News and Events

In this issue, our Alumni Spotlight shines on Anne Marie Valente, MD; section chief, Boston Adult Congenital Heart (BACH) and Pulmonary Hypertension Program; associate professor of medicine and pediatrics, Harvard Medical School; and fellowship director, Adult Congenital Heart Disease Senior Fellowship, Harvard Medical School.

Since 2005, the Duke Center for Healthcare Safety and Quality has offered TeamSTEPPS training, a course designed to improve communication and teamwork skills among health care professionals. Now, they've found a way to bring some of those vital trainings from the one- to two-day courses, to Duke Health team members who can't make the full course.​

We are pleased to announce that the Duke Department of Pediatrics moved to NUMBER 1 on the list of NIH research grant funding for pediatrics clinical science departments with a total of $55,619,016 for 2019; an increase of more than 15 million compared to 2018!

From March 2 to 6, 2020, the Duke Department of Pediatrics will celebrate its second annual literacy week. The celebration coincides with National Read Across America Day on March 2 in recognition of Dr. Seuss's birthday.

This week's Faculty Spotlight shines on Christoph Hornik, MD, PhD, MPH, associate professor of pediatrics in the Division of Critical Care Medicine, and chief of the Division of Quantitative Sciences.

The Resident Research Grants were created to prepare and mentor residents for careers in academic pediatrics, enhance departmental scholarly productivity, and provide support for residents to present their results at local, regional, and national meetings.

Duke University Hospital and the Department of Medicine are partnering to offer profile photo days open to all Duke Health providers, trainees, researchers, students, and anyone who needs an up-to-date professional head shot.  

A modified form of poliovirus, pioneered at Duke Cancer Institute as a therapy for glioblastoma brain tumors, appears in laboratory studies to also have applicability for pediatric brain tumors when used as part of a cancer vaccine.

On January 29, 2020, Kimberly Hewitt, Vice President for Institutional Equity & Chief Diversity Officer sent the following message to the Duke community: Dear Duke Colleagues,   Duke University is committed to creating and maintaining a positive environment where all members of the community can thrive in their research, teaching, work and learning.

The following are new and competing renewal awards made to faculty in the Department of Pediatrics for the months of October 2019 through December 2019. Congratulations to these faculty on their awards and best wishes to them in their investigative work.