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Head over to Duke Research Blog and check out a podcast featuring Lawrence David, PhD, assistant professor of medicine (Infectious Diseases), molecular genetics and microbiology and the Duke Institute for Genome Sciences. Dr.

Medicine Grand Rounds on Fri., May 9 at 8 a.m. in Duke Hospital room 2002 will feature Souha Kanj, MD, FACP, FIDSA, professor of medicine, head of the Division of Infectious Diseases and chair of the Infection Control and Prevention Program at American University of Beirut Medical Center in Beirut, Lebanon. Dr.

Medicine Grand Rounds on Fri., May 2 at 8 a.m. in Duke Hospital room 2002 will feature Susanna Naggie, MD, MHS, assistant professor of medicine (Infectious Diseases) and director of Infectious Diseases Research, Duke Clinical Research Institute. Dr.

The Duke University Medical Center Library Archives spring newsletter includes two items worth noting: The DUMC Archives has digitized its collection of Duke University School of Medicine yearbooks, The Aesculapian, which is now available online. The collection consists of 34 volumes spanning more than 60 years, from 1950 to 2013. The yearbooks feature student portraits, essays on notable events or key figures in the medical center's history, and photographs of faculty, staff, clubs and organizations, events and campus buildings over the years.

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[caption id="attachment_15379" align="alignright" width="300"] Scanning electron micrograph shows infectious spores produced by the deadly fungi Cryptococcus neoformans.[/caption] Duke Today featured a study last week by a group of researchers who have sequenced the entire genome and all the RNA

Jennifer Horan, MD, PharmD, medical instructor (Infectious Diseases), was one of 12 Meritorious Service Award winners recognized by Duke University President Richard Brodhead this week. "Dr.

In 2012, as John Perfect, MD, studied the inner workings of the genes of Cryptococcus neoformans, a fungus that infects humans and kill 600,000 people a year, he realized he was only looking at half of a problem. “There is always two sides to an infection—the pathogen and the host,” said Dr.

Growing drug resistance, a high prevalence of S. aureus bacteria and ineffective antibiotics prescribed to one in three patients are among the challenges facing community hospitals in treating patients with serious bloodstream infections, according to researchers at Duke Medicine. The findings, published March 18, 2014, in the journal PLOS ONE, provide the most comprehensive look at bloodstream infections in community hospitals to date.

Ephraim Tsalik, MD, PhD, assistant professor of medicine (Infectious Diseases), has been selected to serve as an associate scientific advisor for Science’s sister journal, Science Translational Medicine. "Dr. Tsalik is an excellent choice for this," said Geoffrey Ginsburg, MD, PhD, professor of medicine (Cardiology) and pathology and director of genomic medicine at the Duke Institute for Genome Sciences & Policy. Dr.