Division News

Director of the Precision Medicine Program in CAGPM, Lori Orlando, MD, MHS, MMCI, has received an R01 grant to pursue, "Deploying a genomic-medicine risk assessment model for diverse primary care populations and settings."

The Duke Division of General Internal Medicine once again had great representation at the Consortium of Longitudinal Integrated Clerkships (CLIC) this year. While the original plan for CLIC was to be in South Africa, the conference was moved to virtual. The hosts in Stellenbosch, South Africa, still grounded the conference in place and principles, sharing the concept of “Ubuntu”, which translates as, “a person is a person through other persons”.

Congratulations to David Edelman, MD, and Jennifer Gierisch, PhD, as well as the entire VA HSR&D Program for their recently approved renewal award for the Durham Center of Innovation to Accelerate Discovery and Practice Transformation (ADAPT) as a site for the Advanced Fellowship in Health Services Research and Development!

Cameron Miller, PhD, recently joined CAGPM as a Biostatistician III. To get to know Dr. Miller a little more, we asked him the following questions:

Cameron Miller, PhD, recently joined CAGPM as a Biostatistician III. To get to know Dr. Miller a little more, we asked him the following questions:

Micah McClain, MD, PhD, has received an award from Biomeme Inc.

Congratulations to the following faculty members for their recent promotion in the Department of Medicine. The following changes were approved during the August 20, 2021, and September 24, 2021, Board of Trustees meetings.

Congratulations to Drs. Caroline Sloan and Tatyana Der for their promotions to Assistant Professor of Medicine in the Division of General Internal Medicine, effective October 1, 2021.

Micah McClain, MD, PhD; Christopher Woods, MD, MPH; Ephraim Tsalik, MD, PhD; Ricardo Henao, PhD; and Geoffrey Ginsburg, MD, PhD, co-authored this important study examining the impact of wearables on diagnosis of common viral illnesses such as rhinovirus and the flu.

The Duke Department of Medicine Faculty Development Academy launched in October 2011 and addresses individual faculty development needs, supplements on-going mentorship, and develops faculty in high priority career tracks.

Congratulations to the following General Internal Medicine faculty members chosen to join the academy: