Van Houtven in Annals of IM
Courtney Van Houtven, PhD, was the senior author on a recent publication in Annals of Internal Medicine entitled, "Dual Health Care System Use and High-Risk Prescribing in Patients With Dementia: A National Cohort Study."
Ubel authors 4 in Forbes Health
Dr. Peter Ubel, a Duke physician and behavioral scientist, has recently authored four Forbes (Health Information and Health News) online articles. The articles discuss popular topics for this time of the year like healthcare and holiday eating.
DGIM holiday celebration 2016
The DGIM holiday celebration is this Thursday, December 8th from 4-6 pm at The Cotton Room. (For Duke General Internal Medicine faculty and staff only)
Hemming provides narrative essay for JGIM
Dr. (John) Patrick Hemming explains his recent narrative essay that was recently published in the Journal of General Internal Medicine (JGIM), entitled “A Gay Couple meets their Mormon Doctor.”
Dolor reports on PCORI Annual Meeting
Rowena Dolor, MD, MHS, Associate Professor of Medicine, General Internal Medicine tells us all about the recent PCORI 2016 Annual Meeting that took place November 17-19 in National Harbor, Maryland.
Zullig & Bosworth at ESPACOMP
The European Society for Patient Adherence, COMpliance, and Persistence (ESPACOMP) held their 20th annual meeting in Lisbon, Portugal on November 17-19. Leah Zullig, PhD, and Hayden Boswoth, PhD, were each in attendance and contributed to the event!
New Faculty Spotlight: Allison Bolton, MD
In October 2016, Allison Bolton, MD, became a faculty member in the Division of General Internal Medicine. She is a clinician-educator and Hospitalist at Duke University Hospital.
Distinguished Academic Promotions in GIM
Congratulations to the following faculty members who have received promotions in the division of General Internal Medicine.
Reed reports on ISPOR in Vienna
This blog post submitted by: Shelby Reed, PhD, Professor of Medicine, Duke General Internal Medicine, and newly elected President of ISPOR, 2017-2018.
Gierisch shares smoking cessation research project
Can smokers with a history of depression respond better to smoking cessation interventions that are combined with mood-management? Many think so, including Dr. Jennifer Gierisch, Prinicpal Investigator of the Quit Smoking Tele-Health study.
“The potential benefit of decreasing tobacco use among users with depression could be tremendous,” says Gierisch.