Family creates the John Rhea Armstrong Memorial Fund to support glioblastoma research.

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.”

Suzanne Markel-Fox, PhD, and Jonathan C. Fox, MD, PhD, FACC, are committed to nurturing growth in just about everything they do, from tending vegetables to developing new cardiovascular and metabolic medicines and training the next generation of physician scientists.

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.