Division News

Five faculty from the Department of Medicine Division of Infectious Diseases are among 181 physicians and scientists elected as Fellows of the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA), the nation’s leading infectious diseases professional society. 

A warm welcome to new Department of Medicine faculty members who started in November 2020!

New studies are underway at Duke to test treatments that could help people with COVID-19 recover faster and avoid being hospitalized.

“The goal of interventional outpatient studies is to see if we can prevent people from developing more severe COVID disease requiring hospitalization,” says Susanna Naggie, MD, associate professor of medicine (Infectious Diseases) and vice dean for clinical research in the Duke University School of Medicine.

A team of Duke Health clinicians that include faculty from the Department of Medicine are working diligently in a collaborative effort to enroll patients in a randomized, controlled trial, testing a novel antibody treatment for COVID-19.

A warm welcome to new Department of Medicine faculty members who started in July 2020!

Ephraim Tsalik leads Rapid Diagnostics in Categorizing Acute Lung Infections team examining whether their host gene expression test works for patients with COVID-19

The recipients of the Department of Medicine faculty Excellence in Education Awards have been announced.

Two faculty members from the Department of Medicine have been selected to receive 2020 Physician-Scientist “Strong Start” awards from the School of Medicine.

Dean Mary Klotman, MD, has announced that Susanna Naggie, MD, associate professor of medicine (Infectious Diseases), has been named the new Vice Dean for Clinical Research for the Duke University School of Medicine. 

Emily Eichenberger, MD, a fellow in the Division of Infectious Diseases, has received the Chair's Research Award for Trainee Projects from the Department of Medicine.