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It’s always intriguing to hear about how Duke’s world-class physicians and researchers got their start. Occasionally, life can take one’s career down unexpected paths. Take Mark W. Dewhirst, DVM, Ph.D.,…
Combination prevention—a combination of behavioural, medical, and structural approaches based on sound evidence—offers the best hope for future successful HIV prevention, concludes Michael Merson, M.D., Duke Global Health Institute director,…
Since 1980, the Ronald McDonald House of Durham has provided shelter to more than 20,000 families whose children were being treated in local hospitals, weaving their stories into the fabric…
Writing in a recent issue of the journal Virtual Mentor, second year Duke resident Jeanne Lee echoed many of the sentiments of clinicians and researchers throughout Duke who are actively…
In 1997, the Duke Infection Control Outreach Network (DICON) was formed to advance efforts that improve quality of care and enhance patient safety. A collaboration between Duke and 35 community…
The Caribbean nation of Haiti is the poorest in the Western Hemisphere. On her own time, Shelia Rittgers, a clinical social worker at Duke Children’s Health Center, has traveled there…
One year ago, a team of Duke researchers from the Joseph and Kathleen Bryan Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center (Bryan ADRC) traveled to Jacksonville, N.C., to go to church. But this…
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The White Coat Ceremony is a remarkable and personal milestone that marks a new medical student’s transition from being a general member of the community into the calling of practitioners…