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Knowing your family’s health history is one of the most important ways to maintain your health. It can be some of the best information doctors have to understand your risk for developing medical conditions.

The November 16, 2021, session of Duke Medicine LEADS featured Noppon Setji,MD, Jennifer Phillips, Vonda Capps, Kara Lyven, presenting "Understanding Why - The Root Cause Analysis Process

Wan Xu, PhD, recently joined Duke Center for Applied Genomics & Precision Medicine (CAGPM) as a Biostatistician III. To get to know Dr. Xu a little more, we asked her the following questions:

From the Director

From the Director

The Duke Center for Applied Genomics & Precision Medicine welcomes our two new Post-Doctoral Training in Genomic Medicine Research trainees, Nathan Hawkey, MD, and Katherine Collins, PhD. CAGPM postdoc's are supported through T32 grant funding.

J. Frank Wharam, MD, MPH, Professor of Medicine (General Internal Medicine), presented the annual Dr. Eugene A.

As we honor Veterans Day today, the Duke Center for Applied Genomics & Precision Medicine (CAGPM) thanks all the current service members, the many veterans who have courageously served our country and their families who have supported these individuals. Our appreciation goes beyond Veterans Day, though, as researchers at the Durham VA Health Care System, Duke, and CAGPM, including Douglas E. Williamson, PhD, are advocates for the well-being of these individuals through their studies of genomic biomarkers that hold promise for improving support for the many service members and veterans who rely on mental health care post-deployment and beyond.

Jennifer Doudna, PhD, professor of chemistry, biochemistry, and molecular biology at the University of California, Berkeley, recently presented virtually as the Duke MEDx 2021 Distinguished lecturer.

Maria Iglesias de Ussel, PharmD, PhD, recently joined the Duke Center for Applied Genomics & Precision Medicine as a Senior Research Scientist! Dr. Iglesias grew up in Madrid, Spain, where she trained as a PharmD and later earned her PhD. More than 20 years ago, she came to the U.S. and continued working as a scientist, first in Virology and later in Immunology.