Division News

James Tulsky, MD, professor of medicine (General Internal Medicine) and nursing and chief of Duke Palliative Care, has been named the 2014 recipient of the American Cancer Society Pathfinde

Howard Bauchner, MD, editor-in-chief of the Journal of the American Medical Association, will deliver the lecture, “Guidelines, Cardiovascular Health and the Public,” on Monday, October 27 at 11:45 a.m. in the Great Hall of the Trent Semans Center. All faculty and staff are invited to attend.

The National Institutes of Health have offered a funding opportunity announcement for grant applications focusing on palliative care in geriatric populations. Relevant settings include ambulatory care, hospitals assisted living facilities, and short- and long-term care facilities. For more information, read the full funding announcement.

The PhRMA Foundation is offering 2015 grants and fellowships in clinical pharmacology, health outcomes, and translational medicine and therapeutics. Available awards include the $120,000 Faculty Development Award in Clinical Pharmacology, research starter grants in health outcomes and translational medicine and therapeutics, and doctoral fellowship awards. Applications are due by February 1, 2015.

This year’s Clinical Science Day will be held from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. on Saturday, November 8. This CME-accredited program brings together faculty staff trainees and students to celebrate clinical science research and encourage collaboration. This Clinical Science day will feature five School of Medicine faculty speakers, including Division Chief Ebony Boulware, MD.

Congratulations to James A. Tulsky, MD, who was the co-author of a recent Institute of Medicine report calling for an overhaul of the way the U.S. approaches end-of-life care.

The Harry J. Lloyd Charitable Trust is accepting application for melanoma research projects in melanoma research in three categories  Career, Basic Science, and Translational Research. Awards tend to be in the range of $100K - $125K per year; applications are due by December 10. Read more. 

Flu vaccines are now available free of charge to all School of Medicine faculty and staff. Annual vaccination is required for all Division faculty or staff who do clinical work and is strongly encouraged for other Division faculty and staff. Times and locations for obtaining the vaccination are available online at http://www.duke.edu/flu/shots/  

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.