The MedicineNews blog continues to be the primary way that we feature the activities and accomplishments of the faculty, trainees and staff of the Duke Department of Medicine.
In 2018, we shared 353 news stories, including posts about faculty and trainee awards and honors, research and 27 funding opportunities, as well as news and events from our training programs. Find highlights below.
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Highlights
Top news and changes
- Kathleen Cooney named new Chair of the Department of Medicine
- Chetan Patel to serve as Vice Chair for Clinical Affairs in the Department of Medicine
- Amy Abernethy named FDA principal deputy commissioner of food and drugs
- Joseph Rogers appointed Chief Medical Officer for Duke University Health System
- Heather Whitson to serve as next director of the Duke Center for Aging and Human Development
- Cathleen Colon-Emeric to serve as next Chief of the Division of Geriatrics
- Steven Patierno honored with Duke University Diversity Award
- Blake Cameron and Melissa Teitelman-Grotegut named co-medical directors for clinical access
- David Ortiz-Melo appointed to Minority Recruitment and Retention Committee leadership
- Zainab Samad named Chairwoman of the Department of Medicine at Aga Khan University
- Cathleen Colon-Emeric named Dean for Research Mentoring
- Duke Performs State's First Liver Transplant from HIV Donor to HIV Recipient
- Cary Ward appointed director of Duke Clinical Leadership Program
- 2018-2020 class selected for Faculty Development Academy
- Duke Internal Medicine Residency Program celebrates Fellowship Match 2018-19
- Lara Hayes selected 2019-2020 VA chief resident for quality improvement and patient safety
- Chief residents for 2019-2020 announced
- Celebrating Match Day 2018
Research News
- Duke CTSI awarded $60 million grant to speed medical research into practice
- POSH study finds cross-disciplinary approach improves surgical outcomes for older patients
- Duke study shows stem cell transplant is better than drug therapy for scleroderma
- Julius Wilder and Cynthia Moylan receive awards from AASLD
- Duke-led study finds that moderate-to-vigorous workouts reduce mortality
- Department announces first recipients of new health data science funding program
- Paul Lantos named a chair for Duke IRB
- 4 from Medicine receive Duke REACH Equity funding awards
- Anthony Sung and Lawrence David receive 2018 Damon Runyon-Rachleff Innovation Award
- Gentzon Hall and Grace Lee receive 2018 Duke Strong Start Awards
- Duke research on patient-related outcomes in cancer care is honored by Springer Nature journals
- Geoffrey Ginsburg and Lori Orlando receive $9 million for new projects to promote genomic medicine in clinical practice
- Marat Fudim receives the Mario Family Foundation Award
- Nicholas DeVito receives Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation Physician-Scientist Training Award
- Study led by Diego Bohórquez finds 'Gut Sense' is hardwired, not hormonal
- Melissa Daubert receives collaborative grant for study of the postpartum care received by pregnant women with hypertensive disorders
- Duke study finds expanded cord blood shows potential use in adult bone marrow transplants
Top honors
- 7 from Medicine selected for LEADER program
- 5 from Medicine selected for ALICE leadership program
- Susan Spratt receives 2018 Martin Luther King Jr. Community Caregiver Award
- Thomas Bashore, James Tcheng and Jennifer Rymer honored by American College of Cardiology
- 7 from Medicine receive 2018 DIHI Innovation Awards
- Bill Kraus to serve as president-elect of the American College of Sports Medicine
- Ebony Boulware honored with Diversity in Nephrology Award
- Ken Schmader receives William B. Abrams Award in Geriatric Clinical Pharmacology
- 3 Medicine faculty elected to the Association of American Physicians
- Janet Reagan and Jennifer Frith honored with University Meritorious Service Awards
- Myles Wolf awarded distinguished professorship
- 4 from Medicine honored at Spring Faculty Meeting
- Jason Webb selected as a 2018 AAHPM Hearst Leadership Scholar
- Poonam Sharma honored with Duke AHEAD Rising Star Award
- Susanna Naggie receives IDSA's 2018 Oswald Avery Award for Early Achievement
- Ann Marie Navar named associate editor at JAMA Cardiology
- Barbara Alexander to serve on IDSA Executive Board
- Toni Cutson and Jason Webb named Fellows of the American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine
- Micah Luftig named Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
- Anna Mae Diehl receives the Beckman Trust Award