• Cutting the ribbon on HAFS

    June 20th, 2008

    The completion of the newest part of Duke University Hospital was celebrated June 20 with a 7 a.m. ribbon-cutting at the Hospital Addition for Surgery. The HAFS includes a perioperative…

  • Too tired to ask?

    June 19th, 2008

    A free seminar this evening (5:30-7 p.m.) at the Duke Integrative Medicine Building on the Center for Living campus promises to provide “Everything you wanted to know about insomnia.” Presented…

  • Fulkerson promoted

    June 18th, 2008

    Chancellor Victor J. Dzau, M.D., announced today that William J. Fulkerson, Jr., M.D., will be promoted to the position of senior vice president, clinical affairs, for the Duke University Health…

  • Rittgers honored as Social Worker of the Year

    June 5th, 2008

    Wherever Shelia Rittgers works, she sees the resilience of the human spirit. In Durham, she sees it at her job of 10 years as a clinical social worker at the…

  • Nursing School makes appointments

    June 5th, 2008

    The following appointments were announced by the Duke University School of Nursing: Frances “Fran” D. Green Mauney, M.Ed., as associate dean for clinical affairs. She will lead the clinical practice…

  • Emmett wins HHMI fellowship

    June 5th, 2008

    Susan Emmett, a second year medical student at Duke, is one of 65 medical students nationwide to receive the prestigious Howard Hughes Medical Institute Research Training Fellowship that will fund…

  • Jarvis among newest HHMI investigators

    June 5th, 2008

    Researcher Erich Jarvis, Ph.D., has been selected as one of 56 newest Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) investigators, selected from over 1,000 applications. Through this program, the HHMI identifies highly…

  • Cuffe gains vice dean title

    June 5th, 2008

    Duke University School of Medicine Dean Nancy Andrews, M.D., Ph.D., announced the appointment of Michael Cuffe, M.D., as vice dean for medical affairs, a new position created to further enhance…

  • Spring Faculty Meeting awards

    June 5th, 2008

    At the Spring Faculty Meeting on May 1, 2008,  the School of Medicine and School of Nursing at Duke University presented the following awards: The Leonard B. Tow Humanism in…

  • Snyderman honored with IRI Medal

    June 5th, 2008

    For his leadership in transforming Duke University Medical Center into an internationally recognized leader of academic medicine and his role as a pioneer in the area of personalized health care,…