Recent News
Bass Connections team tackles precision health, medicine
The 2018-2019 Enabling Precision Health and Medicine Bass Connection team showcased their work at the 2019 Bass Connections Fair on April 17.
Student Reflection: WearDuke
Short reflection from 2018-2019 Enabling Precision Health and Medicine Bass Connections student.
Duke Signs Contract with LabArchives
Duke recently signed a contract with LabArchives to provide electronic research notebooks to everyone at Duke for no cost.
Can TBI biomarkers forecast seizures after injury?
Medicine and Neurology partnership receive Department of Defense Grant to investigate traumatic brain injuries and secondary illnesses.
Henao collaborates on three Innovation Projects
CAGPM faculty Ricardo Henao is a principal investigator in three 2019 Innovation Projects supported by the Duke Institute for Health Innovation.
Ginsburg to Speak at Personalized Medicine: Research & Adoption
CAGPM Director Geoff Ginsburg will introduce and moderate a session on the latest research in personalized medicine at Personalized Medicine: Research & Adoption forum.
Events
Symposium on Storytelling with Data at NC State University
April 25, 2019 - 2:00pm
Science Seminar Room 3211 Engineering Building 2, Centennial Campus
Biomedical HIV Prevention & Supporting African Women
April 25, 2019 - 7:00pm
Duke Genomic Medicine Collaboratory Director Candidate Seminar
April 29, 2019 - 12:00pm
Classroom 3, Trent Semans Center for Health Education
The Myosin Mesa and Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy: Mutations to Mechanisms to Therapies
May 1, 2019 - 4:00pm
Trent Semans Center, Great Hall
Duke Signature Care Conversation: How Can Personalized Genomic Medicine Work For Me?
May 1, 2019 - 5:30pm
Washington Duke Inn, Ambassador Allen Conference Room
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.
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.
Shaw co-author on paper exploring feasibility, acceptability and usability of integrating mobile health technologies to collect and monitor symptoms for PBMT patients
Ryan Shaw and colleagues published a paper describing how using mobile health technologies may enhance symptom management for pediatric blood and marrow transplant patients by providing patient-generated health data to foster personalized health strategies.
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.