Division News

Congratulations to Neil MacIntyre, MD, professor of medicine (Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Medicine), who is featured in the CHEST Journal "Giants in Chest Medicine" series in July.

Morgan Pope has joined the Duke Health Development Office as an associate director of development. She will work with the Department of Medicine on development activities and philanthropy efforts for the divisions of Endocrinology, Metabolism, and Nutrition, Gastroenterology, Infectious Diseases, and Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care. Morgan will also work with Pathology and Molecular Genetics and Microbiology. Her first day was June 13. 

Dean Nancy Andrews, MD, PhD, alerted the School of Medicine today to the death of Herbert Otto Sieker, MD, professor emeritus of Medicine. Dr. Sieker passed away on June 11, 2016. 

Dr. Sieker arrived at Duke in 1948 as a graduate of Washington University School of Medicine and a new intern in Internal Medicine. Apart from a short stint as a Captain in the US Air Force in the early 1950s, when he worked on spacesuit development at Wright-Patterson Field, he remained at Duke until he retired in 1990.

Six Department of Medicine faculty were recognized with awards at the School of Medicine's annual Spring Faculty Meeting on May 9.

Four Department of Medicine faculty were recently awarded Enhanced Academics in a Basic Laboratory Environment (ENABLE) program research grants from the PDC. 

Christina Barkauskas, MD, assistant professor of medicine (Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Medicine), was recently notified that the Burroughs Wellcome Fund Career Awards for Medical Scientists grant she received in 2014 has been extended through August 2020.

Dr. Barkauskas' proposal is "Epithelial-mesenchymal crosstalk in lung fibrosis and alveolar homeostasis." 

The School of Medicine Office for Faculty Development announced the inaugural participants in its ALICE program, a new leadership development opportunity for mid-career women faculty.

The Duke Medical Alumni Association last night honored eight highly accomplished alumni, faculty, and friends with the 2015 Distinguished Awards.

Among the recipients were three members of the Department of Medicine:

Three of the nation’s largest philanthropies – the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and the Simons Foundation – have announced a new partnership to provide much needed research support to outstanding early-career scientists in the United States.

Through the new Faculty Scholars Program, the philanthropies will invest a total of $148 million in research support over the program’s first five years.

Medicine Research Conference will take place Fri., March 27 at 12 p.m. in Duke Hospital 2002 with a presentation by Christina Barkauskas, MD, medical instructor in the Division of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Medicine.

Dr. Barkauskas will present Understanding the cell biology of pulmonary fibrosis.