Recent News
Woods Awarded Research Mentoring Award for Translational Research
Chris Woods, M.D., Professor of Medicine, Professor in Pathology, Research Professor of Global Health, was recognized at the 2019 Spring Faculty Meeting and awarded a Research Mentoring Award for Translational Research.
Call for Proposals: Pfizer-NCBiotech Distinguished Postdoctoral Fellowships in Gene Therapy
Deadline: Wednesday, July 17, 2019 (noon)
Request for Proposals Translating Duke Health Cardiovascular Disease Initiative
Duke Health is excited to announce a request for innovative pilot project proposals for high risk/high impact research in the area of the heart and disease.
Jeanette McCarthy interviews Dr. Toni Pollin about genetic testing and diabetes
Diabetes is a chronic condition characterized by elevated levels of blood glucose and the inability to properly process food for use as energy.
Looking for a REMedy
New Bass Connections team aims to help patients sleep better in the hospital
Signature Care: Embracing Personalized Genomic Medicine
Concierge medicine is just one of the many ways healthcare is being tailored to meet its clients’ needs.
Events
The Transforming Obesity Research at Duke University Symposium
June 21, 2019 - 8:30am
DCRI Morris Building
New Funding
The Enabling Precision Health and Medicine Bass Connections team, led by Susanne Haga has been renewed for the 2019-2020 school year.
A new Bass Connections project, the Smart Toilet: A disruptive technology to improve health and wellness, led by Geoff Ginsburg, has been funded for the 2019-2020 school year.
Ephraim Tsalik is one of five finalists for the Antimicrobial Resistance Diagnostic Challenge through NIH. He will receive a grant to further develop his prototype and supply it for testing to two CLIA-certified independent laboratories.
Micah McClain received a 4-year Merit Award from the VA to explore the host genomic response to rickettsial infections in human patients and develop novel PCR-based tests that are capable of accurately diagnosing Spotted Fever Group rickettsii and Scrub typhus infections, which will allow for better therapeutic decision making.
Featured Publications
CAGPMers study differences in utilization of MeTree in more diverse patient populations
Several CAGPMers co-authored a paper in Applied Clinical Informatics in which they investigated sociodemographic differences in the use of a patient-facing family health history-based risk assessment platform.
CAGPMers use host gene expression approach to identify triggers of asthma exacerbations
Several CAGPMers explored the performance of validated peripheral blood gene expression signatures in discriminating bacterial, viral, and noninfectious triggers in asthma patients.
Ginsburg, Haga and Myers partner with 23andMe
CAGPM faculty partnered with the 23andMe Health + Ancestry service in a study to assess impact of personal genetic testing experience on primary care physicians’ knowledge and attitudes.
IGNITE network studies response of patients to genomic medicine interventions
The IGNITE network performed cross-network analyses to identify associations between participant demographics and attitudes toward the intervention, plan to share results, and quality of life among their six genomic medicine projects.
Orlando co-leads randomized control trial of at-risk patients
Lori Orlando and faculty from the Department of Orthopedic Surgery examined the efficacy of a first-time anterior shoulder dislocation (FTASD) decision tool intervention with individual preference measurement compared with a text-based control in a randomized controlled trial.
Woods and colleagues publish study on communities affected by gold mining in the Peruvian Amazon
Chris Woods, along with several colleagues from Duke, examined how mercury exposure and poor nutritional status can interact with immune responses in children.
Core Resources
Diagnostics Development Laboratory
The laboratory brings together expertise in molecular microbiology with genome sciences to develop next-generation diagnostic tests.
BioBank
We support biobanking activities including IRB, sample collection, processing, storage, bar-coded chain of custody and e-inventory management.
Data Science and Analytics
We provide support for data management and integration, informatics, and statistical analyses on complex ‘-omics’ and clinical datasets.