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The Collaboration Development Grant is offered to Duke faculty members who desire to collaborate with artists/faculty members in their own or different disciplines to undertake new artistic work. Proposals are due by Fri., March 10, by 4 p.m.

Robert J. Lefkowitz, MD, will present his research at the Department's Research Seminar Series at noon on Friday, Jan. 27, 2017 in Duke Hospital Room 2002. Dr. Lefkowitz will discuss G-Protein Coupled Receptors.

The Wallace H. Coulter Endowment at Duke University provides funding to support collaborative translational research projects that involve co-investigators from the Department of Biomedical Engineering and a clinical department in the School of Medicine. Full applications are due by March 9, 2017, but applicants are strongly encouraged to submit a brief summary by January 2017.

Catch up with the Duke Internal Medicine Residency Program by reading the weekly newsletter for Jan. 23, 2017.

Robert Lefkowitz, MD, and Howard Rockman, MD, are colleagues and collaborators. They recently sat down to talk about what they've learned in their long careers in biomedical research. Hear more from Dr. Lefkowitz at noon on Fri., Jan. 27, at Medicine Research Seminar.

This week the main results of a large NIH-funded trial on primary care-based interventions for osteoarthritis (OA), led by multiple GIM investigators, was published in Annals of Internal Medicine.

A strong health care system doesn’t just rely on the doctors to maintain its success; it relies on skills beyond practicing medicine.

Endocrinologist Matthew Crowley and the Durham Veteran Affairs Evidence-based Synthesis Program (ESP) team spent roughly a year researching metformin’s benefits and its FDA “black box” warnings to publish a systematic literature review on whether the drug had any significant clinical trends related to their topic’s research questions.

Jenny Van Kirk, MD; Kara Wegermann, MD; and Winn Seay, MD, have been chosen as the chief residents for the Duke Internal Medicine Residency Program 2018-19 academic year.

The Duke University School of Medicine’s Office of Diversity & Inclusion seeks nominations for the Michelle Winn Inclusive Excellence Award to recognize individuals who have made significant contributions to diversity and inclusion within the Duke University School of Medicine community. This award will be presented annually to one faculty and one staff member who exemplifies a commitment to excellence, innovation, and leadership in helping to create a more diverse and inclusive environment. Deadline is Feb. 26, 2017.