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Catch up with the Duke Internal Medicine Residency Program by reading the weekly newsletter for April 15, 2019.

The VA Women's Musculoskeletal Health Training Program wrapped up last week at the National SimLEARN Center in Orlando, Florida

Nutrition is a vital part of public health, yet access to good quality food for low-income individuals can be problematic.

Meet David Halpern, MD,  a consulting associate in our division. Learn more about his work, family, and interests in our interview below.

Congratulations to the 5 faculty members who were recipients of recent research funding

Jenny Van Kirk, MD, currently the chief medical resident for Duke University Hospital, will serve as the associate director of Undergraduate Medical Education (UME) for the Department of Medicine as well as assistant program director for the Internal Medicine Residency Program, effective July 1, 2019.

Two Department Medicine faculty members were inducted into the Association of American Physicians (AAP) during a joint April 6 meeting of the AAP, the Ame

When a woman with rheumatic disease is pregnant, she may experience many symptoms--some from her underlying disease and some from pregnancy itself. Which of these symptoms signal increased risk for preterm delivery? Nathaniel Harris, MD, PhD, an intern in the Duke internal medicine residency program, spent his third year of medical school, also at Duke, plumbing the DAP registry for insights into this question.

For women who take hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) to control rheumatic disease, research has shown that it’s best for mother and baby to continue the medicine during pregnancy. But should the dose be maintained, decreased, or increased? Stephen Balevic, MD, assistant professor of pediatrics and medicine (Rheumatology and Immunology), set out to investigate this question using data from the Duke Autoimmunity in Pregnancy registry. 

The following faculty received funding awards in March 2019.