Oliver Glass, PhD, and integrative medicine research
What is it about lifestyle and the effect on illness? The research published by Dr. Oliver Glass provides insight for us and about his interest in the subject.
Mitchell receives $2.6 million grant to study weight loss interventions in older African American women
We are thrilled to learn this week that Nia S. Mitchell, MD, MPH, assistant professor in the division of general internal medicine, is the recipient of a National Institutes of Health (NIH) Research Project Grant (R01) from the National Institute of Aging.
GIM Faculty Leading + Teaching ACP NC Chapter Session
We are excited to announce that our Division has an especially large presence as leaders and educators for the upcoming 2019 Annual Scientific Session of the North Carolina Chapter of the American College of Physicians. This event will take place in the nearby Raleigh Marriott Crabtree Valley Hotel on February 22-23, 2019.
Ryanne Wu, MD, tells about Singapore experience
We are especially honored to hear from Dr. Ryanne Wu, a GIM faculty member who recently returned to Duke after three years in Singapore. You will want read about the experience and the career impact for this clinician-researcher.
Submitted by Ryanne Wu, MD, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine
Inaugural #ProudtobeGIM Gathering - Duke and UNC
Submitted by Patrick Hemming, MD, assistant professor of medicine, division of general internal medicine.
Our DGIM office is moving!
We are moving this week, effective January 16, 2019! We are very excited about the new setting. Won't you come visit us?
The new location is the 200 Morris Building on Morris Street in downtown Durham. Both the physical location and the external mailing address are:
Division of General Internal Medicine
Duke University School of Medicine
200 Morris Street, 3rd floor
Durham, NC, 27701
(919) 681-6491
Recent GIM Distinguished Academic Promotions
Congratulations to the following two faculty members who are receiving distinguished academic promotions in the division of General Internal Medicine!
2018 - Our Year in Review
One of our favorite things each year is to look back and re-read news stories from the past year, those stories, pictures, and videos that especially caught our readers' attention.
Our faculty and staff spotlights, as well as announcements of new faculty and staff members, account for many of our "most viewed" stories, but 2018 was an exciting year for other Duke GIM news. Here's what you clicked most, starting with the DGIM eNews story most clicked by our readers:
Bhavsar: Research about Research
Our congratulations to Nrupen Bhavsar, PhD, assistant professor of medicine (general internal medicine), the recipient of a Career Development Award for his application titled "Addressing bias from missing data in EHR based studies of CVD”.
“Data from the electronic health records (EHR) are increasingly being used for clinical research,” Bhavsar said, “yet there is limited information on the best approaches to address the methodological limitations of the EHR, such as missing data.”
JGIM paper: Massage Helps Ease Knee Osteoarthritis Pain
Need a medical reason for a massage? A new report just published in the Journal of General Internal Medicine suggests massage could complement treatment for patients with knee osteoarthritis.