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Ebony Boulare, MD, MPH, chief of the Division of General Internal M

Mitchell Heflin, MD, associate professor of medicine (Geriatrics) and Eleanor McConnell, RN, PhD, associate professor of nursing, have received a 2015 Geriatric Workforce Enhancement Program grant from the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services. The Duke award, for $2.5 million over 3 years, will support the Duke Geriatric Workforce Enhancement Program: Communities Caring for Seniors, a program to improve community based care for older adults.

Nrupen Bhavsar, PhD, is the subject of this week’s faculty spotlight.

The Duke CTSA KL2 provides skilled and personalized mentoring, a coordinated and tailored scientific and career development curric

From the Director

From the Director

The School of Medicine has announced it is accepting applications for the next cycle of its Bridge Fun

Geoffrey Ginsburg, MD, PhD, professor of medicine (Cardiology) and director of the Center for Applied Genomics and Precision Medicine, will speak at the White House’s Champions of Change for Precision Medicine event today.

"I was asked to give one of five presentations to speak about platforms that engage patients for precision medicine," said Dr. Ginsburg. will announce plans to make the MeTree family medical history software widely available.

Ginsburg is a member of the President's Precision Medicine Initiative.  

Heart attack patients age 65 and older who have reduced heart function might still benefit from implanted defibrillators, according to a Duke Medicine study published in the

The recipients of the Department of Medicine faculty education awards have been announced. This annual initiative provides awards in the amount of $5,000 per person to recognize one faculty member in each division for excellence in medical education. See a list below.