Hiding in plain sight: Established HIV medication may also help restore effects of dystonia
New research from Duke University has found that ritonavir, an FDA-approved medication currently used to treat HIV, corrects multiple brain abnormalities associated with a mouse model of a genetic
Staff Spotlight: Kathryn Lennon
As one of the Grants & Contracts Administrators within the School of Medicine’s Research Administration Support Resource (RASR), Kathryn Lennon helps manage funded research projects from th
Student Spotlight: Mengyi (Miko) Liu
Mengyi (Miko) Liu first became interested in bioinformatics and computational biology during her sophomore year of college, when she learned about the depth and breadth of information those fie
Abella chosen as Duke's fall 2021 University Scholar
Irene Abella, MSN, APRN, a Doctor of Nursing Practice student in the Duke University School of Nursing and a nurse practitioner at the Duke Sleep Disorders Center, had to read her acceptance l
Duke Neurology D&I Committee members share their voices on inclusion, diversity, equity, and anti-racism
Last July the Duke Neurology Department's Diversity and Inclusion (D&I) Committee began a project to amplify the voices of its community through writing.
Staff Spotlight: Tiffany Tran
As our Movement Disorders clinic’s newest clinical research coordinator, Tiffany Tran has what she sees as “the best of both worlds”: opportunities to interact with patients living with m
Faculty Spotlight: Kathryn Moore, MD, MSc
Kathryn Moore’s interest in neurology goes back to at least the 6th grade, when she used an apple slice to explain the basics of brain anatomy to her friends.
Duke/UNC awarded grant to establish joint Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center
Duke University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have been awarded funds from the National Institutes of Health to establish a prestigious Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center (AD
Faculty Spotlight: Jody Feld, DPT, PhD
Jody Feld, DPT, PhD, had her first exposure to physical therapy after a childhood athletic injury.
Duke Neurology Research Round Up, September 2021
Members of the Duke Neurology Department contributed to seventeen peer-reviewed research studies published this August.