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March 05, 2007 Volume 16 No. 5

Investing in Faculty
School of Medicine Chooses Six Faculty Members as First Duke Med Scholar

As a world-class academic medical institution, Duke faces a common problem: we want to recruit and retain the brightest and the best faculty members, but those same faculty members are also highly sought after by other institutions.

“Because the quality of the faculty is the single most defining element of any academic organization, we must invest in faculty members -- not just to get them to come here, but to convince them to make Duke...

Five of the six Duke Med Scholars shared plans on the quad while waiting for a more formal photo. Pictured above (from left) are Terry Lechler, Michelle P. Winn, Farshid Guilak, Rob Wechsler-Reya and Tannishtha Reya. Not pictured is Paul Noble.

	The Move To Tobacco-Free Environments The decision of Duke Medicine and other Triangle-area hospitals to make their campuses 100...
	New Lab Brings Community Together Duke Opens Laboratory That Will Serve As A Regional Center for Infectious Diseases and Biodefense The new Biocontainment Laboratory in the Global Health Research Building is such a collaborative...
	Getting a Better “HealthView” DUHS Offers Web Savvy Customers Online Appointments, Bill Payment and Medical Information It just got much easier for Duke University Health System (DUHS) patients to access more of their...
	Making a Difference with Translational Research For Bruce Sullenger, Ph.D., translational research -- the idea of moving discoveries from the...
	DUKE MEDICINE Extraordinary People. Extraordinary Care. When financial care counselor Cindy Ferrell walked into Duke Hospital Admissions at 5:00 one...