News and Events

The Physician Scientist Development Program (PSDP) Steering Committee recently announced the eight selected outstanding trainees who will begin their PSDP research in July 2023.

The following is a list of new and competing renewal awards that were made to faculty in the Department of Pediatrics for the months of May - June 2022.

Shivani Shah, DO, has been interested in the brain for as long as she can remember. Shah recently joined the Department of Neurology for her Junior Assistant Residency (JAR) year of training with adult patients before completing her child neurology training.

This week’s Faculty Spotlight shines on pediatrician Melissa Kay, PhD, MS, MPH, RD. Kay talks to us about how she first became interested in pediatric nutrition while pursuing dual master's degrees in Public Health and Food Policy & Applied Nutrition at Tufts University.

Jeffrey Russ, MD, PhD has had a lifelong interest in both neuroscience and neurology, and it was his interest in brain development that led him to a clinical interest in pediatric neurology.

The Duke Children’s Health and Discovery Initiative (CHDI) is pleased to announce the CHDI-CTSI Child Health Equity Program awardees.

The Duke Department of Pediatrics fellowship programs are designed to provide outstanding training to prepare our fellows to excel as sub-specialty clinicians, researchers, and teachers within the field of pediatrics.

Congratulations to the 2022 LEADER program graduates from Duke Pediatrics, including Elizabeth Erickson, MD (General Pediatrics and Adolescent Health) and Shatha Wajih Yousef, MBBS (Pulmonary and S

Sharla Rent, MD, assistant professor of pediatrics in the Division of Neonatology, was recently awarded a two-year career development grant from the National Palliative Care Research Center's Kornfeld Scholars Program.

Ashley Stark, MD, a rising second-year Neonatology fellow in the Duke Department of Pediatrics, was recently awarded a Thrasher Research Fund Early Career Award for her project entitled, Pharmacokinetics of Clonidine Administered in the Infant Population.