All Sunday it snowed and sleeted and piled up to cover us in a week-long winter blanket. Thanks to fourth year resident Lauren Havrilla, DO for this video memory of the 10 plus inches of December white stuff!
In Step with Pathology
The brutal heat couldn’t stop the show: we staged a group photo of the Pathology Faculty and House Staff just before the end of the academic year. Steve Conlon and Susan Reeves from PhotoPath corralled the white-coat-clad team and were able to capture the smiles of all for posterity. And…
Pathology Bats a Thousand
On Sunday afternoon, July 8, the Department of Pathology held its annual “Welcome New Residents and Fellows” Durham Bulls baseball game event. The weather was perfect for a July evening, with a delightfully moderate temperature (not near 100 degrees!) and a lovely breeze. Over 80 people came to the buffet…
Should Biobanks be held to a Clinical Quality Standard?
Shannon McCall, MD, Associate Professor and Director of the BioRepository & Precision Pathology Center (BRPC) is featured in a Mendelspot Science Podcast episode on this topic. Mendelspod is a weekly podcast covering the frontiers of biomedical research including precision medicine, proteomics, clinical trials and new diagnostic technologies. The podcast is…
Duke Pathology Storms the Hurricanes!
Duke Pathology residents and faculty attended the Carolina Hurricanes versus the New York Islanders hockey game at PNC arena. Dr. Thomas Cummings, Residency Director and ‘Canes fan, arranged a pre-game visit to the locker room tunnel to cheer on the ‘Canes, and a great time was had by all.
Flake News
What a snow has blanketed the Triangle area, leaving many of us unable to get to the University for the last 2 days. But Graduate Program student Yuanfan Yang, MD was on the scene to take these striking photographs of our campus. More of his images are on the GradBlog as well. At the…
Career Advice for Incoming Students
The Graduate School Professional Development blog has an article featuring our chairman, Dr. Jiaoti Huang, MD PhD. Dr. Huang recently shared his insight into how to handle problems confronting international Ph.D. students. Don’t miss this fascinating story of his journey from a small rural village in China to Duke, written by our Graduate Program’s student Yuanfan Yang, MD.
Learning Resilience
Crystal Cates, MS, CCRP, a Clinical Research Coordinator in Pathology’s BioRepository & Precision Pathology Center, was featured on the Duke Cancer Institute website. Check out her story and video about learning resilience.