Division News

The Voices of Duke Health podcast project, led by Anton Zuiker and Jonathan Bae, MD, has released its first four episodes, including an interview with Yousuf Zafar, MD, associate professor of medicine (Medical Oncology), public policy and population health, on hard conversations with patients and their loved ones.

Arif Kamal, MD, MHS, MBA, associate professor of medicine (Medical Oncology), business administration and population health sciences, is Duke Today's Blue Devil of the Week.

Steven Patierno, PhD, deputy director of Duke Cancer Institute and professor of medicine (Medical Oncology), pharmacology and cancer biology, and community and family medicine, has received the Diversity Award, one of Duke University's highest honors, in a ceremony led by President Vincent E. Price. 

Three Department of Medicine faculty and one trainee have received funding from the Duke Center for Research to Advance Health Equity.

Congratulations to the following Department of Medicine faculty who received promotions in the first half of 2018.

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

Duke Global Health Institute and Cancer Institute will provide up to $25,000 direct costs for one year of support for each pilot research project that address issues relating to cancer prevention, diagnosis, or treatment in resource constrained environments. Two pilot projects will be funded. Deadline is July 16, 2018.

Nicholas C. DeVito, MD, fellow in Hematology-Oncology, has received one of five Physician-Scientist Training Awards from the Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation.

A journal article by Thomas LeBlanc, MD, associate professor of medicine (Hematologic Malignancies and Cellular Therapy), and Amy Abernethy, MD, adjunct professor of medicine (Medical Oncology), has been recognized as a paper that could "Change the World, One Article At A Time" by Springer Nature journals.

Registration is open for the School of Medicine's Clinical Research Day from 4-7:30 p.m. on May 17 in the Great Hall of the Trent Semans Center.