Division News

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.

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 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. 

The Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC) awarded Deverick J. Anderson, MD, MPH, associate professor of medicine (Infectious Diseases), with its Distinguished Scientist Award.

Infectious Diseases fellow Meredith Clement, MD, has an editorial featured in JAMA this week.

The article, "Syphilis on the Rise: What Went Wrong?" discusses why syphilis has not been eradicated despite a decline of syphilis cases in the late 1990s and the resurgence of cases today.

Paul Lantos, MD, medical instructor (General Internal Medicine), has received a $20,000 grant from Duke University's Educational and Research Initiatives in China (ERIC) program. ERIC funding is intended to help faculty develop innovative education and research programs at the Duke Kunshan University campus and other areas in China.

Congratulations to John Bartlett, MD, for receiving a North Carolina Community AIDS Fund 2016 Red Ribbon Service Award.

Dr. Bartlett was recognized with an award for Innovation in Research. Bartlett is a professor of medicine (Infectious Diseases), nursing and global health.

The Hartwell Foundation considers Duke University as one of its Top Ten Centers of Biomedical Research in the United States, and has invited Duke to submit nominees for the Hartwell Foundation Individual Biomedical Research Awards program.

Only investigators nominated by the head of an invited research institution are eligible for consideration for the Hartwell Individual Biomedical Research Award.

Six Department of Medicine faculty were recognized with awards at the School of Medicine's annual Spring Faculty Meeting on May 9.

Four Department of Medicine faculty were recently awarded Enhanced Academics in a Basic Laboratory Environment (ENABLE) program research grants from the PDC.