Faculty Receive 2025 Physician Scientist "Strong Start" Awards
Congratulations to two Duke Pediatrics faculty for receiving the 2025 Physician-Scientist “Strong Start” awards from Duke University School of Medicine. The awards program, funded with a gift from the Nanaline H. Duke Fund, supports promising, early career physician-scientists at Duke as they develop independent research programs.
Balevic recognized with prestigious ASCI award
An early career Department of Pediatrics investigator is being recognized with a prestigious award from the American Society of Clinical Investigators (ASCI).
Ardalan receives 2021 Rheumatology Research Foundation Investigator Award
Kaveh Ardalan, MD, MS, assistant professor of pediatrics in the Division of Rheumatology, was recently awarded the 2021 Rheumatology Research Foundation Investigator Award for his project entitled, Psychological Stress and Cardiovascular Health in Juvenile Lupus and Dermatomyositis.
Van Mater named Chief of the Division of Rheumatology
Heather Van Mater, MD, was recently named chief of the Division of Rheumatology in the Department of Pediatrics, effective November 1, 2020.