Division News

2 from Medicine receive 2018 Strong Start Awards

Two Department of Medicine faculty members have been selected to receive 2018 Physician-Scientist “Strong Start” awards.

The School of Medicine created the awards program in 2016, funded with a gift from the Duke Endowment, to support promising, new physician-scientists at Duke as they develop independent research programs.  Each recipient will receive $70,000 annually for three years to support their research programs. Five awards were funded this cycle.

5 from Medicine accepted to ALICE leadership program

School of Medicine Office for Faculty Development has announced the next class in its ALICE program, a leadership development opportunity for mid-career women faculty in the School of Medicine. Five participants in the next class are from the Department of Medicine.

Congratulations to the Department of Medicine's Duke Health Scholars and Fellows

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.