8 from Medicine selected for SoM's LEADER program
8 faculty from the Department of Medicine will participate in the School of Medicine's LEADER program.
7 from Medicine accepted to ALICE leadership program
School of Medicine Office for Faculty Development has announced the next class in its ALICE program, a leadership development opportunity for mid-career women faculty in the School of Medicine. Seven participants in the next class are from the Department of Medicine.
Pisetsky receives American College of Rheumatology's Presidential Gold Medal Award
David Pisetsky, MD, PhD, professor of medicine (Rheumatology and Immunology), was awarded the Presidential Gold Medal by the American College of Rheumatology.
Hershfield receives a 2016 Coulter-Duke Translational Partnership grant
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."
Pope joins Duke to support division development and philanthropy efforts
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.
4 from Medicine receive 2016 ENABLE research funding
Four Department of Medicine faculty were recently awarded Enhanced Academics in a Basic Laboratory Environment (ENABLE) program research grants from the PDC.
Rheumatologist Kim Huffman to present skeletal muscle myopathy research April 29
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.
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.