Year: 2023

Dr. Kristin Schroeder, a GHP alumnus and current Duke Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Global Health, was recently nominated as a finalist for the Opus Prize, one of the globe’s most significant faith-inspired recognitions for social entrepreneurship. “I was in shock and deeply honored, as someone had learned about what we do in Tanzania and was deeply moved and decided to put us forward for this award,” says Schroeder, an associate professor of pediatrics and global health who has been working for nearly a decade to improve pediatric cancer survival rates in Tanzania. The Opus Prize is an annual accolade that acknowledges individuals or groups advocating for transformative change infused with faith. It aims to support the humanitarian initiatives of the awardee but also to motivate others to embrace a…

Rolvix “Robbie” Patterson has turned a passion for global health into opportunities to improve otolaryngology care around the world, thanks to opportunities through Duke Head and Neck Surgery & Communication Sciences’s NIH R25 Surgeon Scientist Track and the Global Health Residency/Fellowship Pathway at Duke. Read more here

Dr. Deng Madut, a GHP alumnus and current Duke Infectious Disease faculty member, was recently featured in the DGHI’s Research News for his work on Rift Valley Fever, a lesser known but dangerous disease in East Africa. When an outbreak of the disease occurred in cattle in Northern Tanzania in 2018, Dr. Madut was contacted. Based in Moshi, Dr. Madut realized the disease had infected persons who had handled those cattle. Read more here

The REPRIEVE study, a global study investigating the cardiovascular disease and AIDS, recently published primary results showing that pitavastatin calcium lowers the rate of heart disease for people living with HIV by 35%.  Dr. Gerald Bloomfield, a GHP graduate and the Associate Director for Research at DGHI, is a study cardiologist and serves on the risk panel for the project. Read more about the findings, the study’s goals, and Dr. Bloomfield’s involvement here

The Hubert-Yeargan Center for Global Health is pleased to announce a new funding opportunity for early clinician-scientists with an interest in research in LMICs and underserved populations, the Dr. G. Ralph Corey Legacy Award. In 1985, Dr. G. Ralph Corey spent three months working in a small missionary hospital in the western highlands of Kenya. This life-altering experience for him became the inspiration that allowed for hundreds of young physicians to travel abroad to improve the health circumstances of people in the developing world through clinical service, education, and research. Dr. Corey’s career in academic medicine and medical education allowed him to both build relationships internationally and facilitate the placement of young physicians in resource poor settings. Dr. Corey became the founding director of the Hubert-Yeargan Center (HYC) for Global…