Lawrence David, PhD, and Melanie Thomas, MD, have been named Fulbright Scholars for the 2024-2025 academic year. The Fulbright Scholars Program awards fellowships to faculty, administrators, and other professionals to teach, research, and conduct professional projects for up to one year in more than 135 different countries. 

Anthony Filiano, PhD, an assistant professor in the Department of Neurosurgery, has received a $375,000 grant from the Rosenau Family Research Foundation to support his research on Krabbe disease.

With extreme heat waves now five times more likely to occur than 150 years ago, the risk of other extreme events such as wildfires has also risen. a multidisciplinary team of scientists from around the world set out to build a model that will allow health officials and policymakers to predict the impact of wildfires anywhere in the world on their communities.

A few days before graduation, Duke Medical Alumni Association invited graduating MD students and their families to a uniquely Duke experience. Groups had the chance to climb the vertigo-inducing, stone steps – all 239 of them – up through the spiral staircase inside Duke Chapel's tower, leading all the way to the roof.

Clare Smith, PhD, has been named a Pew Scholar in the Biomedical Sciences. This award provides four years of funding to young investigators to explore some of the most pressing questions in human health and medicine.

In 2021, Huang co-led a group of scientists undertaking the task of mapping out the mouse’s brain. Though the final atlas “only” charted one large portion of the brain, the 17 papers from over 250 scientists provided an unparalleled roadmap – at a single-cell resolution – of the entire motor cortex in mice, marmosets and humans.

Duke University School of Medicine students and faculty met with a delegation of Navy Medicine senior leaders to explore collaborative research and scholarship opportunities available within military health care. 

The Office of Learning Environment and Wellbeing will launch a pilot project to investigate the feasibility and impact of a cross-disciplinary peer support program on connectedness, burnout, and wellness for students in health professions education programs.

Ralph Snyderman served as chancellor for Health Affairs and dean of the School of Medicine from 1989 to 2004, leading the development of the Duke University Health System and serving as its first president and CEO.

The Duke Doctor of Physical Therapy (DPT) program held the White Coat Ceremony for the Class of 2025 in Duke Chapel on June 4. The celebration marked the end of didactic work and the transition to third-year clinical experiences for the 96 students.