News and Events

Congratulations to the Fall 2021 DASHE recipients, including Rachel O'Brian, MD, medical instructor in the Department of Pediatrics (Emergency Medicine).

Congratulations to the 2021 ALICE program graduates, including Carolyn Avery, MD, Mai ElMallah, MD, and Mikelle Key-Solle from the Department of Pediatrics! 

Christoph Hornik MD, PhD, MPH, has recently been named the new vice chair of research in the Department of Pediatrics, effective January 14, 2022.

Adolescents and young adults are at a pivotal time in their lives, during which health trajectories firmly take hold. A range of complex health issues that intermingle physical, behavioral, and developmental dynamics are common in this age group.

Congratulations to the 2021 ADVANCE-UP program graduates, including Gillian Noel, MD; Victoria Parente, MD; and Joanna Robles, MD from the Department of Pediatrics! 

Duke Children's Hospital has been named a Center of Care by the Children's Cardiomyopathy Foundation (CCF), a national nonprofit committed to improving the health outcomes and quality of life for children with cardiomyopathy.

They say timing is everything and Lindsay Terrell, MD, knows that saying rings true. Terrell is the clinical director for the Duke Foster Care Clinic.

A survey of parents and caregivers of children with cancer found that nearly a third of them expressed hesitancy to vaccinate their youngsters against COVID-19.

In November, we celebrate our nation’s indigenous people during National Native American Heritage Month. In addition, Nov. 26, 2021, is Native American Heritage Day.

Stephen Balevic, MD, assistant professor of pediatrics (Rheumatology) and assistant professor of medicine; Neil Surana, MD, PhD, assistant professor of pediatrics (Infectious Diseases), and as