Restaurant thanks Neuro ICU team for their Naan Stop work
[Update: The initial round of lunches from NaanStop has since inspired a series of more than 20 lunch donations for the Neuro ICU team, courtesy of the Duke Neurology Department.]
Duke University Hospital’s Neuro Intensive Care Unit received a welcome surprise this Friday--35 box lunches of northern Indian cuisine, donated courtesy of NaanStop, a nearby Indian restaurant.
Staff Spotlight: Viviana Cantillana
Before the COVID-19 epidemic, Viviana Cantillana managed the laboratory of Daniel Laskowitz, MD, MHS, in its home in the Bryan Research Building. Now, with her lab microscope in her living room, she’s performing stereology analysis on more than 200 samples of mouse brains from her own home. Cantillana talks to use about her work and how it has changed since the outbreak, how things have changed since she started at Duke nearly 20 years ago, and how she enjoys her spare time in isolation.
Duke Neurology Research Round Up, April 2020
What do a genetic analysis of the intersecting pathways between Alzheimer’s disease and depression, a national prize-winning essay examining the ethics of unionization for physicians, and a systematic review of the literature surrounding a new potential form of therapy for stroke recovery have in common? They’re all subjects of peer-reviewed journal articles written or co-written by members of the Neurology Department published this March.
Faculty Spotlight: Daniel Laskowitz, MD, MHS (2015)
This week’s Spotlight interview shines on self-described “triple threat” Daniel Laskowitz, MD, MHS. Laskowitz talks to us about his work in the Brain Injury Translational Center, offers some advice for younger faculty with interests in education, research, and clinical care, and shares his hopes of learning to ride a motorcycle and play the guitar when he’s not at Duke.