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Robert Lefkowitz (right) shared the 2012 Nobel Prize in Chemistry with his mentee Brian Kobilka (not pictured).

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The road to a Nobel Prize: Robert Lefkowitz writes memoir, reconnects with roots

By Yuexuan Chen | November 16, 2020

Lefkowitz’s memoir “A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Stockholm: The Adrenaline-Fueled Adventures of an Accidental Scientist” is set to be released in February of next year. The story builds up to the 2012 Nobel Prize in Chemistry that he shared with his mentee Brian Kobilka. He also shares his experiences as a trained cardiologist who was diagnosed with a heart disease.

Test tubes for Duke's self-administered COVID-19 surveillance tests.

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Duke, UNC study finds little evidence virus cases at NC universities spread beyond schools

By Nadia Bey | November 13, 2020

Colleges’ decisions to reopen this fall have raised concerns that outbreaks on campus could lead to COVID-19 spreading in college towns. However, a recent geospatial analysis by researchers at Duke and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill found little evidence that student cases of COVID-19 at a sample of North Carolina universities had spilled over into the wider community.

A new Bass connections team will conduct a survey of students to understand how their sexual behavior and access to sexual health education and resources may have changed due to COVID-19.

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A survey on sex: Bass Connections team to look at how COVID-19 has changed college sexual behavior

By Nadia Bey | October 7, 2020

A Bass Connections team is researching how the pandemic might impact sexual behavior and sexual health among college students in the Triangle.

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How a retracted study impacted Duke research on hydroxychloroquine

By Jane Zebrack | October 1, 2020

After the retraction of a study on hydroxychloroquine with data provided by a Duke alum's company, a Duke study on the drug has felt ripple effects.

Former FDA Commissioner Mark McClellan spoke on Wednesday to the House Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations of the Committee on Energy and Commerce.

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Duke-Margolis Center director defends FDA vaccine approval process in House hearing

By Preetha Ramachandran | October 1, 2020

Mark McClellan, founding director of the Duke-Margolis Center for Health Policy, spoke on Wednesday to the House Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations of the Committee on Energy and Commerce as part of a panel of public health scholars.

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COVID-19 has upended energy demand, given a boost to renewables, professors say

By Rosa Golchin | September 29, 2020

A global pandemic has upended many facets of life—including the environment.

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Professors explore Duke Hospital’s history of segregation, 'complicated relationship' with Durham community

By Grace Sorensen | September 25, 2020

Segregation in the 20th century contributed to a still-strained relationship between Durham and the Duke Hospital, two Duke professors told a virtual audience at a Tuesday event.

Nancy-Ann DeParle, deputy chief of staff for policy in the Obama administration and architect of the Affordable Care Act, spoke to students Sept. 16.

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Affordable Care Act architect Nancy-Ann DeParle talks voting and health care at Wednesday event

By Preetha Ramachandran | September 17, 2020

Students heard about health-care policy, voting and more at a Wednesday event.

Thomas Williams, senior lecturing fellow the School of Law, moderated a Friday panel on racism's effect on COVID-19 impacts with Keisha Bentley-Edwards, assistant professor in medicine and associate director of research at the Samuel DuBois Cook Center on Social Equity, and Jay Pearson, assistant professor in the Sanford School of Public Policy.

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Racism and COVID-19 impacts: Professors discuss the connection in panel

By Andrew Griffin | September 14, 2020

Why has the COVID-19 pandemic disproportionately affected Black and brown people in the United States?

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How will we develop a COVID-19 vaccine? Experts discuss the process in Thursday webinar

By Andrew McCallum | September 11, 2020

As precautionary measures taken to prevent the spread of COVID-19 continue, one question is on all of our minds: When is a safe, effective vaccine going to be developed?

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Job recruiters perceive Black women with natural hairstyles as less professional, Duke study finds

By Preetha Ramachandran | September 10, 2020

Black women with natural hairstyles are commonly perceived by job recruiters as less professional, according to new research from the Fuqua School of Business.

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Human Vaccine Institute receives federal funding to research COVID-19 antibody treatment

By Grace Sorensen | August 28, 2020

A team of Duke researchers received $7.6 million in federal funds to develop an RNA-based antibody treatment for the prevention of COVID-19. Manufacturing will begin later this year and a Phase 1 clinical trial is on track to begin in early 2021.

Clockwise from top left: Thomas Williams, senior lecturing fellow at the School of Law, moderated a Thursday panel on racism in health care with Daniela Lamas, a pulmonary and critical care physician; Khiara Bridges, a law professor at UC Berkeley; and Sylvia Perry, an assistant professor of social psychology at Northwestern.

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‘A more insidious violence:’ Experts discuss racism in health care, its impact on COVID-19

By Leah Boyd | August 28, 2020

COVID-19 has highlighted systemic issues, experts agreed at a Thursday discussion—ones that can’t be resolved with a vaccine.

N95 masks are the best type, but are in short supply nationwide.

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What's the deal with neck gaiters? Duke researcher disputes interpretation of mask study

By Paige Carlisle | August 24, 2020

Masks are the center of new debate following an article by Duke researchers that many took as a warning to not wear neck gaiters.

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Duke researchers test vaccine to treat breast cancer

By Sibani Ram | August 19, 2020

Breast cancer is a painful illness to endure and a painstaking one to treat, but a team of Duke researchers may have found a two-part solution that could help treat the disease.

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Duke professors work to fight COVID-19 in local Latinx community

By Sibani Ram | July 16, 2020

Duke professors are studying and identifying ways to mitigate the disproportionate spread of COVID-19 in Durham’s Latinx community.

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Duke researchers study shutting off pain in mice, with potential human applications

By Sibani Ram | June 19, 2020

Pain is a complex process that is difficult to endure and even more difficult to understand. Duke researchers have made a discovery about mice that they hope could help treat it in humans.