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As a pediatrician, I’ve seen many children and families suffer from COVID-19 over the last 20 months.

In March of 2020, anticipating the expected disproportionate impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Latinx communities in Durham and surrounding counties, an interdisciplinary group of Duke Health leaders, clinicians, and local activists launched an ambitious grassroots outreach effort to address these challenges.

When caring for pediatric patients at Duke Primary Care Butner-Creedmoor, Anna White, PA-C, MPH, stays alert for any symptoms that could indicate an untreated behavioral health condition.

In 2019, the Duke Safe Sleep Task Force was formed. This group of physicians and nurses from across all pediatric units at Duke University Hospital (DUH) came together to focus on the safe sleep of patients under one year old.​

In 2006, Sarah Armstrong, MD, created the Healthy Lifestyles Program, now one of the largest outpatient pediatric obesity clinics in the country.

Gabriela M. Maradiaga Panayotti, MD, FAAP, associate professor of pediatrics in the Division of Primary Care Pediatrics, has received the 2021 John A. Feagin Alumni Network Award.

A digital app successfully detected one of the telltale characteristics of autism in young children, suggesting the technology could one day become an inexpensive and scalable early screening tool, researchers at Duke University report.

Last March, concerned local physicians, nurses, researchers, educators, and community advocates formed a group—"Latinx Advocacy Team & Interdisciplinary Network for COVID-19,” or simply LATIN-19—to address disparities and support the Latinx community. Meet four Duke faculty members—Dr. Viviana Martinez-Bianchi, Dr. Gabriela Maradiaga Panayotti, Dr. Leonor Corsino, and Dr. Rosa Gonzalez-Guarda—who have been instrumental in this effort as they talk about how their backgrounds, expertise, and passions positioned them to fight for Latinx health equity in a time of crisis.

All Babies and Children Thrive (ABC Thrive) has awarded seed grants of up to $40,000 to four interdisciplinary teams of Duke faculty, including one co-led by Richard Chung, MD, associate professor of pediatrics in primary care and Scott Kollins, PhD, professor in psychiatry and behavioral sciences.

Following a national search, Aditee Narayan, MD has been named the new associate dean for curricular affairs for the Duke University School of Medicine, effective immediately.