New and competing renewal awards for August 2022
The following is a list of new and competing renewal awards that were made to faculty in the Department of Pediatrics for the month of August 2022.
No more guessing on the right dose for children
Over the last 20 years, the portfolio of active industry and government research grants to a core group of pediatrics faculty working in the Duke Clinical Research Institute has grown from $5 million to $750 million.
Beaman wins best platform presentation at David W. Smith Workshop
Makenzie Beaman, a pediatric scientist in training in the Medical Science Training Program (MSTP), was selected for the best fellow platform presentation award at the 43rd Annual David W. Smith Workshop on Malformations and Morphogenesis on August 23.
Duke Health Performs World's First Partial Heart Transplant
A team at Duke Health has performed what is believed to be the world’s first partial heart transplant, with the living arteries and valves from a freshly donated heart fused onto a patient’s existing heart. The goal is to allow the valves to grow with the pediatric patient over time, increasing life expectancy.
Duke awarded $12M research grant to use artificial intelligence to detect autism
The Duke Center for Autism and Brain Development has been awarded a $12 million federal grant to develop artificial intelligence tools for detecting autism during infancy and identifying brain-based biomarkers of autism.
Faculty Spotlight: Aditi Korlimarla, MBBS
Aditi Korlimarla, MBBS, is a medical instructor in the Division of Medical Genetics, who oversees a multidisciplinary industry-sponsored study that focuses on the natural history and disease progression of children with Pompe disease.
Getting sleep back on track for school
The days of summer are quickly coming to a close. For those on a traditional school schedule, having a few months out of school may mean more time at the pool, summer camps, and lots of fun in the sun. But one potentially unwelcome aspect of summer vacation is an erratic and delayed sleep schedule.
New and competing renewal awards for July 2022
The following is a list of new and competing renewal awards that were made to faculty in the Department of Pediatrics for the month of July 2022.
Medical experts address fears, realities of Monkeypox
While children can contract the monkeypox virus, it is not likely to spread rapidly once schools reopen this fall, a Duke pediatrician cautioned Friday.
Faculty Spotlight: Mary Buckley, MD
Mary Buckley, MD is a pediatric rheumatologist, with a particular affinity for the puzzle-solving aspects of the field and working with fellows and other learners both inside and outside the clinic.