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![Claire Aldridge, PhD’96](/sites/default/files/styles/story_archive_850_x_560/public/2021-04/aldridge-claire-excerpt.png?itok=jjbmRMhW)
Turning a Terrifying Ordeal into an Opportunity to Help
Before Claire Aldridge, PhD’96, and her husband, Matt Burnside, took their daughter on a long-planned spring break trip to New York City, she checked...
![Charles Lucore, MD’83, P’17, MBA](/sites/default/files/styles/story_archive_850_x_560/public/2021-04/lucore-charles-excerpt.png?itok=q6dPZOTN)
‘Like a Tsunami’
When reports early last winter indicated that a mysterious new infectious disease had broken out of its point of origin in Wuhan, China, Charles...
![A member of the Duke Nursing Alumni Council with the Duke Blue Devil mascot](/sites/default/files/styles/story_archive_850_x_560/public/2020-12/nac2020-excerpt.png?itok=cHG7CUTU)
The Nursing Alumni Council 2020
Duke University School of Nursing celebrated its 90th birthday in 2020. In the time since its doors opened, much has changed. The School’s location on...
![Judith Snyderman, RN’64, Honorary Alumna’19](/sites/default/files/styles/story_archive_850_x_560/public/2020-05/snyderman-judith-excerpt.png?itok=xeu5WiQb)
Artist Judith Snyderman Supports Geriatrics Nursing Research...
When artist Judith Snyderman, RN’64, Honorary Alumna’19, was in high school in Brooklyn, New York, her grandmother had a major stroke. One side of her...
![Grace Terrell, MD’89, HS’89-’90](/sites/default/files/styles/story_archive_850_x_560/public/2019-11/terrell-grace-excerpt.jpg?itok=DOkkIl8U)
Revealing the Secrets of Rare Diseases
Grace Terrell, MD’89, HS’89-’90, uses precision medicine technology to improve the odds for patients in search of diagnoses.
![Amy Abernethy, MD’94, HS’94-’01, PhD](/sites/default/files/styles/story_archive_850_x_560/public/2019-11/abernathy-amy-excerpt.jpg?itok=OsIfqMcL)
Putting Data and Tech on a Fast Track
In her new position as principal deputy commissioner of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Amy Abernethy, MD’94, HS’94-’01, PhD, is working to use...
![Donald Lucey, MD’63, with his wife, Shirley](/sites/default/files/styles/story_archive_850_x_560/public/2019-06/lucey-donald-withshirley-sm_0.jpg?itok=8bXZJLl2)
A Calling to Serve
Lucey, a clinical professor emeritus of urology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, has a long-term commitment to giving back and...