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Joseph Heitman, MD, PhD, has been named the recipient of a 2025 Distinguished Faculty Award by the Duke Medical Alumni Association in recognition of his significant contributions to biomedical science, education, clinical impact, and leadership.

Scientists at the recent "Fungi in a Warming World: Adaptations, Challenges and Resilience" Symposium held at Duke University School of Medicine warned that rising temperatures may be helping environmental fungi to survive inside the human body, putting more people at risk of serious infections.

Awards were presented at the School of Medicine Awards Ceremony on May 19th.

Joseph Heitman, MD, PhD, has received the Lucille Georg Award in the basic scientist category from the Int

If 98.8% of our DNA is the same as that of a chimpanzee, what changes in the remaining 1.2% make us human? Debby Silver, PhD, professor of molecular genetics and microbiology, is finding out.

Congratulations to eight students in the molecular genetics and microbiology PhD program who graduated on Sunday, May 11, 2025. They were among 442 students from the Duke University School of Medicine who graduated, marking the successful culmination of their hard work and dedication.

"I knew that by attending Duke I would learn from and collaborate with faculty and staff conducting cutting edge research as well as having access to state-of-the-art instrumentation through the Duke Core Research facilities."

Graduate student Ky Ariano is from Geneseo, Illinois.

Nandan Gokhale, PhD, has established his lab as an assistant professor in the Division of Immunobiology at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center.