Division News

Chair’s Research Award is a ‘lifeline’ for junior investigators

Recipients of the award for 2020 are Marat Fudim, MD, MHS, a fellow in Advanced Training in Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology, and Julia Messina, MD, MHS, assistant professor of medicine (Infectious Diseases). Each will receive $95,000 in protected research time for one year to continue developing data and findings for their applications for NIH K funding.

Cooney, Patel and Fowler honored with Distinguished Professorships

Kathleen Cooney, MD, Professor and Chair of the Department of Medicine, Manesh Patel, MD, chief of the Division of Cardiology, and Vance Fowler, MD, MHS, are among 12 faculty who have been recognized with Distinguished Professorships from the School of Medicine in 2020.

Duke joins first national effort to test a potential COVID-19 therapy

Duke University Hospital has joined the first national study to test a potential therapy for COVID-19, giving hospitalized adult patients with significant symptoms an option to participate. The study is being co-led by Cameron Wolfe, MD, associate professor of medicine (Infectious Diseases), and Emmanuel “Chip” Walter, MD, professor of pediatrics.

Research Development Council offers concept criticism without judgment

Michael Dee Gunn, MD, and Heather Whitson, MD, MHS, lead the Department of Medicine’s Research Development Council (RDC), a group dedicated to supporting investigators in the early phase of grant writing. Dr. Gunn supports basic investigators; Dr. Whitson supports clinical investigators.