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

When Duke’s Charlene Wong, MD, MSHP, initially decided to pursue a Master of Science in Health Policy Research, she never expected that she’d be leveraging her skills to respond to the largest public health crisis of the 21st century.

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.​

The Duke site of the National Clinician Scholars Program (NCSP) welcomes new faculty leadership as it enters its third year as part of this national consortium. 

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, was recently selected by the Duke University School of Medicine (SoM) Office of Diversity and Inclusion to receive the 2021 Michelle P. Winn Inclusive Excellence Team Award for her work with Viviana Martinez-Bianchi, MD on “Latinx Health During COVID-19”.

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.