Division News

James Tulsky, MD, professor of medicine (General Internal Medicine) and chief of Duke Palliative Care, has been awarded $1.7 million from the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) for a communication and dissemination research project.

Division faculty are invited to complete a brief survey for the Internal Medicine Residency Program. This survey will be used to create a database of faculty members who mentor residents in clinical research and other scholarly activities. Click here to complete the survey.

Two Duke faculty members lent their expertise to a 21-member nonpartisan committee that called for an overhaul of the national approach to end-of-life care. The report, “Dying in America: Improving Quality and Honoring Individual Preferences Near the End of Life,” was released last week.

The Duke University School of Medicine will present its 2nd Annual Heart Failure Symposium on Saturday, September 20, from 7:00 a.m.

Adam Perlman, MD, executive director of Integrative Medicine, has been invited to join the faculty for the American College of Physicians’ 2015 Internal Medicine Meeting in April, where he  will present the internal medicine portion of the Multiple Small Feedings of the Mind Session. Congratulations, Dr. Perlman!

The American Heart Association (AHA)’s Cardiovascular Genome Phenome Study (CVGPS) Grand Challenge Award will offer $250,000 a year for up to two years for research examining inter-individual and patient-to-patient differences for chronic diseases such as atherosclerosis and hypertension. Letters of intent are due October 1. Read more.

This week's faculty spotlight is Kathleen Waite, MD, a primary care doctor at Duke's Pickett Road Clinic. In this interview we talk to her about building 20-year relationships with patients, helping patients with long-term behavior change, and her own figure skating career. How long have you been at Duke?

Joanna Downer, PhD, director of research development for the School of Medicine, will lead a question-and-answer session about the Chancellor’s Program Project Accelerator on Monday, September 8, from 3:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m., in the Chancellor’s Suite in the Green Zone of Duke South. This new internal funding source will accelerate development of large, multi-investigator research programs within the Duke Schools of Medicine or Nursing.

Laura Beskow, PhD, MPH, just received not one, but two NIH R01 awards! “Beyond Data Security: Promoting Confidentiality and Advancing Science” will examine the scope of confidentiality protections related to genome research, as well as how these protections relate to genome prospective participants. “Ethical Approaches to Research Use of Clinical Records and Data” will gather empirical data on patients’ perspectives and feelings on electronic health records. Congratulations on both of these amazing accomplishments, Dr. Beskow!

[caption id="attachment_1442" align="alignright" width="150"] Your Photo Needed?[/caption] The School of Medicine has scheduled opportunities for faculty members to have their portraits taken on Tuesday, Sept. 23 and Friday, Sept. 26. These photos are an important part of both your and the Division's online reputation. If you are a faculty member who does not have an online photo, or if you have not had your photo updated in the past three years, please consider having a portrait taken. A photographer will be available form 9 a.m.-11:30 a.m. on Sept.