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The Duke UNC-Chapel Hill Immunotherapy Training Grant (DUNC-IMTG) is accepting applications for the 2020-2021 admission cycle. DUNC-IMTG is a combined training program from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Duke University that will focus on training individuals in translational and/or clinical research focusing on tumor immunology and cellular immunotherapy. Applications are due June 15, 2020.

The Duke Institute for Health Innovation (DIHI) has announced the recipients of the 2020 Innovation Awards, which support high-potential innovation projects in the areas of population health and analytics, novel patient interactions, new and team-based models of care, and optimization of patient flow. Eight of the 11 funded project teams include faculty from the Department of Medicine.

Adrian Hernandez, MD, MHS, has been named Vice Dean and the new Executive Director of the Duke Clinical Research Institute (DCRI), effective May 15.

Kara Wegermann, MD, a fellow in Gastroenterology, will receive The Mario Family Foundation Award, which supports junior investigators in training to make the transition to become independent scientists and planning for their first extra-mural funding.

Emily Eichenberger, MD, a fellow in the Division of Infectious Diseases, has received the Chair's Research Award for Trainee Projects from the Department of Medicine.

James Robert Clapp, MD, professor emeritus of medicine (Nephrology), died May 2, 2020 at age 88. “Dr. Clapp was instrumental in building the Duke Division of Nephrology, and he was well-known for his dedication to caring for patients with advanced kidney disease and hypertension,” said Kathleen Cooney, MD, chair of the Department of Medicine. “He is fondly remembered by many colleagues and patients alike.”

Catch up with the Duke Internal Medicine Residency Program by reading the weekly newsletter for May 4, 2020.

Nour Nazo, lab manager of the Rajagopal Lab in the Duke Cardiovascular Research Center (CVRC), has been named the 2020 recipient of the CVRC Research Staff Appreciation Award.

Catch up with the Duke Internal Medicine Residency Program by reading the weekly newsletter for April 27, 2020.

The Durham VA Evidence Synthesis Program (ESP) will be joining the battle against the COVID-19 pandemic by conducting rapid evidence reviews prompted by real-time clinical questions from the field.