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Stories
A Grateful Family Says 'Thank You'
Peter Morrisette and his family are grateful to Duke for saving his life after multiple tumors were discovered in his lower leg.
The Power of Scholarships – Vicki Grossmann
Vicki Grossmann is director of the Good Shepherd Clinic and Children’s Home in Quetzaltenango, Guatemala. She and her small medical team care for more than 2,000 indigent adults and orphan children a year.
The Power of Scholarships – Timothy Bouley
As founder and leader of the World Bank’s Climate Change and Health Program, Timothy Bouley works with governments to safeguard their health programming against potential detrimental effects of climate change.
Scientists Use New Data Mining Strategy to Spot Those at High Alzheimer’s Risk
The push to develop treatments for Alzheimer’s disease has been a promising and disappointing endeavor over the past two decades, yielding a greater understanding of the disease yet still failing to generate successful new drugs.
Heath's Duke Children's Story
Heath underwent a heart transplant when he was eleven months old. Now ten, Duke Children's and his supportive family give Heath all the tools he needs to lead a healthy and active life.
A Life-Saving Transplant Secures a Promising Future at Duke
Duke Children's patient Graham Rogers and his family share their moving story of Graham's kidney transplant and how his Duke Pediatric Nephrology Care Team saved his life and secured a promising future for the now-20-year-old.
Bill Hudson and L.C. Industries
Bill Hudson and L.C. Industries provided major financial support for building the new state-of-the-art Duke Eye Center building. Mr. Hudson and Duke's world-class ophthalmologists and researchers, share a passion to cure all blindness by creating the future of eye care at Duke.
A Champion for Newborns Remembers Duke Fondly
R. Rodney Howell, MD’57, HS’57-’60 has dedicated his career to advancing the screening of newborns to diagnose potentially harmful conditions.
A Good Way to Give
T. Rudolph “Rudy” Howell, MD’58, vividly remembers his first day at Duke University School of Medicine.
24 Years and Counting
A large number of options for advanced prostate cancer is what drew James "Jimmy" Barnes to Duke Cancer Institute, after having been treated at UNC-Chapel Hill for more than a decade.