Medical team returns from Haiti
By Shaoli Chaudhuri | February 17, 2010After 10 days in Haiti, the Duke medical team sent in the wake of last month’s earthquake returned home Monday.
After 10 days in Haiti, the Duke medical team sent in the wake of last month’s earthquake returned home Monday.
A devastating earthquake has pushed Haiti into national focus, but many students are unfamiliar with the island’s people and culture. Deborah Jenson, a French studies professor, hopes to change...
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation pledged one of the largest donations in history to support vaccination around the world Jan. 29.
While some choose to raise funds in conventional ways—by selling cookies or washing cars—Venus Standard is raffling off her house.
For Duke University Health System, cleaning up may help keep costs down for patients. Last month, several Consumer Reports National Research Center surveys showed that 4 percent of patients and 28...
Duke is making another move to strengthen global relations—this time, with the prospect of medical advancement in mind. The University will collaborate on two initiatives with an India-based drug...
The water outage on Central Campus Wednesday evening was a result of construction taking place in the Medical Center.
When Kathy Walmer arrived in earthquake-stricken Haiti at the end of January, a highway bypass functioned as a makeshift airstrip.
Eighteen first-year graduate students in the Pratt School of Engineering are benefiting from personalized mentoring through a new program offered by the Engineering Graduate Student Council.
The new decade will see changes in health care technology.
Humans are social animals, and play is a fundamental part of human behavior. Sport, as a form of organized play, can bring people together in groups that resemble the clans, tribes, hunting bands...
Two months ago, President Barack Obama launched his “Educate to Innovate” campaign to advance science, technology, engineering and math education, but a Duke professor has been working toward that...
The Chronicle talks with Catherine Gilliss, professor of nursing and dean of the School of Nursing. Gilliss is Duke Medicine's first vice chancellor for nursing affairs.
The pandemonium following the detonation of a “dirty bomb” may be diminished by the work of Duke researchers.
A team of Duke students and faculty are aiming to improve the quality of medical equipment in the developing world.
Dr. Edward Buckley, vice dean for medical education, spoke with The Chronicle’s Alejandro Bolívar about plans for the new Learning Center and how it will improve medical education and training at...
In an effort to keep the number of swine flu cases low, Student Health has organized a clinic Friday to administer H1N1 vaccines to students.
The Duke Global Health Institute unveiled 14 of the 20 members that will comprise its new Board of Advisors, Dec. 8. More members will be announced in the coming months.