Division News

Michael Hershfield, MD, professor of medicine (Rheumatology and Immunology) and biochemistry, and Angus Hucknall, BME senior research scientist in the Pratt School of Engineering, have received a 2016 Coulter-Duke Translational Partnership grant for their project "Next-Generation Non-Immunogenic PEG-like Protein Conjugates."

Jake Pope has joined the Duke Health Development Office, and will work the Department of Medicine on development activities and philanthropy efforts for the divisions of Hematology, Geriatrics, Nephrology, and Rheumatology and Immunology. He will also support the Center for Applied Genomics and Precision Medicine.

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

Kim Huffman, PhD, MD, will present her research into the molecular underpinnings of the skeletal muscle myopathy in rheumatoid arthritis at the Department's Research Seminar Series on Friday, April 29, 2016 in Duke Hospital Room 2002.

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 Grand Rounds on Fri., Dec. 19 at 8 a.m. in Duke Hospital room 2002 will feature Irene Whitt, MD, assistant professor of medicine (Rheumatology and Immunology). Dr.

Medicine Grand Rounds on Fri., Nov. 21 at 8 a.m. in Duke Hospital room 2002 will feature Nancy Allen, MD, professor of medicine (Rheumatology and Immunology) and vice provost for faculty diversity and faculty development. Dr. Allen will present Giant Cell (Temporal) Arteritis: Clinical Manifestations and Management. 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)

The Division of Rheumatology and Immunology invites applications for a TENURE-TRACK faculty position at the Assistant Professor or Associate Professor level in the Department of Medicine. An MD or MD/PhD degree is desired, but PhD applicants will be considered provided they have a strong research background in the immune mechanisms of rheumatologic disease.

Medicine Grand Rounds on Fri., Jan. 10 at 8 a.m. in Duke Hospital room 2002 will feature Kim Huffman, MD, PhD, assistant professor of medicine (Rheumatology and Immunology) with a case presentation by Victoria Lackey, MD. Dr.

Medicine Grand Rounds on Fri., Sept. 13 at 8 a.m. in Duke Hospital room 2002 will feature Robert Keenan, MD, MPH, assistant professor of medicine (Rheumatology and Immunology), and a case presentation by Carl Henderson, DO, fellow (Rheumatology and Immunology). Dr.