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At Duke Health, we are uniting a remarkable team of people fearlessly taking on health care’s biggest challenges. We invite you to join us. Together, we will push the boundaries of what is possible. Together, we will achieve extraordinary outcomes and transform the world of medicine.

Your support is the catalyst for groundbreaking medical research, innovations in patient care, and tomorrow’s health care leaders. Your generosity today will shape the health care of tomorrow. Your donation is not just a gift; it is an investment in a healthier, brighter future for all.

The Duke Difference

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We Are Outrageously Ambitious

We aim high, equipping leaders to transform the field and set new standards for treating diseases.

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We Win as a Team

Collaboration is at the heart of everything we do. When we win, we win as a team.

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We Always Look for Yes

We relentlessly seek solutions, overcome obstacles, and turn possibilities into realities.

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We Get Things Done

We don’t just dream great things: we live to do the work it takes to achieve them.

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Why We're MADE FOR THIS

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After a Brain Tumor Diagnosis Came Hope
Sabrina Lewandowski was diagnosed with a usually fatal form of glioblastoma that many centers would have considered untreatable. But the research-intensive team at Duke took a different approach — and 23 years later, she's living her life and raising her 13-year-old daughter.
Julian Liber, a fourth-year PhD student in hat and puffy jacket, sitting on the side of a mountain collecting fungal samples.
The Fungal Fallout of Climate Disasters 
When Hurricane Helene hit Western North Carolina, it left more than flood damage—it fostered mold and fungal growth. Now, a Duke University team is studying how post-disaster fungi could affect health and recovery in a warming world.
McDonnell discusses research with postdoctoral fellow Vaishnavi Subramanyan, PhD, and graduate student Jill Caiazzi.
How Duke Research Turned Failure Into Hope for Patients With Breast Cancer
The discovery in the lab of Duke cancer pharmacologist Donald McDonnell of a new drug treatment has changed the lives of thousands of patients of a type of breast cancer. The decade-long research behind the drug is exemplary of the benefits of the historical partnership between the federal government and universities in supporting biomedical research. It also shows the singular role universities play in developing treatments that can be brought to market.
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The Fragile Future of American Science
A proposed cap on National Institutes of Health funding could cost Duke University millions and stall critical breakthroughs -- like Laurie Sanders's blood test for early Parkinson's disease.
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Symposium Highlights Cutting-Edge Research
Duke University School of Medicine’s research symposium showcased how discovery science, AI, technology, and translation are driving progress on some of the biggest challenges in biomedical science.
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Unlocking the Secrets of the Brain
Scientists at Duke are inventing novel approaches to understand the inner workings of the brain and to create ever more effective ways to repair and restore it.
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Precision Health
Revolutionary advances in genomics, gene editing, and big data have given us the ability to understand, prevent, detect, diagnose, and treat disease with extraordinary levels of precision.
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