Carol Deane advances her long history of support for Duke by establishing a Presidential Distinguished Chair

Gift by Marion Stein, MD, to support research and faculty at the Duke Human Vaccine Institute.

What if we could disable the defense mechanisms that enable cancer cells to evade treatment, or even control their genes to prevent them from developing into tumors in the first place? Can we enhance our brain’s ability to forestall damage from Alzheimer’s disease and other neurodegenerative conditions? Is it possible to develop a vaccine for everything?

A new gift from the R.J. Samulski Innovation Foundation has endowed a professorship in the Department of Radiation Oncology.