CAGPM Spotlight: Maria Iglesias de Ussel, PharmD, PhD
Maria Iglesias de Ussel, PharmD, PhD, recently joined the Duke Center for Applied Genomics & Precision Medicine as a Senior Research Scientist!
Dr. Iglesias grew up in Madrid, Spain, where she trained as a PharmD and later earned her PhD. More than 20 years ago, she came to the U.S. and continued working as a scientist, first in Virology and later in Immunology.
Thank You Geoff Ginsburg! Ginsburg heading to NIH in January
Geoffrey S. Ginsburg, MD, PhD, a professor of medicine in cardiology, a professor in pathology, biostatistics and bioinformatics, a professor of biomedical engineering, and a professor in Duke’s School of Nursing, will leave Duke to assume the role of Chief Medical and Scientific Officer for the National Institutes of Health (NIH) All of Us Research Program, effective January 2022. Dual announcements were made on Nov. 3 by the NIH and Duke School of Medicine.
You've heard about genomics and precision medicine. But how can we reach more equity?
New research continues to be explored through the growing progress in genome sequences but concurrently these advances have produced a diversity of new issues to be addressed.
Recap: AMIA 2021
The American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA) held its first in-person gathering since the onset of COVID-19. The annual symposium took place in San Diego, CA on October 30 through November 4, 2021.
CAGPM announces 2022 Winter/Spring Forum Schedule
We are pleased to announce the speaker line up for the 2022 Duke Center for Applied Genomics & Precision Medicine Forum Series taking place this upcoming winter and spring!
Orlando speaks at WSU College of Medicine Genomics & Adoption Symposium
Lori Orlando, MD, MHS, MMCI, director of the precision medicine program in the Center for Applied Genomics & Precision Medicine at Duke University School of Medicine, spoke at the Washington State University Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine 2021 Genomics & Adoption Symposium today.
Chu and Hager promoted to Assistant Professor
Congratulations to Drs. Eric Chu and Zachary Hager for their promotions to Assistant Professor of Medicine in the Division of General Internal Medicine, effective November 1, 2021.
Ginsburg named Chief Medical & Scientific Officer, NIH All of Us Research Program
Geoffrey Ginsburg, MD, PhD, a professor of Medicine (Cardiology), Pathology, Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, and Biomedical Engineering, and a professor in School of Nursing, will leave Duke to assume the role of Chief Medical and Scientific Officer for the National Institutes of Health (NIH) All of Us Research Program, effective January 2022. In this role, Dr. Ginsburg will help direct the national scientific research agenda to improve health and accelerate research using precision medicine.
Recent GIM funding awards
Congratulations to five General Internal Medicine (GIM) faculty members who are recipients of recent research funding.
Keisha Bentley-Edwards received an award from International Business Machines for a project entitled "Protective for Whom: Centering Black Infant and Maternal Health in Understanding Social Determinants." Total funding will be $85,000.
CAGPM’s Deepak Voora, Rachel Myers and Geoffrey Ginsburg explore aspirin effects on platelet gene expression
A new study by Duke researchers, including Duke Center for Applied Genomics members Deepak Voora, MD, Geoffrey Ginsburg, MD, PhD, and first author, Rachel Meyers, PhD, explores why aspirin may not work as well as expected against stroke and heart attack and to better understand any differences between low- and high-dose aspirin – one of the most commonly used medications worldwide.