Two Duke Department of Surgery faculty members have been selected to receive 2026 Physician-Scientist Strong Start Awards. The awards program, funded with a gift from the Nanaline H. Duke Fund, supports promising early career physician-scientists at Duke as they develop independent research programs.
Krista Haines, DO, and Christopher Reed, MD, both assistant professors of surgery in the Division of Trauma, Acute, and Critical Care, are two of the five School of Medicine faculty awarded in 2026. They will each receive $120,000 annually for three years to support their research programs.
Read more about the Strong Start Awards on the Duke University School of Medicine website.