Division News

Grace Lee, MD, medical instructor in the Division of Hematology, has been selected to participate in the American Society of Hematology's 2017 Translational Research Training in Hematology Program.

8 faculty from the Department of Medicine will participate in the School of Medicine's LEADER program.

Brice Weinberg, MD, professor of medicine (Hematology) and immunology, is one of three Duke University faculty named Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).

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.

​Evan Sadler, MD, PhD, director of the Division of Hematology and Ira M. Lang Professor of Medicine at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, visited the Division of Hematology earlier this month to deliver the second annual William H. Kane Hematology Lecture.

Thomas Ortel, MD, PhD, has received a funding award from the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI). Dr. Ortel will receive $15 million over five years for the project "Warfarin versus Direct Oral Anticoagulants for Secondary Prevention of Recurrent Venous Thromboembolism: A Randomized Comparative Effectiveness Trial."

Paula Tanabe, PhD, MSN, MPH, RN, FAEN, FAAN, associate professor of nursing and medicine, and Nirmish Shah, MD, assistant professor of medicine (Hematology), are co-principle investigators on a $4.6 million grant entitled “Improving SCD Care using Web-based Guidelines, Nurse Care Managers and Peer Mentors in Primary Care and Emergency Departments in Central NC.”

Gowthami Arepally, MD, will present her research at the Department's Research Seminar Series on Friday, Sept. 30, 2016 in Duke Hospital Room 2002.

Linda Wilkins, division administrator of the Division of Hematology, was recently honored for her 50 years of dedication and commitment to Duke University this July by the Department of Medicine’s faculty and staff.

Jake Pope has joined the Duke Health Development Office, and will work the Department of Medicine on development activities and philanthropy efforts for the divisions of Hematology, Geriatrics, Nephrology, and Rheumatology and Immunology. He will also support the Center for Applied Genomics and Precision Medicine.