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MedBlue Incubator Inc. (MBI) is seeking project proposals for its next funding cycle. Deadline is Nov. 15.

Jennifer St Clair-Russell, PhD, joined our division in September. To get to know her a little more, we asked her the following questions:

Leah Zullig, PhD, a health services researcher from DGIM, just returned from an exciting trip to Israel.

The Duke Department of Medicine Faculty Development Academy launched in October 2011 a

Thomas Ortel, MD, PhD, has received a funding award from the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI). Dr. Ortel will receive $15 million over five years for the project "Warfarin versus Direct Oral Anticoagulants for Secondary Prevention of Recurrent Venous Thromboembolism: A Randomized Comparative Effectiveness Trial."

Paula Tanabe, PhD, MSN, MPH, RN, FAEN, FAAN, associate professor of nursing and medicine, and Nirmish Shah, MD, assistant professor of medicine (Hematology), are co-principle investigators on a $4.6 million grant entitled “Improving SCD Care using Web-based Guidelines, Nurse Care Managers and Peer Mentors in Primary Care and Emergency Departments in Central NC.”

Four Department of Medicine faculty are among the recipients of the Duke School of Medicine interdisciplinary colloquia awards.

Duke Division of General Internal Medicine honors recipients of GIM Excellence Awards.

Five from GIM receive awards at division poster session.

Matthew Maciejewski, PhD, professor of medicine (Duke General Internal Medicine) is the recipient of a $2.2 million funding award from the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA). This research project will assess long-term mental health outcomes of veterans who have undergone bariatric surgery between 2000-2016.