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Bowlby Wins 2014 Ambulatory Teaching Award
Dr. Lynn Bowlby just won the 2014 Ambulatory Medicine Teaching Award. The Internal Medicine House Staff presents this award to the faculty member who best exemplifies commitment and excellence to teaching in ambulatory medicine. Congratulations, Dr. Bowlby!
Travel Funding Available for Duke-NUS Visit
The Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School Singapore (Duke-NUS) invites interested Duke medical faculty to visit and speak at the school. This program will promote collaborative research projects between Duke and Duke-NUS faculty. Visiting Duke faculty will present a research seminar at Duke-NUS during their visit. Applications are due by July 15. To apply, submit a NIH-style bio-sketch and a 1-2 …
AJPH Publishing Supplemental Issue on Health Disparities
The American Journal of Public Health (AJPH), with the National Institutes of Health and FDA Office on Minority Health, intends to publish a supplement issue on the science of eliminating health disparities. Original epidemiological, genetic, behavioral, social, and policy-oriented research articles, commentaries, perspectives, and critical reviews of major problem areas related to health disparities in …
MRRC Hosting Talk on Careers in Academic Medicine
The Department of Medicine’s Minority Recruitment and Retention Committee will host a presentation and dinner from 5:30-6:30 p.m. on Mon., June 16 in Duke North Room 1103. The guest speaker is Isaretta Riley, MD, a third-year fellow in Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Medicine. Dr. Riley will present “Pursuing A Career in Academic Medicine.”
Faculty Spotlight: Shelby Reed, PhD, RPh
For this week’s faculty spotlight, we talk to Professor Shelby Reed, PhD, who in addition to working within the Division has taught at the Department of Economics, and was on the board of directors of the International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research (ISPOR). How long have you been at Duke? How long have you …
NIH Funding U.S.-India Collaborative Research Partnerships on Diabetes Research (R21)
The NIH invites Exploratory/Developmental (R21) applications from U.S.-funded institutions with an Indian institution partner to establish Collaborative Research Partnerships (CRP) to advance science and technology important to understanding, preventing, and treating diabetes and its complications. Read more.
NIH Funding Behavioral Interventions to Address Chronic Health Conditions in Primary Care (R01)
The NIH is seeking Research Project Grant (R01) applications develop behavioral interventions for patients with comorbid chronic diseases and health conditions. Specifically, this FOA will support primary-care research using a multi-disease care management approach to improve health outcomes for individuals with three or more chronic health conditions. Read more.
NIH Funding Research on Health Disparities (R01, R21)
The NIH is funding behavioral and social science research on the causes and solutions to health and disabilities disparities in the U.S. population. Projects focusing on public policy,health care, and disease/disability prevention are especially welcome. Read more.
NIH Offering K07 Cancer Career Development Award
The Cancer Prevention, Control, Behavioral Sciences, and Population Sciences Career Development Award (K07) will support the career development of junior investigators with research or health professional doctoral degrees who want to become academic researchers in cancer prevention, cancer control, or the behavioral or population sciences. Read more.
Peyser Co-Authors Article on Duke Primary Care Leadership Track
Dr. Bruce Peyser, recently co-authored a high-profile article in the journal Academic Medicine. Along with other primary care leaders and educators at Duke, Peyser discusses the Primary Care Leadership Track at Duke as a way to educate and engage medical students in community health initiatives and research. Read the full article here.
NIH Announcements
- Notice to Clarify the Disciplinary Scope and Increase Maximum Training Related Expenses for the Trans-Departmental Basic Biomedical Sciences (TBB) Program Area of the NIGMS Predoctoral Basic Biomedical Sciences Research Training Program
- Notice of Participation in PAR-25-331 (R21) and PAR-25-332 (R01), Research on Current Topics in Alzheimer's Disease and Its Related Dementias (Clinical Trial Optional)
- Notice of Participation in PAR-24-258, "Research Resource for Human Organs and Tissues (U42 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)"
