Funding opps: Translating Duke Health announces 3 RFPs
Duke Health has announced its first Translating Duke Health call for proposals for innovative approaches to supporting immune health and high risk/high impact research in the area of the brain and disease. Deadlines are Nov. 1, 2017, Nov. 30, 2017 and Jan. 15, 2018.
Detecting and Mending Disparities with End-of-Life Care
It is no small matter that terminally ill African-Americans patients enroll in hospice less often than white patients. Lower participation contributes to health disparities between the races.
African-American patients are less likely than white patients to have their pain adequately diagnosed and treated, for one. They less often obtain medicine to treat pain and are less satisfied with communication and overall care from health providers.
When geriatrician Kimberly Johnson, MD, MHS, first observed these differences as a resident in the 1990s, she understood immediately that physicians needed to address them. So she did.
Internal Medicine Residency News, Oct. 9, 2017
Catch up with the Duke Internal Medicine Residency Program by reading the weekly newsletter for Oct. 9, 2017.
Save the date 11/8/17: Physician-Scientist Honor Societies Panel
The School of Medicine invites faculty to attend a town-hall style panel discussion on Physician-Scientist Honor Societies: Association of American Physicians (AAP) and The American Society for Clinical Investigation (ASCI).
St Clair Russell presents at Nephrology Grand Rounds
Jennifer St. Clair Russell, PhD, presented at the Duke Nephrology Grand Rounds on Friday, September 29.
Hemming shares writing tips and resources
Dr. Patrick Hemming highlights a few resources that are available at Duke, which have made the academic writing process easier for himself.
Johnson receives NIH award to fund Center of Excellence on Minority Health and Health Disparities
Kimberly Johnson, MD, associate professor of medicine (Geriatrics) and senior fellow in the Center for the Study of Aging and Human Development, has received one of 12 NIH awards to fund a specialized research center designed to conduct multidisciplinary research, research training and community engagement activities focused on improving minority health and reducing health disparities.
Researchers identify genetic drivers of most common form of lymphoma
An international research effort led by Duke Cancer Institute scientists has been working to better understand the genetic underpinnings of diffuse large B cell lymphoma and how those genes might play a role in patients’ responses to therapies. The findings were published this week in the journal Cell.
The newly launched Department of Population Health Sciences at Duke
It was announced back in February of 2016 that Duke would be launching a new Department of Population Health Sciences. Since then a lot has taken place! We sat down with Interim Chair, Lesley Curtis, PhD, to hear more about what has been happening in the new department since its official launch date of July 1, 2017.
Save the date: Special Upcoming Events in the Department of Medicine
The Department of Medicine will host several special events this fall. Be sure to add them to your calendar and plan to attend.