AJPH Publishing Supplemental Issue on Health Disparities
The American Journal of Public Health (AJPH), with the National Institutes of Health and FDA Office on Minority Health, intends to pu
Ward to be new director of credentialing
Bimal Shah, MD, MBA, assistant professor of medicine (Cardiology), has served as the director of quality improvement and credentialing in the Department of Medicine since 2011.
In the news: Duke part of a consortium working to solve looming geriatrician shortage
The Wall Street Journal reported this week on a consortium of four academic medical centers that are working to meet the demand for physicians skilled in treating elderly patients.
NIH Funding Behavioral Interventions to Address Chronic Health Conditions in Primary Care (R01)

Duke study of single-dose antibiotic used for bacterial skin infections appears in NEJM
In the battle against stubborn skin infections, including methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), a new single-dose antibiotic is as effective as a twice-daily infusion given for up to 10