9 from Medicine honored at 2017 Spring Faculty Meeting
Nine Department of Medicine faculty were recognized with awards at the School of Medicine's annual Spring Faculty Meeting on May 8.
School selects additional Duke Health Scholars and Fellows
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.
8 from Medicine selected for SoM's LEADER program
8 faculty from the Department of Medicine will participate in the School of Medicine's LEADER program.
Catch up with the Division of Infectious Diseases
The Division of Infectious Diseases has published its Winter 2017 newsletter. Take a moment to catch up with Duke ID.
Duke study finds UV light can aid hospitals' fight to wipe out drug-resistant superbugs
A large randomized trial led by Deverick J. Anderson, MD, associate professor of medicine (Infectious Diseases), and published in The Lancet finds use of UVC machines can cut transmission of four major superbugs by a cumulative 30 percent.
Cameron Wolfe is Duke's Blue Devil of the Week
Cameron Wolfe, MD, assistant professor of medicine (Infectious Diseases), is Duke Today's Blue Devil of the Week.
Perfect honored at IDWeek 2016
John Perfect, MD, professor of medicine and chief of the Division of Infectious Diseases, was the 2016 Featured Lecturer at ID Week 2016.
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.
Infectious Diseases faculty research malaria prevention for children with sickle cell anemia
Steve Taylor, MD, and Wendy Prudhomme-O’Meara, PhD, have been awarded a $2.9 million grant from the National Institutes of Health's National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute to investigate malaria prevention strategies for children with sickle cell anemia.
Morgan Pope joins Duke to support division development and philanthropy efforts
Morgan Pope has joined the Duke Health Development Office as an associate director of development. She will work with the Department of Medicine on development activities and philanthropy efforts for the divisions of Endocrinology, Metabolism, and Nutrition, Gastroenterology, Infectious Diseases, and Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care. Morgan will also work with Pathology and Molecular Genetics and Microbiology. Her first day was June 13.