Division News

Medicine Grand Rounds 5/25/2012: Resistant hypertension

Medicine Grand Rounds on Fri., May 25 at 8am in Duke Hospital room 2002 will feature Laura Svetkey, MD, professor of medicine (Nephrology) and Manesh Patel, MD, assistant professor of medicine (Cardiology). They will present Resistant hypertension: emerging treatments. [toggle title_open="Close Me" title_closed="Video archives" hide="yes" border="yes" style="default" excerpt_length="0" read_more_text="Read More" read_less_text="Read Less" include

SOM Bridge Fund awards to three DOM faculty

The Duke University School of Medicine announced the winners of this year’s SoM Bridge Funding  Program grants in September. Among the recipients are three faculty members from the Department of Medicine – Drs. Gowthami Arepally, Jonathan Stiber and Uptal Patel received grants to continue their research and investigative efforts into allergic responses, age-related muscle atrophy and kidney disease management in diabetics.

Request for proposals for new kidney research core center at Duke

Joanna B. Downer, PhD, director of research development in the SOM Office of the Dean, sends this request for proposals: On behalf of Thomas Coffman, MD, professor of medicine (Nephrology) I am soliciting proposals for Pilot & Feasibility (P&F) Projects to be included in an application to establish a George M. O’Brien Kidney Research Core Center at Duke.