An anonymous $5 million gift has established a Presidential Distinguished Chair Professorship in endocrinology in honor of Diana McNeill, MD.

Drs. Armstrong and Newgard, have devised an innovative, community-based effort focused on children’s health and nutrition to fulfill her wish.

Todd Brady, and Andrea Darling explain why they choose to give back, and shared what they hope to accomplish through their philanthropy.

In appreciation of the gifts of knowledge and training, the George W. McLean estate has funded an endowment to support endocrinology research.

When Elizabeth Harden entered Duke School of Medicine in 1974, only 22 percent of medical school students in the U.S. were women. Harden found no such attitudes at Duke.

Georgeanna J. Klingensmith's generous bequest funds a professorship in pediatrics at Duke University School of Medicine.

Duke alum Leslie Graves has known about Duke’s mission to provide life-changing cancer care since she was a teenager. Her father was a childhood friend of legendary cancer surgeon William Shingleton, MD, when the two were growing up in eastern North Carolina.

The Kahns’ gift will support the newly established Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center that is focused on gathering data in pre-symptomatic, young, and diverse populations.

David G. Kirsch, MD, PhD, is leading a Duke Cancer Institute study on cancer biology and radiation response. By understanding how cancers develop, how tumors respond to therapy, and how they become resistant to therapy, his team is working to develop new therapies that save lives

Anru Zhang, PhD, hopes to give physicians another tool to treat disease and improve health – by turning patients’ electronic medical records into a treasure trove of information.