Wearing newly issued white coats and stethoscopes, 120 students joined Duke University School of Medicine's incoming class during a ceremony that marked their formal entry into the medical profession.The annual White Coat Ceremony is widely…
For more than 50 years, Edmund Joseph Wise, Jr. has carried Duke’s physician assistant program with him throughout a distinguished career in healthcare, education, and professional leadership. Now, Wise is giving back to the program that in…
As Duke University School of Medicine third year students gathered to share their research during the annual Medical Student Research Symposium, the posters lining the room told one story. The conversations surrounding them told another.
At the 57th annual Duke University Medical School Student Research Symposium, students shared discoveries born from an immersive third-year research experience.
For 26 years, Duke’s Exploring Medicine in Honduras program has immersed medical, nursing, and physical therapy students in collaborative, community-based care, teaching them to diagnose and treat patients in resource-limited settings while…
What if pain relief and addiction didn't have to go hand in hand? Duke researchers report a discovery that could help scientists design safer opioids. Their Nature study found that a small group of brain cells appear to play an important ro…
The tool, called Raygun in a nod to science fiction, can create shorter, longer, and highly modified versions of proteins while preserving their structure and function. The findings, published in Nature, open new possibilities for protein e…
In this candid conversation, Dr. Mary E. Klotman, executive vice president for health affairs of Duke University, dean of the Duke University School of Medicine, and chief academic officer of Duke Health, sits down with Dr. David W. Zaas, c…
A new study suggests what’s flushed down the drain can offer a real-time snapshot of what communities are eating. Researchers at Duke University School of Medicine and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill analyzed tiny fragments
When Max Bucklan opened an e-newsletter from the Duke Graduate School last March, his eyes landed on three words that “stopped me dead in my tracks,” he said. The three words? Biomedical video contest.
For decades they advanced discoveries that changed medicine, trained future generations of physicians and scientists, cared for patients, and guided Duke University School of Medicine into a leading academic medical center. The School of Me…
Magnify is Duke University School of Medicine's flagship magazine, publishing both online and print versions. Two stories a month are posted online, focused on the people who make up the School of Medicine community. Watch Dean Mary Klotman…