Philanthropies announce new program to support early-career scientists
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.
Barkauskas to present research on lung fibrosis, 3/27/2015
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.
Grand Rounds 12/12/14: Severe Sepsis
Medicine Grand Rounds on Fri., Dec. 12 at 8 a.m. in Duke Hospital room 2002 will feature Claude Piantadosi, MD, professor of medicine and interim chief of the Division of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Medicine.
Dr. Piantadosi will present Why is Severe Sepsis So Severe?
Watch from your desk: If you can’t make Medicine Grand Rounds this week, click here to watch a live stream (just enter your Duke Net ID and password.
Duke Red Blood Cell Transfusion Colloquium to meet Nov 3
The final meeting of the Duke Red Blood Cell Transfusion Colloquium will take place Mon., Nov. 3 at 4:00 p.m.
Boole selected as 2015-16 VA chief resident for quality improvement and patient safety
Lindsay Boole, MD, MPH, senior assistant resident, has been chosen to serve as the Durham VA Medical Center chief resident for quality improvement and patient safety for 2015-16.
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Wahidi honored by American College of Chest Physicians
Congratulations to Momen Wahidi, MD, MBA, associate professor of medicine (Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Medicine). Dr.
Transition in leadership - Division of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Medicine
Monica Kraft, MD, professor of medicine and chief of the Division of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Medicine, will leave Duke in December to become chair of the Department of Medicine at the University of Arizona College of Medicine at Tucson.
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Palmer to head new lung transplant network
Scott Palmer, MD, MHS, associate professor of medicine (Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Medicine), has received $12.95 million from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases to establish a Lung Transplant Clinical Trials Network (LT-CTN) as part of the Clinical Trials in Organ Transplantation (CTOT) program.
Palmer to be PI of data coordinating center for new lung development reference project
The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute announced this week that the DCRI, in conjunction with RTI International, will serve as data coordinating center for the Molecular Atlas of Lung Development Program (LungMAP).
Scott Palmer, MD, MHS, associate professor of medicine (Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Medicine) and director of the DCRI’s pulmonary research program, will serve as principal investigator for the coordinating center.
6/16/14: MRRC hosts talk on pursuing a career in academic medicine
The Department of Medicine's Minority Recruitment and Retention Committee will host a presentation and dinner from 5:30-6:30 p.m. on Mon., June 16 in Duke North Room 1103.
The guest speaker is Isaretta Riley, MD, a third-year fellow in Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Medicine. Dr. Riley will present "Pursuing A Career in Academic Medicine."
Dinner will be served. To reserve a seat, email LaVerne Johnson-Pruden, lj.pruden@duke.edu.