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This week’s Faculty Spotlight shines on primary care specialist Rushina Cholera, MD, PhD. Cholera talks to us about how she joined Duke’s first cohort of National Clinician Scholars to experience a rigorous, mentored experience that would allow her to hone the research skill set she had developed during her PhD in epidemiology, how she became interested in pediatric primary care, her interests in the social needs of children in immigrant and refugee families, and her reflections on her relationships with her mentors, students, and patients.

New and competing renewal awards made to faculty in the Department of Pediatrics through the month of July 2020 are announced.

Agnes Chao, MD, a third year fellow in the Division of Neonatology, was recently invited to join the Robert J. Lefkowitz Society. She was also awarded the Marshall Klaus Perinatal Research Award for her work with Eric J. Benner, MD, PhD, the George W. Brumley Jr. MD Distinguished Assistant Professor of Developmental Biology, on the therapeutic potential of oxysterols in neonatal white matter injury.

Edward G. Buckley, MD, vice dean for education in the School of Medicine, recently announced the appointment of Joseph Jackson, MD, associate professor of pediatrics, and Leonor Corsino, MD, associate professor of medicine, as associate deans for student affairs and advisory deans for the Doctor of Medicine program in the School of Medicine.

Sallie Permar, MD, PhD, and Stephen Patrick, MD, MPH, MS, have recently been jointly awarded the fifth annual Gale and Ira Drukier Prize in Children’s Health Research. The award honors early-career pediatricians whose research has made important contributions toward improving the health of children and adolescents.

Four physician-scientist trainees describe their lives and careers and how they have made the most of opportunities presented by COVID-19.

Duke University is among the “Best Employers for Women” in 2020, according to Forbes, which released rankings on Tuesday.

A multi-disciplinary scientific advisory board will provide rapid readouts of data on epidemiology, infection transmission rates, and other research. The pilot project, which is funded by the NIH, creates a model with potential to expand to additional school districts across the nation.

Michael Deel, MD, assistant professor of pediatrics in the Division of Hematology-Oncology and member of the Duke Cancer Institute, has dedicated his career to studying this fusion-positive rhabdomyosarcoma, with a goal of giving patients a better shot at a long and healthy life.

Emmanuel (Chip) B. Walter, MD, MPH, pediatric infectious diseases specialist, is principal investigator on a clinical trial for a SARS-COV-2 (COVID-19) vaccine. Geeta Swamy, MD, maternal-fetal medicine specialist, is co-investigator.