Gates Foundation grant to fund pneumonia research by Ginsburg and others
Geoff Ginsburg, MD, PhD, professor of medicine (Cardiology) and pathology and director of the Center for Genomic Medicine in the Institute for Genome Sciences & Policy, learned that the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation will award a Duke research
Grand Rounds 7/22/2011: John Sundy on gout
Medicine Grand Rounds on Fri., July 22 at 8am in Duke Hospital room 2002 will feature John S. Sundy, MD, PhD, associate professor of medicine (Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Medicine) and director of the Global Proof of Concept Unit Network at Duke Clinical Research Institute.
Dr.
Rockman elected next editor-in-chief of JCI
Howard Rockman, MD, professor of medicine (Cardiology), has been elected editor-in-chief of The Journal of Clinical Investigation.
Rockman will serve as editor from March 2012 through February 2017 together with an editorial board base
Lung Transplant Foundation Golf Tournament
Registration is now open for the 1st Annual Lung Transplant Foundation Golf Tournament that will take place June 5, 2011 at the Duke University Golf Club.
This is a Captains Choice event where handicaps will also be assigned by the Duke University Golf pros.
This is a Captains Choice event where handicaps will also be assigned by the Duke University Golf pros.
Barry Stripp introduces his research
Dr. Stripp will present "Manipulation of Epithelial Stem/Progenitor Cells to Develop Novel Therapies for Lung Disease" at Medicine Research Conference Fri., Jan. 28, 2011 at 12noon (lunch is provided, and all Medicine research faculty are strongly urged to attend).
CF patient makes YouTube film about transplant
Hockey player Andrew Desjardins has posted this movie about surviving cystic fibrosis and the double lung and liver transplant he received at Duke. David Zaas, MD, assistant professor of medicine (Pulmonary) and medical director of lung transplantation, is also featured.
Battleship Asbestos
Wayne Tsuang, MD, pulmonary and critical care fellow, recently presented cases at the Interdisciplinary Chest Conference (meets each Wednesday at 8:30 am in Radiology conference room), including one involving asbestos exposure and interstitial pulmonary fibrosis.
Among the resources Tsuang cited was this graphic of a WWII battleship showing the levels of risk of asbestos exposure by zone of the ship -- imagine the big 16-inch guns rattling the ship and asbestos dusting the sailors:
