Duke University Health System

  • Tree of Hope event honors people facing cancer

    November 24th, 2008

    The annual Tree of Hope lighting ceremony for the Duke Cancer Patient Support Program (DCPSP) will take place at 5:30 p.m. on Dec. 4. The Tree of Hope honors people facing…

  • Development seminar tracks NIH grant process

    November 24th, 2008

    The School of Medicine Institute Office for Faculty Development will hold a professional development seminar on the NIH review process, from 4:30-6 p.m. Dec. 1 in the School of Nursing Auditorium 1014. Rebbecca…

  • 3 chances to celebrate the ‘08 holiday season

    November 21st, 2008

    Join your friends and colleagues at one of the 2008 Duke holiday gatherings. Come and enjoy live music and entertainment. There are three chances to attend, so pick the one…

  • Coffman new head of nephrology society

    November 20th, 2008

    Thomas M. Coffman, M.D., is the new president of The American Society of Nephrology. ASN is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to the study of nephrology and committed to providing a…

  • You can fight arthritis in the ‘08 Jingle Bell Run

    November 20th, 2008

    Join the Duke Medicine team for a fun walk/run to support the Arthritis Foundation. The Jingle Bell Run will take place at 10:30 a.m. on Dec. 6 at St. Mary’s…

  • Medical student group to hold silent auction

    November 19th, 2008

    The Duke University School of Medicine Student National Medical Association (SNMA) will host its annual fundraising silent auction at 6:30 p.m. Nov. 21 in the Mary Lou Center for Black Culture.…

  • Lyerly named chair of national cancer panel

    November 19th, 2008

    H. Kim Lyerly, M.D., director of the Duke Comprehensive Cancer Center, has been named chair of the Cancer Centers Standing Subcommittee of the National Cancer Advisory Board (NCAB). Lyerly was…

  • Discussion set on health care, individual

    November 19th, 2008

    A discussion of “Prospective Health Care and the Individual” will be held from 4:30-6 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 19, in Schiciano Auditorium, CIEMAS, as part of the 4th-annual Prospective Health Care Conference,…

  • Talk targets smoking and tobacco control

    November 18th, 2008

    The next University Seminar on Global Health will be at 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 19, and will focus on smoking and tobacco control research. The talk will be given by…

  • Achievement award goes to the late Katz

    November 18th, 2008

    The late Lawrence Katz, Ph.D., was honored this week by the Society for Neuroscience (SfN), receiving a science achievement award during the organization’s annual meeting. “These science achievement awards span the…