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Faculty Portrait Photo Ops Coming Sept. 23, 26
The School of Medicine has scheduled opportunities for faculty members to have their portraits taken on Tuesday, Sept. 23 and Friday, Sept. 26. These photos are an important part of both your and the Division’s online reputation. If you are a faculty member who does not have an online photo, or if you have not had …
Faculty Spotlight: Santanu Datta
This week’s faculty spotlight shines on Santanu Datta, PhD, MBA, who talks the future of telemedicine, how his two business degrees influence his research, and developing interventions to reduce alcohol consumption in people with hepatitis C. How long have you been at Duke? How long have you been at the Division? I joined the Center …
Burroughs Wellcome Fund Offering $700,000 Career Awards
The Burroughs Wellcome Fund is seeking nominations for its Career Awards for Medical Scientists (CAMS) program, which provides $700,000 over five years for physician-scientists to bridge advanced postdoctoral or fellowship training and the early years of faculty service. Ideal candidates will be two years away from becoming an independent investigator, have at least two years …
Bosworth Leads New Course in Implementation and Dissemination Science
Hayden Bosworth, PhD, is teaching “Implementation and Dissemination of Health Care Research,” at the Clinical Research Training Program (CRTP) this fall. This two-credit course, taught on Wednesday evenings, reviews methods for undertaking research and program evaluation within health services organizations and systems. The course is recommended for faculty or staff interested in policy research, social …
NIH Funding Collaborative Partnership on Alcohol and Health Disparity Research Center
The NIH invites U54 applications to implement partnership awards between Institutions serving communities with alcohol-use related health disparities and other institutions with extensive alcohol research programs, including NIAAA-funded alcohol research centers and consortia. Read more.
NIH Funding Research in Diabetes Prevention and Treatment
The NIH have issued a funding opportunity announcement to support research evaluating large-scale health-care delivery policies or programs that influence diabetes prevention and care. The goal is to support research that meaningfully informs clinical practice and health policy related to prevention or management of diabetes. Read more.
NIH Funding Research in Obesity and Asthma: Awareness and Management
The NIH is funding research examining the relationship between asthma, obesity and self-management. Although the association between asthma and obesity has has been found in many studies, the exact mechanisms for how this association arises are unresolved to include self-management and achieving control. Read more.
DoD Funding Workshop Open for Registration
Have you ever wondered whether your research might be eligible to Department of Defense (DoD) funding, or wanted to know more about how to pitch your research? If so, attend the free workshop on Department of Defense (DoD) research funding will be held on Tuesday, September 30, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the Duke South …
Van Houtven to Deliver Plenary Address on Informal Care
Congratulations to Courtney Van Houtven, PhD, who is giving a plenary address at the 3rd International Conference on Evidence-Based Policy in Long-Term Care, which will be held this coming weekend in London. Van Houten will deliver the lecture, “Economics of Informal Care: Do We Know Enough to Advocate for Policy Change?” This plenary session will …
Registration open for “Writing from the Reader’s Perspective” Seminar
Registration is now open for a free seminar series, “Writing from the Reader’s Perspective,” to be held this fall in the Medical Student Amphitheater in Duke South. The 12-hour workshop, taught by Duke Professor Emeritus of Rhetoric George Gopen, will focus on improving attendees’ writing skills by helping them understand the perspective of readers. The ideas …
NIH Announcements
- Examining the Impact of Artificial Intelligence (AI) on Healthcare Safety (R18)
- Notice of Need to Expire and Reissue PAR-24-090 "Clinical Coordinating Center for NCCIH Multi-Site Investigator-Initiated Clinical Trials of Mind and Body Interventions (Collaborative UG3/UH3 Clinical Trial Required)"
- Notice of Need to Expire and Reissue PAR-24-087 "Data Coordinating Center for NCCIH Multi-Site Investigator-Initiated Clinical Trials of Mind and Body Interventions (Collaborative U24 Clinical Trial Required)"
