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Three of the nation’s largest philanthropies – the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and the Simons Foundation – have announced a new partnership to provide much needed research support to outstanding early-career scientists in the United States.

Through the new Faculty Scholars Program, the philanthropies will invest a total of $148 million in research support over the program’s first five years.

Medicine Grand Rounds on Fri., Nov. 14 at 8 a.m. in Duke Hospital room 2002 will feature Mitchell T. Heflin MD, MHS, associate professor of medicine (Geriatrics) and senior fellow in the Center for the Study of Aging and Human Development, and Shelley R. McDonald PhD, DO, assistant professor of medicine (Geriatrics). Dr.

Heather Whitson, MD, MHS, associate professor medicine (Geriatrics) and ophthalmology, has coauthored a Viewpoint essay about limitations in Medicare coverage of hearing and vision care.

Given present-day understanding of the health effects of sensory loss and advances in technology, Medicare policy for coverage of hearing and vision rehabilitative services, established a half century ago, may need reconsideration.

The essay, Hearing

Heidi White, MD, associate professor of medicine (Geriatrics), was invited contribute her expertise to the September/October issue of the North Carolina Medical Journal, which focuses on long-term care. As the author of the issue brief, Dr

The Duke Red Blood Cell Transfusion Colloquium will feature two speakers at 11:30 a.m. on Mon., Sept. 29 in the Great Hall, Room A of the Trent Semans Center. Harvey Cohen, MD, Walter Kempner Professor of Medicine and director of the Center for the Study of Aging, will present "Anemia in the Elderly: New Wrinkles on an Old Problem." Sunil V.

The Duke Red Blood Cell Transfusion Colloquium will feature two speakers at 11:30 a.m. on Mon., Sept. 29 in the Great Hall, Room A of the Trent Semans Center. Harvey Cohen, MD, Walter Kempner Professor of Medicine and director of the Center for the Study of Aging, will present "Anemia in the Elderly: New Wrinkles on an Old Problem." Sunil V.

For more than 40 years, Anthony Galanos, MD, professor of medicine (Geriatrics) has had a connection to Duke, from undergraduate student to alumni to employee. Throughout, football has played a pivotal role.

The Wall Street Journal reported this week on a consortium of four academic medical centers that are working to meet the demand for physicians skilled in treating elderly patients.

Congratulations to Katherine Hall, PhD, on her VA Career Development Award (Rehabilitation). Dr. Hall's project is titled "Exercise as an Adjuvant Therapy for Veterans with PTSD." Hall is an assistant professor of medicine (Geriatrics) and a Research Health Scientist in the Geriatric Research, Education and Clinical Center.

Heidi White, MD, associate professor of medicine (Geriatrics) received the James Pattee Award for Excellence in Education from AMDA - Dedicated to Long Term Care Medicine, the professional association of medical directors, attending physicians, and others practicing in the long term care continuum. Dr.