Duke Lung Transplant Symposium coming in August
Duke University Lung Transplant will hold its Duke Lung Transplant Symposium Aug. 25-26, 2017.
Mitchell's weight loss research featured on MSN top 30
The weight loss research of Dr. Nia Mitchell, Assistant Professor of Medicine, was recently featured on MSN's "30 Best Ways to Lose Weight After 30".
"The Healthcare Pivot": Schulman's Grand Rounds
Dr. Kevin Schulman presented at Duke Medicine Grand Rounds on July 21. His presentation was entitled, "The Healthcare Pivot: Technology and the Transformation of Healthcare". Schulman spoke about the national concern about the cost of healthcare in the United States and what it will take to get us out of this conundrum.
Internal Medicine Residency News, July 24, 2017
Catch up with the Duke Internal Medicine Residency Program by reading the weekly newsletter for July 24, 2017.
Edelman leads WIP series
Dr. David Edelman leads the Duke General Internal Medicine Works in Progress (WIP) series which takes place on Friday mornings and is intended to give DGIM fellows and junior faculty the opportunity to present their current work to other colleagues at their level.
Gow Arepally: Accelerating techniques to detect and prevent heparin-induced thrombocytopenia
Step by step, Gowthami Arepally has decrypted the molecular biology that produces heparin-induced thrombocytopenia (HIT), a sometimes fatal immune reaction to the prescribed blood thinner.
Uncovering connections between elderly patient’s multiple chronic conditions
Geriatrician Heather Whitson studies connections between multiple chronic conditions that many elderly people live with at once. Her research exploring links between vision loss and cognitive decline has altered practices in low-vision clinics. Her studies probing possible biological links between age-related disorders of eye and brain formerly considered unrelated, hold broad clinical promise.
Funding opp: Fund to Retain Clinical Scientists at Duke
The School of Medicine Office for Faculty is now accepting applications for the Fund to Retain Clinical Scientists at Duke. Deadline for applications is Aug. 31, 2017. Letters of intent are due July 31.
Funding opp: Duke-UNC Immunotherapy Training Grant
The Duke-UNC Immunotherapy Training Grant (DUNC-IMTG) is a NCI-funded T32 training program at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Duke University that trains postdoctoral fellows in pre-clinical and/or clinical research focusing on tumor immunotherapy and/or stem cell transplantation immunology. Applications for 2017-18 are due at 5 p.m. on Aug. 11, 2017.
Two fall events for new School of Medicine faculty
The School of Medicine Office for Faculty Development will hold two events in October for new faculty.