DOC receives funding for acute illness treatment
The Duke Outpatient Clinic (DOC) has been selected by the Duke Institute for Health Innovation (DIHI) for funding of $91,644 to “Develop On-Site Acute Illness Treatment Capacity in Hospital-Based Primary Care,” a project with leadership by Lynn Bowlby, MD.
Williams writes editorial for Annals of Int Medicine
Well done, Dr. Williams!
The March 1st issue of Annals of Internal Medicine includes an editorial by John W. Williams Jr., MD, MHSc, a Duke GIM clinician-researcher and educator, together with Gary Maslow, MD, MPH, also a Duke faculty member (Pediatrics and Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences). The commentary is titled “Seize the Day to Implement Depression Guidelines.”
Jeffrey Clough, MD – lead author in Journal of American Heart Association
Congratulations, Dr. Clough!
“The Year of the Hospitalist” – Setji reports on recent SHM Conference
The Society of Hospital Medicine held their annual conference this week in San Diego, California. The meeting had the largest attendance ever for SHM with over 4000 registered, including many from Duke. Nippon (Pooh) Setji, MD, was in attendance and was able to report back for us. Check out his full story and
Study: Mapping family history can lead more at-risk patients to timely screening
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.
Faculty Spotlight: Virginia Wang, PhD
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.
SGIM 2016 acceptances – we have more!
In two months many from Duke general internal medicine will be attending the annual meeting of the Society of General Internal Medicine in Hollywood, Florida. Last week we posted a few of the submissions accepted for oral presentations and another for a workshop led by GIM faculty, but this week we have more!
*** Duke Medical Students *** to present during the opening plenary session, Thursday, May 12, 2016!
Welcome new GIM faculty
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.
Boulware to Receive SGIM Mid-Career Mentoring Award
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.
Voils Receives Research Career Scientist Award
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.