Division News

An international research effort led by Duke Cancer Institute scientists has been working to better understand the genetic underpinnings of diffuse large B cell lymphoma and how those genes might play a role in patients’ responses to therapies. The findings were published this week in the journal Cell.

To better understand blood cancers, Sandeep Davé, MD, MBA, MS, hunts down variation in the DNA sequences important to those cancers. One international project he launched is deploying comparative genetics to better classify the more than 100 blood cancers.

But the research never stops there.

Stefanie Sarantopoulos, MD, PhD, associate professor of medicine (Hematologic Malignancies and Cellular Therapy), will present her research at the Department's Research Seminar Series on Friday, Sept. 29, 2017.

The Duke-UNC Immunotherapy Training Grant (DUNC-IMTG) is a NCI-funded T32 training program at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Duke University that trains postdoctoral fellows in pre-clinical and/or clinical research focusing on tumor immunotherapy and/or stem cell transplantation immunology. Applications for 2017-18 are due at 5 p.m. on Aug. 11, 2017.

Nine Department of Medicine faculty were recognized with awards at the School of Medicine's annual Spring Faculty Meeting on May 8. 

The Duke School of Medicine has selected additional faculty members for the Duke Health Scholars and Duke Health Fellows Program. Among the faculty honored are six individuals from the Department of Medicine.

Four Medicine faculty are among the first round of recipients of the Duke Strong Start New Physician-Scientist Award.

Nelson Chao, MD, Donald D. and Elizabeth G. Cooke Cancer Research Professor and chief of the Division of Hematologic Malignancies and Cellular Therapy, will present his research at the Department's Research Seminar Series on Friday, April 28, 2017 in Duke Hospital Room 2002.

Three Department of Medicine faculty members have been elected to the American Society for Clinical Investigation (ASCI) Class of 2017. 

Fourteen faculty from the Department of Medicine were chosen as Duke Health Scholars and Duke Health Fellows. This inaugural program was created with a transfer of funds from the Duke University Health System. Its aim is to support the research efforts and enhance the academic success of early to mid-career clinician-scientists in School of Medicine clinical departments.