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Global Health Undergraduate Commencement 2012 (Part 2 - Remarks by Dr. Broverman & Student Capstone Award)
37 global health certificate students and six Program II students in global health graduated on Friday. In Part 2, Dr. Sherryl Broverman gives remarks and presents the student award for outstanding capstone research project.Published 1 day ago
Global Health Undergraduate Commencement 2012 ( Part 4 – Student Recognition)
37 global health certificate students and six Program II students in global health graduated on Friday. In part 4, students are recognized and Dr. Merson gives closing remarks.Published 1 day ago
Global Health Undergraduate Commencement 2012 (Part 3 - Student Speech)
37 global health certificate students and six Program II students in global health graduated on Friday. In Part 3, graduate Lisa Deng gives an inspiring speech.Published 2 days ago
Global Health Undergraduate Commencement 2012 (Part 1 - Welcome & Teaching Award)
37 global health certificate students and six Program II students in global health graduated on Friday. In Part 1, DGHI Director Michael Merson gives welcoming remarks and presents the faculty award for outstanding teaching.Published 2 days ago
MSc-GH Commencement (Part 3 - Student Recognition)
On Friday, 22 Duke students graduated with a Master of Science in Global Health (MSc-GH) degree, the largest graduating class to date from the Duke Global Health Institute. In Part 3, students are recognized.Published 2 days ago
MSc-GH Commencement Luncheon (Part 2)
On Friday, 22 Duke students graduated with a Master of Science in Global Health (MSc-GH) degree, the largest graduating class to date from the Duke Global Health Institute. Part 2 features remarks by Program Faculty Director Dr. Chris Woods and presentation of outstanding MSc-GH student.Published 2 days ago
MSc-GH Commencement Luncheon (Part 1)
On Friday, 22 Duke students graduated with a Master of Science in Global Health (MSc-GH) degree, the largest graduating class to date from the Duke Global Health Institute. Part 1 features a welcome by DGHI Director Michael Merson and presentation of faculty award for outstanding mentoring.Published 2 days ago
Help for New Parents
(starts 10 minutes in) Durham Connects has helped more than 3,000 Durham County families with newborns. NBC-17 talks to one of these families for a Mother’s Day feature.Posted 2 days ago
Duke Kidney Transplant Paired Donation Program
For those seeking a kidney transplant, finding a living donor who matches your need can be difficult. Watch how three families were impacted by the Duke Kidney Paired Donation Program. The program assists donor and recipient pairs who are incompatible or poorly matched in finding another donor and recipient pair with whom they can exchange kidneys to enable better matching, allowing a transplant to take place.Published 1 week ago
Defeating Leukemia: Quincy Pedew
Watch leukemia patient Quincy Pedew's story about receiving bone marrow transplants at Duke and how he battled to beat cancer.Published 1 week ago
A Duke Heart Patient's Story
One fan's heart attack at a Duke basketball game shows the teamwork behind care available at Duke, from emergency care to cardiology to coordinated care after surgery.Published 1 week ago
Virtual World Helps Returning Soldiers Battle Addiction
Dr. Zach Rosenthal, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, is leading a Department of Defense funded treatment study. The study is working to develop and test a virtual reality and mobile phone based intervention for service members and veterans with PTSD and addiction. WRAL News featured Dr. Rosenthal, his colleagues, and a patient in an interview on this research.Posted 1 week ago
Duke Eye Center New Clinical Facility
Duke Medicine officials ceremoniously broke ground recently for a new, state-of-the-art Duke Eye Center building that will add much-needed clinical examination space and enhance the patient experience.Planning for the clinical eye center building began in 2010, when Duke received a 12 million dollar donation from Durham-based LC Industries, the largest employer of visually impaired people in the country.
William Hudson, President of LC Industries said "The greatest service that the Duke Eye Center could provide to LC Industries is to put us out of business. Eradicate blindness, there are no blind people, then we're out of business. And to me, that would be the ultimate of what could come out of this new building."
The new building will be constructed in the parking lot adjacent to the current Wadsworth Eye Center building along Erwin Road, and will be connected on the clinic and operating room levels to provide access to existing services. A new circular, covered drop-off area will connect the new facility to the parking deck, and a new outdoor courtyard is planned between the current and new building. Plans call for a 127,000-square-foot, four-story facility that will house expanded clinical services designed to improve workflow and maximize patient care and convenience.
David Epstein, M.D., Director of the Duke Eye Center said "Eye care has changed tremendously in the last 30 years and this will be focused on the patient, where all the testing will be in a cluster area around the patient, so the patient won't have to be moving to and fro, over long distances, as is currently the case. It's state of the art and the ability of us to innovate and provide the very latest and best in eye care will happen as a result of this building."
The new facility comes at a time when demand for increased services are being felt at the Duke Eye Center, which consistently ranks among the top 10 eye centers in the country. During the past five years, the Duke Eye Center has grown eight percent annually in both surgical procedures and clinic visits. Today, roughly 50 physicians see more than 80,000 patient visits each year. The construction project is expected to take three years to complete.
Published 1 week ago
Healthy Options: Duke Farmers Market
Shoppers at the Duke Farmers Market not only have access to farm-fresh produce, but fruits and vegetables that are healthier and offer more nutrients than what they may be able to find at some grocery stores. The market offers a convenient way to pick up strawberries, potatoes, squash and more each week.For more information, visit http://www.hr.duke.edu/benefits/wellness/farmers/
Published 2 weeks ago
Importance of Studying Microenvironments
Neil L. Spector, MD, co-director, Experimental Therapeutics, Duke Cancer Institute, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, discusses the need for cancer researchers to investigate the entire system and tumor microenvironment.Published 2 weeks ago
