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In a research study published in Nature Biotechnology, Duke researchers report that they have found a safer way to prevent blood clotting, and reverse the effects, in patients undergoing surgery using cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB).

Congratulations to three Duke Surgery researchers chosen to present abstracts at recent and upcoming events. All the researchers work on a team directed by Dawn Bowles, PhD, Assistant Professor of Surgery, Division of Surgical Sciences.

We are pleased to announce that Aravind Asokan, PhD, will join the Department of Surgery as the new Director of Gene Therapy in the Division of Surgical Sciences with a secondary appointment in Molecular Genetics & Microbiology. Dr. Asokan comes to Duke from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine, where he served as Associate Professor in the Departments of Genetics and Biochemistry & Biophysics.

Photo: Cell Death Laboratory members Samantha Bouchal, Pranalee Patel, and Jennifer McMains

Duke Health introduces new research initiative to overcome hurdles of immunity.

Risa Gearhart-Serna, a predoctoral student in the lab of Gayathri Devi, PhD, Associate Professor in Surgical Sciences, has been selected to receive the Duke Environmental Health Scholars (EHS) award for her project "Identifying Aggressive Breast Cancer Outcome Correlations with Environmental Contaminant Exposure: A Geospatial Analysis Project Using North Carolina as a Model."

Gayathri Devi, PhD, Associate Professor of Surgery, Division of Surgical Sciences, was an invited speaker at the Annual Geographical Management of Cancer Health Disparities Program (GMaP) symposium this morning at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill's Gillings School of Public Health. Dr. Devi presented in the panel on peer support and community resources related to Transdisciplinary Science to Advance the Elimination of Cancer Health Disparities.

Georgia Tomaras, PhD, Professor in Surgery, Division of Surgical Sciences, has been elected to Fellowship in the American Academy of Microbiology. Dr. Tomaras was one of 96 new fellows chosen worldwide through a highly selective peer-review process. Fellows of the American Academy of Microbiology represent all subspecialties of the microbial sciences, and are elected based on their record of originality, leadership, and contributions to the field of microbiology.

Under the leadership of Kent Weinhold, PhD, Chief of Surgical Sciences, the Duke Immune Profiling Core will assist in a trial investigating the efficacy of radiotherapy and immunotherapy as treatment options for patients with high-risk soft-tissue sarcoma.

Five faculty members from the Duke Department of Surgery have been selected to participate in the 2018 Duke Leadership Development for Researchers (LEADER) program sponsored by the Duke University School of Medicine Office of Faculty Development.

Duke Surgery’s participants include the following members: