MURDOCK Study Celebrates 10th Anniversary
Congrats to all members (current and former) of the Measurement to Understand Reclassification of Disease of Cabarrus and Kannapolis (MURDOCK) Study team on their 10th anniversary!
From humble beginnings in a former dress shop with just one Duke employee, the MURDOCK Study has paved the way for Duke’s presence in Kannapolis, NC. Today, 5,000-square-feet of clinical office space and a team of more than 30 Duke employees are co-located in Kannapolis and Durham. Duke Clinical & Translational Science Institute (CTSI) manages the MURDOCK Study and a dozen nested MURDOCK sub-studies, as well as other clinical research projects based in Kannapolis and built on the foundation that has been created by the MURDOCK Study since 2009.
Duke marked the study’s 10th anniversary with a community celebration at the North Carolina Research Campus in Kannapolis on Feb. 16, exactly 10 years after the enrollment of their first participant. During its first decade, the MURDOCK Study Community Registry and Biorepository has grown to more than 12,500 participants and 450,000 biological samples. The community-based longitudinal cohort recruited participants from 20 zip codes in and around Kannapolis and Cabarrus County. The study has more than 50 collaborations, including 150 collaborators across 21 institutions, and 45 peer reviewed publications. More than 100 Duke faculty members have used MURDOCK Study samples and data to explore a broad range of research questions to better understand health and the transition to disease.
Kristin Newby, MD, MHS, director of Duke CTSI Translational Population Health Research (TransPop), serves as principal investigator. The MURDOCK Study and TransPop offer a range of assets and capabilities to investigators and collaborators.
Duke University School of Medicine received a $35 million gift from David H. Murdock, chairman of Dole Food Company, to establish the MURDOCK Study in September 2007.
Upper photo: L. Kristin Newby with Mrs. Bobbie Beam and Dr. Ed Tyson, the first two patients enrolled in the study. Lower photo: Betty Hover, L. Kristin Newby, Mary Lou Perry, Debbie Meylor, Jon’Nita Millhouse.
Shah Named to AHA Board of Directors
Congratulations to Svati Shah for being named to the Board of Directors for the American Heart Association! This is well deserved honor and we are happy that she will be serving in a guiding role within AHA. Svati will begin her term of service in June, 2019.
Way to go, Svati!
AHA Triangle Heart Ball
Several of our Duke Heart team members were able to attend the 
American Heart Association’s Triangle Heart Ball on Friday evening at the Raleigh Convention Center. Despite the weather and traffic woes, all reported 
having a great time. The event raised $980K. Many thanks to all who joined us!
6th Annual Duke Heart Valve Symposium
Duke Heart’s 6th annual Heart Valve Symposium took place on Saturday in the Great Hall of the Trent Semans Center for Health Education. The symposium was led by Kevin Harrison and Chad Hughes. See the photo of all the past fellows back for the conference with a group dinner at Vin Rouge. The 
conference has substantial in-person and on-line attendance and we look forward to continued learning with our colleagues.
Older Model CMRI Removed
The CMRI scanner that we are no longer using was ramped down and removed from the 7th floor of Duke University Hospital on Saturday, March 2. This was, of course, a big undertaking. To facilitate
removal, a crane was set up on Friday in the space between the Searle Center, the construction area for the new bed tower addition, and the concourse. The scanner was lifted by crane through a roof 
hatch. Special thanks to our FPDC contact, Dane Van Enwyck for the photos! The FPDC oversaw the project.
US News Best Hospitals Voting is Now Open!
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