Anthony Filiano, PhD, an assistant professor in the Duke Department of Neurosurgery, has received a $375,000 grant from the Rosenau Family Research Foundation for a three-year project titled, “Immune Responses in Peripheral Nerves After Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplants for Krabbe.”

School of Medicine Dean Mary E. Klotman, MD, announced this week that Duke’s first Presidential Distinguished Chair will be named in honor of outgoing Chancellor for Health Affairs A. Eugene Washington, MD, and his wife, Marie.

The anonymous donor who established the inaugural Presidential Distinguished Chair in early 2021 said the gift was intended to support superb science and to honor the Washingtons. The professorship will be known as A. Eugene and Marie Washington Presidential Distinguished Chair.

Prior to 2011, the life expectancy of an individual diagnosed with metastatic melanoma was generally measured in months. There were no good treatment options. Among patients diagnosed with stage 4 melanoma, 50% developed metastasis to the brain, and only 5% were still alive five years after diagnosis.

The Right Brain Stroke Research and Education Fund will help to broaden the understanding and study of language impairments after right hemisphere stroke—and improve the lives of those who have experienced communication impairment.