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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.

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.

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

In her clinic, Megan Clowse, MD, MPH, associate professor of medicine (Rheumatology and Immunology), helps patients with rheumatic disease safely navigate pregnancy while managing their disease. In her research, she gathers and analyzes data about the best pregnancy planning and management practices. She’s also working to educate providers and patients on a larger scale. “I’m trying to figure out how everyone can get state-of-the-art care from their local rheumatologist in order to have healthy pregnancies,” she says. “My mission is that all women with rheumatic disease can have the families they want.”

Megan Clowse, MD, MPH, is excited about a new development in the Duke Lupus Clinic that has opened up new ways of understanding, treating, and talking about lupus.

The following faculty received funding awards in March 2019.

The Department of Medicine has awarded the 2019 Chair's Research Award to four junior investigators who are making the transition to becoming independent scientists prior to their acquisition of extramural funding.

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