Division News

A Duke study led by Lori Orlando, MD, looks at how more deliberate efforts to map a patient’s family tree could identify additional risks and drive patients to more timely screenings.

This month the Division of General Internal Medicine is pleased to announce additions of three new faculty members.Two are biostatisticians and one joins the ambulatory medicine service at the Durham VA Medical Center. Brad Hammill, DrPH, MS Dr. Hammill, a longtime collaborator with our researchers, joins our DCRI faculty as a Senior Biostatistician. His primary focus in research covers areas of health policy, health services research, outcomes, and pharmacoepidemiology.

Last October 2015 we wrote about Dr. Virginia Wang’s new appointment to the editorial board of Health Care Management Review. We thought our readers would be interested to read more about her career as a health services researcher as well as her work-life experiences. Spoiler alert: Dr. Wang was a long distance runner in high school and college! Read further to learn about her focus in research and how she chose this field.

A big congratulations goes out to the Chief of General Internal Medicine, L. Ebony Boulware, MD, MPH, for being selected to receive the 2016 SGIM Mid-Career Research and Mentorship Award.

The annual meeting of the Society of General Internal Medicine takes place in a little over two months from now. It’s May 11-14 in Hollywood, Florida, a location on the Florida coast just north of Miami. This week we learned about our Duke acceptances. We are reporting what we’ve found so far about oral presentations plus one workshop! Next week check back with us for a lengthier list of poster acceptances. This is amazing work. Many congratulations to all!

Maybe you’ve seen this face around Duke. You may recognize him as the guy who likes to rep the USA in his flag suit at the Durham VA every once in a while (see photos below for proof), but we know him as Christopher Hostler, MD, MPH, husband, father of two, huge fan of Army football, and one of our Internal Medicine Chief Residents. After this year, Dr. Hostler will continue his fellowship in Infectious Disease. Read all about him here: How long have you been at Duke?

This week the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs announced new recipients of the prestigious Research Career Scientist Award. We are proud to celebrate the newest awardee in Duke General Internal Medicine, Dr. Corinne Voils. Professor Voils has been a faculty member in DGIM since 2004. Among her many responsibilities she is the co-director of the HSR&D/GIM fellowship.

Nancy C. Andrews, MD, PhD, dean of the Duke University School of Medicine, today announced the launch of the new Center for Population Health Sciences in the School of Medicine. The center will be led by Lesley Curtis, PhD, professor of medicine (General Internal Medicine).

Dr. Waite, Dr. Paat, Dr. Meredith, we know you are a few who remember Dr. Humphreys in her clinical practice with GIM. She’s still a member of our faculty. We believe everyone in our division will be impressed to know “the rest of the story.” How long have you been at Duke?

This blog post submitted by: Nrupen Bhavsar, PhD, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Duke General Internal Medicine.