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For NASA astronauts traveling outside of Earth’s protection, cosmic radiation can create some out-of-this-world problems.

Gayathri Devi, PhD, Associate Professor of Surgery and Pathology, and Member of the Women’s Cancer Program at the Duke Cancer Institute, has received a Breakthrough Award from the Department of Defense Breast Cancer Research Program (CDMP-BCRP) in the amount of $1,192,441.

The National Cancer Institute has funded a four-year $2 million grant to support the Cancer Disparities Translational Research Partnership between Duke University and North Carolina Central University (NCCU). The grant funds two laboratory-based translational research projects that aim to understand molecular aspects in prostate and breast cancer health disparity in African Americans. 

The Herald Sun recently featured the Duke-NCCU Partnership

Study is the first to identify how chemicals might encourage deadly cancer’s growth

The chemical bisphenol A, or BPA, appears to aid the survival of inflammatory breast cancer cells, revealing a potential mechanism for how the disease grows according to a study led by researchers in the Department of Surgery at Duke University School of Medicine and the Duke Cancer Institute.

The School of Medicine Office for Faculty Development created the ALICE program in 2016 as a leadership development opportunity for mid-career women faculty in the Duke School of Medicine. Each year, the program selects a new class of women to take part in the program, which provides in-depth skill development, personal reflection and goal setting, peer-mentoring, and constructive feedback. 

Duke Surgery would like to congratulate Bruce Sullenger, PhD, Professor of Surgery, Division of Surgical Sciences, for receiving the Weill Cornell Graduate School of Medical Sciences Distinguished Alumnus Award.

Gayathri Devi, PhD, Associate Professor in Surgery, Division of Surgical Sciences, was invited to the Morgan Welch Inflammatory Breast Cancer Research Program 10th Anniversary Conference as a guest speaker and chair of the general session.

Dr. Joshua Snyder, Assistant Professor in Surgery, Division of Surgical Sciences, has been selected to receive the National Cancer Institute’s Transition Career Development Award. The award supports mentored, non-independent investigators ready to transition to independent academic faculty positions.

The Collaboration for AIDS Vaccine Discovery (CAVD) awarded a $32.6 million grant to David Montefiori, PhD, Professor of Surgery, Division of Surgical Sciences, to lead an international consortium that will assess immune responses elicited by candidate HIV vaccines. The CAVD is an international network of scientists founded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation in 2006 to accelerate the development of an HIV vaccine.