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The following is a select list of new and competing renewal awards that were made to faculty in the Department of Pediatrics for the months of November 2021 to December 2021.

The following are new and competing renewal awards made to faculty in the Department of Pediatrics through the month of December 2021.

The survival rate of extremely preterm infants born from 2013 through 2018 in a large network of U.S. research centers improved to 78.3%, compared to 76% for infants born in the network from 2008 to 2012, according to researchers funded by the National Institutes of Health.

Centrally coordinated through the Office of Physician Scientist Development (OPSD) administration, Duke is home to four NIH R38 Stimulating Access to Research in Residency (StARR) grants (the maximum currently available, and more than any other institution).

The School of Medicine Office for Faculty recently announced the 2022 ALICE participants, including Monica Lemmon, MD, associate professor of pediatrics in the Division of Neurology.

Jeffrey Russ, MD, medical instructor in the Department of Pediatrics in the Division of Neurology, has been selected to receive a 2022 Physician-Scientist “Strong Start” award.

Gabriela Maradiaga Panayotti is a Duke pediatrician who readily acknowledges that she can encourage teens to get vaccinated and give them all the reasons why she thinks they should, but the reality

A. Eugene Washington, MD, Chancellor for Health Affairs, Duke University and President and CEO, Duke University Health System, recently announced the appointment of Jeffrey Ferranti, MD, MS, professor of pediatrics, family medicine and community health, and biostatistics and bioinformatics, as the Chief Digital Officer & Senior Vice President, Duke University Health System.

The School of Medicine Office for Faculty recently announced the 2022 Duke Clinical Leadership Program (DCLP) participants, including 7 from Pediatrics.

Andrew Landstrom, MD, PhD, an associate professor of pediatrics in the Division of Cardiology and assistant professor of cell biology, has received a Single Ventricle Research Fund (SVRF) from the nonprofit foundation Additional Ventures.