News & Recognition

The future of discovery in the world of research goes beyond the walls of core teams. Collaboration across institutions, countries, and around the world will answer the biggest questions in years to come.

Duke Center for Applied Genomics & Precision Medicine (CAGPM) faculty member, Ephraim Tsalik, MD, PhD, is senior author in a recent publication in Open Forum Infectious Diseases on, “Comparing the Diagnostic Accuracy of Clinician Judgement to a Novel Host Response Diagnostic for Acute Respiratory Illness.” Co-authors from CAGPM include Micah McClain, MD, PhD, Geoffrey Ginsburg, MD, PhD, and Christopher Woods, MD.

Knowing your family’s health history is one of the most important ways to maintain your health. It can be some of the best information doctors have to understand your risk for developing medical conditions.

The Duke Center for Applied Genomics & Precision Medicine welcomes our two new Post-Doctoral Training in Genomic Medicine Research trainees, Nathan Hawkey, MD, and Katherine Collins, PhD. CAGPM postdoc's are supported through T32 grant funding.

As we honor Veterans Day today, the Duke Center for Applied Genomics & Precision Medicine (CAGPM) thanks all the current service members, the many veterans who have courageously served our country and their families who have supported these individuals. Our appreciation goes beyond Veterans Day, though, as researchers at the Durham VA Health Care System, Duke, and CAGPM, including Douglas E. Williamson, PhD, are advocates for the well-being of these individuals through their studies of genomic biomarkers that hold promise for improving support for the many service members and veterans who rely on mental health care post-deployment and beyond.

Jennifer Doudna, PhD, professor of chemistry, biochemistry, and molecular biology at the University of California, Berkeley, recently presented virtually as the Duke MEDx 2021 Distinguished lecturer.

Maria Iglesias de Ussel, PharmD, PhD, recently joined the Duke Center for Applied Genomics & Precision Medicine as a Senior Research Scientist! Dr. Iglesias grew up in Madrid, Spain, where she trained as a PharmD and later earned her PhD. More than 20 years ago, she came to the U.S. and continued working as a scientist, first in Virology and later in Immunology.

Geoffrey S. Ginsburg, MD, PhD, a professor of medicine in cardiology, a professor in pathology, biostatistics and bioinformatics, a professor of biomedical engineering, and a professor in Duke’s School of Nursing, will leave Duke to assume the role of Chief Medical and Scientific Officer for the National Institutes of Health (NIH) All of Us Research Program, effective January 2022. Dual announcements were made on Nov. 3 by the NIH and Duke School of Medicine.

New research continues to be explored through the growing progress in genome sequences but concurrently these advances have produced a diversity of new issues to be addressed.

We are pleased to announce the speaker line up for the 2022 Duke Center for Applied Genomics & Precision Medicine Forum Series taking place this upcoming winter and spring!