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Stories
Journey of Medical Student Albert Howell
Albert Howell shares his journey to the MD program at Duke and the importance of scholarship support in making his dream come true.
Symposium Highlights Cutting-Edge Research
Duke University School of Medicine’s research symposium showcased how discovery science, AI, technology, and translation are driving progress on some of the biggest challenges in biomedical science.
Journey of Duke Physician Assistant Student Kristina Miller
Physician assistant student Kristina Miller reflects on her journey to Duke and how the Hamilton-Carter Scholarship helped her achieve her goals.
Precision Health
Revolutionary advances in genomics, gene editing, and big data have given us the ability to understand, prevent, detect, diagnose, and treat disease with extraordinary levels of precision.
Unlocking the Secrets of the Brain
Scientists at Duke are inventing novel approaches to understand the inner workings of the brain and to create ever more effective ways to repair and restore it.
Journey of Nursing Student Martin Roskoski
Martin Roskoski shares his motivation for attending Duke University School of Nursing and how scholarship support makes a difference in his journey.
John Karickhoff: Bringing the Light of Innovation to Duke Eye Center
In addition to being a talented teacher, surgeon, and humanitarian, John Karickhoff, MD'64, HS‘64-'68, is a visionary. He recently gave $1 million to launch the Duke Ocular Innovation Hub. The hub will serve both as an engine to drive innovation and a repository for innovations developed at Duke Eye Center.
Fighting Fungal Pathogens
Among the risks posed by a rapidly changing climate is the threat of fungal pathogens. Fungal infections currently cause 1.5 million deaths worldwide, and rising temperatures have the potential to make pathogenic fungi still more dangerous.
Saving Two Lives with One Heart
Duke Health is one of the nation’s leading transplant centers; we perform over 400 life-saving congenital heart surgeries annually, with shorter wait times and better survival rates for heart transplants than the national average. In recent years, Duke’s heart surgeons have pioneered a series of breakthrough heart transplant procedures, giving new life and new hope to children and adults who would otherwise have had no options.