Division News

Matthew Sparks, MD, assistant professor of medicine (Nephrology), has been named an ASCI 2017 Young Physician-Scientist Award recipient. 

The American Society of Nephrology (ASN) selected Blake Cameron, MD, MBI, medical instructor (Nephrology), for its public policy internship program for junior faculty.

John Stanifer, MD, MSc-GH, a second-year nephrology fellow, contributed an opinion piece in Sunday's Fayetteville Observer on his experiences caring for patients in Tanzania and in southeast North Carolina.

Every March since 2013, the American Journal of Kidney Disease (AJKD) blog transforms into the central headquarters for an evidence based, non-commercial, medical education experiment in leveraging the tools of social media, interactivity, and gamification to teach the latest advances and the most important breakthroughs in nephrology.

8 faculty from the Department of Medicine will participate in the School of Medicine's LEADER program.

The Duke O'Brien Center for Kidney Research is accepting applications to its POWER Undergraduate Research Experience for Summer 2017. Review of applications will begin Feb. 1, 2017 with a final deadline for all application materials of Feb. 21. 

Susan Gurley, MD, PhD, leads the Department of Medicine's Program for Women in Internal Medicine (PWIM) and has participated in faculty development programs such as the School of Medicine's LEADER program and most recently the ALICE program, which provides in-depth opportunities for leadership skill development, personal reflection and goal setting, peer-mentoring, and structured 360 feedback for mid-career women faculty in the School of Medicine.

Here, Dr. Gurley discusses how these opportunities have helped her move her career forward and what she hopes PWIM will offer women faculty in the Department of Medicine. The School of Medicine's ALICE program is accepting applications for the next class through Dec. 1, 2016. 

Faculty and trainees from the Division of Nephrology are preparing to participate and lead nearly 50 sessions in the American Society of Nephrology's Kidney Week 2016 in Chicago from Nov. 17-20.

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.

Born in Costa Rica but now living in Georgia, Fabian Jimenez-Contreras, a Duke University junior, is a Program to Awaken Early Interest in Research (POWER) researcher this summer inside the labs of the Duke O’Brian Center for Kidney Research (DOCK).