Division News


The newly launched Department of Population Health Sciences at Duke

It was announced back in February of 2016 that Duke would be launching a new Department of Population Health Sciences. Since then a lot has taken place! We sat down with Interim Chair, Lesley Curtis, PhD, to hear more about what has been happening in the new department since its official launch date of July 1, 2017. 

Dr. Bentley-Edwards receives $2.7 million grant from NIH

We are proud to announce GIM Assistant Professor of Medicine, Keisha Bentley-Edwards, PhD, has received a $2,713,229 grant from the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to support a five-year study aimed at investigating the relationship between religion, spirituality and cardiovascular disease risks in African Americans and serve as a catalyst for evidence-based interventions to support positive health outcomes for African Americans.

Flu vaccinations

It's that time of year again to get your flu vaccination. Employees required to be vaccinated must be compliant by 12:01 a.m. on November 1, 2017.

Recap: GIM Wine + Cheese 2017 Event

The Division of General Internal Medicine hosted a wine and cheese event that included a poster session and time to socialize.

CAGPM and GCB Awarded NIH R25 for Summer Scholars Program for Underrepresented Students

Dr. Susanne Haga of the Duke Center for Applied Genomics and Precision Medicine (CAGPM) and Dr. Greg Wray of the Center for Genomic and Computation Biology (GCB) were awarded an NIH R25 for an undergraduate summer program for underrepresented minority students. The “Summer Scholars Program in Genome Sciences and Medicine” is supported by the National Human Genome Research Institute.

5 things to expect at this year's Wine + Cheese event

The annual Duke GIM Wine & Cheese event is just around the corner, taking place this Wednesday, September 20 from 4:30 - 6 PM in the Great Hall inside the Trent Semans Center. Contact GIM Program DIrector, Megan Churchill, to RSVP if you haven't already. 

Here are 5 things you can expect at this year's event: