News & Recognition

Garrett sisters are project managers at Duke, supporting the Precision Medicine Program

Congratulations to three General Internal Medicine (GIM) faculty members who are the recipients research funding since July of 2022. 

Rowena Dolor has received a sub-award through the Vanderbilt University Medical Center for a project entitled "PCORnet Engagement Coordinating Center." Total funding will be $136,441.

Lori Orlando has received an award from the National Institutes of Health for a project entitled "Building and Deploying a Genomic-Medicine Risk Assessment Model for Diverse Primary Care Populations." Total funding will be $812,705.

Faculty are invited to submit project proposals now through November 1

The study will look at the use of pharmacogenetic testing in clinical settings, which has not been widely implemented at this point, to identify driving factors of higher and lower utilization. 

The Duke Precision Medicine Program will bring proven precision medicine technologies from the basic science portfolio to the clinical setting through both research and clinical programs

This summer, eight scholars from across the country were paired with a faculty research mentor to learn laboratory skills, designing a research project, and effectively presenting future research.

Registration is open through August 17, 2022

The Duke Program in Precision Medicine wrapped up its second year of the Snyderman Scholars Applied Genomics & Precision Medicine Summer Program on July 29.

Lori Orlando is the lead PI at Duke University within the IGNITE Pragmatic Clinical Trials Network

Read what projects our summer scholars are working on