Evans and Saint-Surin receive Inclusive Excellence Award
The Duke School of Medicine is honoring two members of the Department of Medicine as 2020 recipients of the Michelle P. Winn Inclusive Excellence Award.
New Faculty: July 2020
A warm welcome to new Department of Medicine faculty members who started in July 2020!
Divisions select faculty recipients for 2020 Excellence in Education Awards
The recipients of the Department of Medicine faculty Excellence in Education Awards have been announced.
Mohottige selected for Duke Reach Equity 2020 Career Development Award
Dinushika Mohottige, MD, MPH, fellow in the Division of Nephrology, is one of four recipients of the Duke Reach Equity 2020 Career Development Awards.
James Clapp, emeritus professor of medicine, has died
James Robert Clapp, MD, professor emeritus of medicine (Nephrology), died May 2, 2020 at age 88. “Dr. Clapp was instrumental in building the Duke Division of Nephrology, and he was well-known for his dedication to caring for patients with advanced kidney disease and hypertension,” said Kathleen Cooney, MD, chair of the Department of Medicine. “He is fondly remembered by many colleagues and patients alike.”
13 Medicine faculty recognized by the School of Medicine
Congratulations to the Department of Medicine faculty who are being recognized by the School of Medicine for their leadership, service, mentoring, and professionalism.
3 from Medicine selected as ADVANCE-UP Scholars
Three faculty from the Department of Medicine have been selected for the School of Medicine's 2020 class of ADVANCE-UP Scholars.
10 from Medicine selected for School of Medicine's LEADER program
10 faculty from the Department of Medicine have been selected for the School of Medicine's LEADER program.
Two from Department of Medicine named 'New Innovators' by NIH
Department of Medicine researchers Diego Bohórquez PhD and Opeyemi Olabisi MD, PhD, have been given two of the NIH Director’s “New Innovator,” awards, which are for high-risk/high-reward work being done by early-stage investigators. The award provides $1.5 million for a five-year project.
The Duke scholars are among just 93 “highly creative scientists” nationwide to receive the grants, which fund innovative and impactful research.
Harvard's Opeyemi Olabisi, nephropathy investigator, commits to Duke
Opeyemi Olabisi, MD, PhD, a researcher at Massachusetts General Hospital who investigates the use of patient-stem cell-derived podocytes as tools for uncovering disease mechanisms of APOL1 nephropathy, will join the Duke Division of Nephrology and the Duke Molecular Physiology Institute later this year.