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DGIM announces the launch of Clinician Corner, a webpage of quick-link topics geared toward our clinicians and educators.

Norman “Winn” Seay, MD, is the 2018-2019 chief resident for internal medicine at Duke Regional Hospital and for Ambulatory Medicine. Dr. Seay is a graduate of Duke University and received his MD at Harvard Medical School.

The School of Medicine Office for Faculty is now accepting applications for the Fund to Retain Clinical Scientists at Duke, which provides supplements of up to $30,000-$50,000 as funds allow to clinician-scientists with significant caregiving responsibilities. Letters of intent are due July 31, 2018; Applications are due Aug. 31, 2018.

MEDx and Translating Duke Health have announced an internal funding opportunity that will award funds of up to $50,000 for pilot projects that benefit health by providing important disease insights, or by developing technologies to aid in disease prevention, diagnosis or treatment. Deadline is Aug. 29, 2018.

MEDx and Translating Duke Health request applications for internal funding that will award funds of up to $100,000 for a single pilot project in immunology. Deadline for applications is Aug. 29, 2018.

As a cardiologist, Ravi Karra, MD, sees firsthand the suffering heart failure causes. Many of his patients eventually need heart transplants, which save lives but bring a new set of problems, including fistfuls of daily pills to prevent rejection. “Wouldn’t it be great if instead of needing a new heart, you could repair the one you already have?” asks Karra.

For most people, heart failure is a terminal condition but not for everyone. With a grant from Translating Duke Health, Ravi Karra, MD, is bringing together Duke researchers from basic scientists to clinical researchers to try to find biomarkers that can identify these patients and improve patient outcomes.

Catch up with the Duke Internal Medicine Residency Program by reading the weekly newsletter for July 23, 2018.

3 General Internal Medicine faculty members are recipients of recent research funding.

Kara Wegermann, MD, is the 2018-19 chief resident for internal medicine at the Durham VA Medical Center. Dr. Wegermann is a graduate of Stanford University and received her MD at Harvard Medical School. As chief resident, Dr. Wegermann will serve as a mentor to the residents and be a liaison to the administration.