5 in DOM Complete ALICE Program
ALICE is an annual program that provides targeted development to mid-career women faculty leaders. Applications for the 2024 program are available now and are due November 3.
Veterans Day MGR Focuses on the Health Care Experience of Veterans
The Department of Medicine’s partnership with the Durham VA Health Care System, the work our faculty and staff do there to care for patients, and the biomedical research they conduct shed important light on health care issues relevant to veterans. This year’s annual Veterans Day Medicine Grand Rounds, The Veterans Experience, addresses some of these critical topics.
Dr. Nwora Lance Okeke Receives HIV Medicine Association 2023 Innovator Award
Dr. Lance Okeke, MD, MHS, has been selected by the HIV Medicine Association (HIVMA) as the 2023 HIVMA Innovative Leader Award recipient for his contributions to advancing the field through his productive research portfolio, and innovative and transformative delivery of care to people with HIV.
Karachaliou Receives Early Career Investigator AASLD Abstract Award
Georgia Sofia Karachaliou, MD, MSc, a postdoctoral associate in the division of Gastroenterology, has received the Early Career Investigator Award in Clinical/Translational Science in the 2023 American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD) Foundation Abstract Awards.
Dr. Megan Clowse to Lead Division of Rheumatology and Immunology
Megan E. B. Clowse, MD, MPH, a renowned expert in the field of rheumatology and immunology, will assume the role of division chief for the Division of Rheumatology and Immunology, effective November 1.
Mario Family Foundation Awardees Focus on Older Adult Care, Heart Failure Patients, HIV
The Mario Family Foundation Award supports junior investigators in training by annually awarding selected patient-oriented research proposals to fund for one year. This year’s Mario Family Foundation fellow recipients are Judith B. Vick, MD, MPH, General Internal Medicine, Josephine Harrington, MD, Cardiology, and Naseem Alavian, MD, MPH, Infectious Diseases.
Drs. Wyatt and Bentley-Edwards Receive NIH Award to Reduce Kidney Health Disparities
Christina Wyatt, MD, associate professor in the Division of Nephrology, and Keisha Bentley-Edwards, PhD, associate professor in the Division of General Internal Medicine, received an award from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for a project entitled “Interventions that Address Structural Racism to Reduce Kidney Health Disparities, Research Coordinating Center.”
Critical Care Medicine Program Achieves Full ACGME Accreditation
The Critical Care Medicine fellowship training program has achieved full accreditation from the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME), further enhancing the Department of Medicine’s (DOM) reputation as a center of excellence in critical care.
Faculty Promotions September 2023
Congratulations to the following faculty members for their recent appointment or promotion in the Department of Medicine.