Inaugural Medicine Research Day Focuses on Impact in a Range of Clinical Conditions
The Department of Medicine held its inaugural Research Day on Friday, April 28, with Chair Kathleen Cooney, MD, kicking off the event with a special Medicine Grand Rounds presentation about her research, Hereditary Prostate Cancer: From Gene Discovery to Clinical Implementation.
Tripartite Leadership: Yancy’s vision for GIM
Dr. William Yancy became the Interim Division Chief of General Internal Medicine (GIM) in January 2023. His leadership embodies the tripartite mission of patient care, research, and education that remains the foundation of the Department of Medicine.
Closing the Gap: Wahid Launches Program for Hospitalists to Engage in Clinical Research at Duke
Wahid developed an innovative new program, Hospital-Based Clinical Trials & Research Program, the first of its kind at Duke University Medical Center.
A COVID-19 Collaborative: Wahid, Researchers Break Treatment Ground
By Liz Switzer
Internal medicine hospitalist Lana Wahid, MD arrived at Duke Medical Center in April 2020 with a simple goal: becoming involved in clinical research. By December 2020, she had been named Duke site Principal Investigator of the National Institutes of Health (NIH)-funded ACTIV-4a platform trial to evaluate anticoagulation in hospitalized COVID-19 patients and quickly established the Duke Health System as one of the highest enrolling trial sites in this international collaboration.