News and Events

The American Board of Pediatrics (ABP) has selected David A. Turner, MD, to be Vice President for Competency-Based Medical Education (CBME), beginning Sept. 9, 2020.

For KidsFirst, Kristina Nazareth-Pidgeon, MD, outlines the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) recommendations for safe sleep for infants aged 0-1 year.

Thomas Kinney, MD, passed away on May 25, 2020. The legacy and impact he leaves at Duke as a champion in the field of children’s healthcare is exceptional.

Michael D. Deel, MD, assistant professor of pediatrics in the Division of Hematology-Oncology, has been selected to receive a 2020 Physician-Scientist “Strong Start” award. The School of Medicine created the awards program in 2016, funded with a gift from the Duke Endowment, to support promising, new physician-scientists at Duke as they develop independent research programs. He will receive $70,000 annually for three years to support his research program.

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

While visiting her son at Duke University Hospital's pediatric cardiac intensive care unit, one mother would take out her drawing pad and begin Bible journaling. It's a practice that involves writing and illustrating inspirational religious quotes.

In a recent study, Duke researchers tested whether a single infusion of a unit of a child’s own or donor cord blood could improve social communication skills in children between the ages of 2-7 diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder.

The School of Medicine has assembled a “SWAT Team” of individuals in various research support offices to facilitate proposal preparation and submission for investigators who seek funding for COVID-19 research.

Congratulations to Genevieve Fouda, MD, PhD, associate professor of pediatrics in the Division of Infectious Diseases, for receiving an R21 grant entitled, Molecular signatures of broad neutralization in HIV infected children

Sujay Kansagra, MD, decided to focus on neurology and pediatric sleep as a medical student, both because of the room the field offered for research and education.