News and Events

The Duke Pediatric and Adult Sickle Cell Clinics in collaboration with community partners are sponsoring two important events in downtown Durham in recognition of World Sickle Cell Day.

Duke Children’s Hospital once again ranked among the top 50 children’s medical centers nationally and retained its position at No. 1 in North Carolina, according to this year’s annual list from U.S. News & World Report.

The Duke site of the National Clinician Scholars Program (NCSP) welcomes new faculty leadership as it enters its third year as part of this national consortium. 

The Duke Center for Research to Advance Healthcare Equity has named the recipients of its 2021-2022 Research Education and Training Subcore Awards, including Purnima Valdez, MD, assistant professor of pediatrics in the Division of Neurology.

The Institutional Committee for Graduate Medical Education has selected Austin Wesevich, MD, MPH, a

In 2006, Sarah Armstrong, MD, created the Healthy Lifestyles Program, now one of the largest outpatient pediatric obesity clinics in the country.

Jason Lang, MD, MPH, Duke pediatric pulmonologist and associate professor of pediatrics, was recently named Medical Director of DCRI Safety Surveillance.

Adrian Epstein, MD, a second year fellow in the Division of Neonatology, was recently awarded the 2021 Marshall Klaus Neonatal-Perinatal Research Award for his project entitled, Disruption of oligodendrogenesis following sepsis-induced injury to the postnatal subventricular zone.

Brian Ketterman, MD, a member of the Class of 2021, talks about what it was like to be a medical student during the COVID-19 pandemic, his favorite memories from his time at Duke, and his aspirations for the future.

Danny Benjamin, MD, PhD, MPH, co-chair of the ABC Science Collaborative, recently presented Plan A data to the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction (DPI). The NC Department of Public Instruction has engaged the ABC Science Collaborative to collate, analyze, and interpret COVID-19 data from middle and high schools in Plan A.