Meet Physicians & Scientists
Meet Physicians & Scientists
Meet Grateful Patients
Meet Medical & Nursing Students
Meet Medical & Nursing Alumni
Meet Donors Like You
Research
Education
Patient Care
COVID-19: Meet our Heroes
Story Archive
![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...
![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...
![Cagla Eroglu, PhD, and Kafui Dzirasa, MD, PhD](/sites/default/files/styles/story_archive_850_x_560/public/2021-10/eroglu-dzirasa-excerpt.jpg?itok=PJaBmy8k)
Duke Brain Scientists Named Howard Hughes Medical Institute...
Kafui Dzirasa, MD, PhD, the K. Ranga Rama Krishnan Associate Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, and Cagla Eroglu, PhD...
![Video cover: Duke Science and Technology: Resilience and the Importance of Basic Science](/sites/default/files/styles/story_archive_850_x_560/public/2021-10/dst-biologic-resilience.png?itok=qGH-d83j)
Duke Science and Technology: Resilience and the Importance...
When we get a cold, or a cut on our hand, we will heal. This concept of resilience is being studied and researched at Duke, and basic science research...
![Image representing a pinpoint of light, Photo by McDobbie Hu on Unsplash](/sites/default/files/styles/story_archive_850_x_560/public/2021-08/hartwell-foundation-horstmeyer-excerpt.png?itok=-hW3-PXD)
Harnessing Light to Measure Brain Function
A portable optical tool that promises to make surgical planning easier and less invasive for children who need surgery for epilepsy will get its first...
![Sandeep Dave, MD, MS](/sites/default/files/styles/story_archive_850_x_560/public/2021-08/dave-sandeep-excerpt.jpg?itok=1hadzRXo)
Getting Personal with Blood Cancers
For most cancers, advances in genomics haven’t changed treatment strategies very much. Sandeep Dave, MD, MS, envisions making personalized treatment a...
![Woman sitting on couch while covering her ears](/sites/default/files/styles/story_archive_850_x_560/public/2021-07/misophonia-excerpt.png?itok=C-WA2ICM)
Duke Center Offers Hope for People with Misophonia
Thanks to the support of philanthropic partners, in 2019 Duke launched the Center for Misophonia & Emotion Regulation, the only center of its kind in...