Phillips-Winn Memorial Lecture to Focus on Creating a Culture of Respect and Inclusion
The Duke Department of Medicine (DOM) and the Program for Women in Medicine (PWIM) will host a special Friday, October 20, 2023, Medicine Grand Round
Leveling the Playing Field: Maria Marquine’s Mission to Advance Latino Health Equity
A bilingual expert in cross-cultural neuropsychology, health disparities, and neurocognitive aging, Maria Marquine, PhD, is giving clinicians across the country the tools they have long needed to identify neurocognitive disorders in the Latino population. She is advancing clinical care for an estimated 40 million native Spanish-speakers across the United States, a critical step toward addressing disparities in Alzheimer’s disease and related dementia and promoting health equity.
Ashana Awarded Doris Duke Foundation Grant to Fund Trauma-Informed ICU Project
Deepshikha Ashana, MD, MA, MBA, assistant professor in the division of Medicine, Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Medicine, has been awarded a three-year award of $495,000 to fund her visionary project, Toward a Trauma-Informed Intensive Care Unit, from the Doris Duke Foundation (DDF) to advance human health.
Faculty Promotions August 2023
Congratulations to the following faculty members for their recent appointment or promotion in the Department of Medicine.
Honoring Dr. Kimberley Evans
The following message was sent to members of the Department of Medicine from Dr. Kathleen Cooney, MD, MACP, chair of the Department of Medicine, Dr.
Duke Medicine Expands Advocacy Curriculum to Include Fellows
Health care providers play a crucial role in medical advocacy, and the Duke Department of Medicine is meeting a need for these physicians’ voices by expanding the scope of medical advocacy training to include fellows as well as residents.
2023-2024 SEEDS Scholarly Projects Announced
A highlight of the SEEDS program each year is the projects that are selected for publication or presentation. The Department of Medicine is proud to announce our 2023-2024 project winners, Drs. Willard Applefeld, Ann Cameron Barr, Dan Loriaux, Emily Sanders, Ilia Shadrin, and Rachel V. White. These projects offer innovative measures that will further strengthen our curriculum.
Duke Medicine Partners with NCCU on Mentored Internship Program
The Department of Medicine and the division of Nephrology are partnering with historically Black college and university (HBCU) North Carolina Central University (NCCU) College of Health and Sciences in a new program to give talented students an opportunity to develop mentor relationships and research/clinical exposure to fortify their early career development.