CPH News and Events

Duke University, in collaboration with the Veterans Health Administration (VA), has received one of six awards from a new $27 million initiative from the National Institutes of Health to establish a genomics-enabled Learning Health System (G-LHS) network

A first-of-its-kind study documents Durham neighborhoods with higher levels of structural racism also have higher rates of chronic disease. Duke researchers are expanding their work to help others conduct similar studies in their own cities, and to use that data to inform policy efforts to intervene where it’s needed most.

In an editorial published in JAMA Cardiology, CPH faculty leader Senthil Selvaraj, MD, and others compare two approaches to improve detection of an underdiagnosed, undertreated systemic disease called transthyretin amyloidosis.

More than one in five people in the United States live with a mental illness, according to the National Institutes of Health. With several available drugs on the market for some of these conditions, like depression, it can be challenging to know what prescription will work best for individual patients. Oftentimes, though, these drugs take several weeks to feel the full effect, leaving patients in a state of limbo as they wait to see if their medication will work and provide them with relief or if they will need to try something else.

Using data from community studies based at Duke Kannapolis, researchers found that COVID vaccination was not associated with new onset of APOL1-related kidney disease in African American adults who were at high risk for the condition.

Two journals have published findings from the Project Baseline Health Study, a community-based research initiative that collected, organized, and analyzed broad health data from thousands of participants over more than four years.

This year’s event, in partnership with Northwell’s Katz Institute for Women’s Health, featured an array of exciting voices helping to change the landscape of women’s health.

A genetic variant, present in 3-4% of self-identified Black individuals in the U.S., increases the risk for both heart failure and death and contributes to significant decreases in longevity at the population level.

Svati Shah is quoted in Time Magazine about the importance of discussing your heart health history with your family.

First Lady of the United States, Jill Biden, EdD, visited Durham on March 20 to deliver remarks on women’s health research to a group of about 40 invited guests from Duke University, NC Central, and UNC Chapel Hill.