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![Stacia Smart and Owen Strong](/sites/default/files/styles/story_archive_850_x_560/public/2022-05/exerpt.jpg?itok=39AXpqNB)
'G'Owen Strong' for Brain Tumor Research
Those who knew and loved Owen Strong describe him as tall, lanky, handsome, smart, happy, funny, and nice: in sum, befitting his 2018 Halloween...
![Heather Whitson, MD](/sites/default/files/styles/story_archive_850_x_560/public/2022-03/dst-whitson-excerpt.png?itok=Y10xJUK7)
Duke Science and Technology Initiative: Unlocking Secrets of...
Duke has long been a leader in brain research and working to find treatments and cures for diseases like Alzheimer's. The new Duke-UNC Alzheimer's...
![John Harkey](/sites/default/files/styles/story_archive_850_x_560/public/2022-03/fundraising_personal_3.jpg?itok=DZ9vcpo4)
When Fundraising Is Personal
John Harkey and Jonathan Levin have a 25-year friendship built on trust. “He’s on the very short list of people for whom I would do anything."
![Zoe Petko playing ukulele](/sites/default/files/styles/story_archive_850_x_560/public/2022-01/petko-zoe-excerpt.jpg?itok=B7DspXEM)
A Trusting Relationship
Although the term “eating disorders” is fairly common, it’s a bit misleading. That’s according to experts at Duke who say eating disorders are not...
![Art by Sydney Mitchell of Duke Health employess represented as a mosaic with a brown and white hands intertwined](/sites/default/files/styles/story_archive_850_x_560/public/2021-12/psychgift-dei-excerpt.png?itok=B4jD4_bn)
$50K Gift Enables New Diversity, Equity and Inclusion...
In August 2020, the Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences received a $50,000 unrestricted gift from an anonymous donor through the Rhode...
![Emily Wang, MD](/sites/default/files/styles/story_archive_850_x_560/public/2021-12/Wang%20Emily%20600x400.jpg?itok=-HwyeeSW)
On The Inside
Emily Wang, MD’03, a professor in the Yale School of Medicine, explores the health effects that mass incarceration has on populations both inside and...
![Susan Blackwell, MHS, PA-C’89](/sites/default/files/styles/story_archive_850_x_560/public/2021-12/Susan%20Blackwell.jpg?itok=6i6pKEiL)
Navigating an Evolving Profession
In a lot of ways, Susan Blackwell (Crawford), MHS, PA-C’89, and the physician assistant profession have grown up together. They were born at roughly...