News and Events

Duke University Med/Peds Rheumatology Fellowship Training Program—one of only a few in the country offering combined training in adult and pediatric rheumatology—is receiving a grant from the Arthritis Foundation to support a new fellow.

Jasmine Willis-Wallace, EdD, has been named vice chair of diversity, equity and inclusion in the Duke Department of Pediatrics, effective July 1, 2022.

Co-Chief Resident Anna E. Williams, MD was recently selected as a recipient of the American Society of Nephrology's 2022 Loan Mitigation Pilot Program (LMPP).

The following is a list of new and competing renewal awards that were made to faculty in the Department of Pediatrics for the month of March 2022. Please extend your congratulations to the following individuals. 

With April being Celebrate Diversity Month and Autism Awareness/Acceptance Month, it is a fitting time to highlight Duke's work around neurodiversity.

We are excited to announce that nominations for the Department of Pediatrics Faculty and Staff Awards are now being accepted!

Rebecca Hatcher Buckley, MD, James Buren Sidbury Distinguished Professor of Pediatrics in the School of Medicine in the Division of Allergy and Immunology, recently announced her retirement following nearly five decades of service at Duke University.

Rasheed Gbadegesin, MD, MBBS, was recently elected into the Association of American Physicians (AAP).

April is Celebrate Diversity Month, and it provides us time to reflect on how our differences are our strengths. Celebrating diversity allows us to honor people from a range of different social and ethnic backgrounds and of different genders, sexual orientations and religions.

The annual Duke Health Quality & Safety conference took place (virtually) March 21-25 and celebrated work in quality improvement, safety and teamwork across the Duke University Health System.