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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.

Austin Wesevich, MD, MPH receives the Robert M. Califf, MD, Medicine Resident Research Award for his study entitled Utilization of Text Messages to Supplement Rounding Communication.

Gabriela M. Maradiaga Panayotti, MD, FAAP, associate professor of pediatrics in the Division of Primary Care Pediatrics, was recently selected by the Duke University School of Medicine (SoM) Office of Diversity and Inclusion to receive the 2021 Michelle P. Winn Inclusive Excellence Team Award for her work with Viviana Martinez-Bianchi, MD on “Latinx Health During COVID-19”.

Through the Moments to Movement initiative, the Duke School of Medicine has begun work to create a truly diverse and just institution. On June 23, 2021, during the annual State of the School Address, Dean Mary E. Klotman will share highlights from the School's plan to dismantle racism.