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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.
Conference on Engagement in Translational Research on August 21-22
The National Conference on Engaging Patients, Families and Communities in all Phases of Translational Research to Improve Health will be held from August 21-22 in Bethesda, Maryland. For more information, or to register, click here.
Faculty Spotlight: Laura Beskow, PhD, MPH
This week’s faculty spotlight shines on Dr. Laura M. Beskow, Associate Professor of Medicine at the Division of Medicine and the Duke Clinical Research Institute. How long have you been at Duke? How long have you been at the Division of General Internal Medicine? I have been at Duke for nearly 8 years, but I …
ACS Offering Clinical Research Professorships
The American Cancer Society is offering grants to established investigators in mid-career who have made seminal contributions that have changed the direction of clinical, psychosocial, behavioral, health policy or epidemiological cancer research. The award of up to $80,000 per year (direct costs only) may be used for salary or research project support. Read more.
Webinar: Advances in Person-Centered Outcome Measurement on June 10
Northwestern University will hold a free webinar, “Advances in Person-Centered Outcome Measurement,” from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. on Tuesday, June 10. The webinar will be broken into the following three segments: 10 a.m.- 11 a.m.: Overview of person-centered outcome instruments from PROMIS, Neuro-QOL, and NIH Toolbox – Nan Rothrock, PhD 11 a.m.-noon: Introduction to …
NIDDK FOA: Data Collection in Kidney and Urology Clinical Studies
The National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases has issued a FOA to support research and development of devices, software, or technology that will optimize data collection for NIDDK clinical studies. Read more.
Cho and Zipkin Lobby for Medicaid Expansion
Division members Drs. Alex Cho and Daniella Zipkin traveled to Washington DC along with five residents from the Division’s Ambulatory Care Leadership Track, to lobby for the expansion of Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act. The residents who traveled with Cho and Zipkin were Lauren Porras, Jeremy Halbe, Bruce Lefler and Alexandra Clark. The Affordable Care …
Faculty Spotlight: Sharon Rubin, MD
How long have you been at Duke? How long have you been at the Division? I’ve been at both Duke and at the Division since 2008. I started at Durham Primary Care at the Pickett. as an attending and at the Duke outpatient clinic precepting three sessions with residents. What does your work at the …
Lori Orlando Receives SGIM Recognition
Dr. Lori Orlando received special recognition from the SGIM President, Dr. Eric Bass, for her leadership on the Annual Program Committee meeting from 2013 to 2014. Dr. Orlando co-chaired the Special Symposia events for the meeting, including several events on stakeholder engagement, personalized medicine, the affordable care act, and medical education. Dr. Bass cited Dr. …
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)"
