This year we have 7 different awards and 7 individual awardees as well as one team awardee.  A special thank you goes out to all those who submitted nominations for these awards. 

Hospitalists have continued a growing and vital role in care delivery at Duke Health that includes a partnership with advanced practice provider (APP) teams and an emerging emphasis on academic research to improve outcomes.

Sponsored Research

Deverick Anderson of Infectious Diseases has received a sub-award (75D30121P10551) through the Washington State University for a project entitled "Modeling the Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on U.S. Healthcare Facilities, Workforce and Resources." Total funding will be $79,999. 

Adam Devore of Cardiology has received a sub-award () through the Duke Clinical Research Institute for a project entitled "SCALE -HF." Total funding will be $154,200.

Several Duke GIM members volunteered at the NC MedAssist Mobile Free Pharmacy event on Saturday, December 4, located at Fisher Memorial United Holy Church of America in Durham. 

Over the past few months, we talked with some CAGPM team members to get to know them a little better — their roles in the center, what excites them about their work, and some words of advice.

Test could measure patient immunity against multiple COVID-19 variants such as Omicron and Delta at once and inform which synthetic monoclonal antibody to use for treatments.

Congratulations to Drs. Swapna Joseph and Dusty Kime for their promotions to Assistant Professor of Medicine in the Division of General Internal Medicine, effective December 1, 2021.