At a public discussion on Monday, Oct. 27, four Duke University faculty members (Bruce Jentleson, Abdeslam Maghraoui, David Schanzer, Omid Safi) will examine the ongoing turmoil in the Middle East and its relevance for America.

By spreading news of their brutal conquests via social media, the impact of extremist groups such ISIS has been magnified. Five Duke University faculty members will examine the impact of ISIS at home and abroad in a public discussion.

Li Lan, MD, PhD, researches how cancer cells respond to DNA damage through DNA repair mechanisms. The major focus of her lab — previously situated at The Krantz Family Center for Cancer Research, Mass General Cancer Center — is drug development.

Egyptians are protesting President Mohammed Morsi's decrees last week that granted him near-absolute powers and immunity from legal oversight. But his key role in securing a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas shows he is a pragmatic politician rather

Brent Hanks, MD, PhD, is working to develop new pharmacologic and genetic strategies to overcome immunotherapy resistance and investigating the mechanisms that contribute to some immunotherapy-associated toxicities.

Egyptians go to the polls next Wednesday, May 23, in the first competitive presidential elections in the country's modern history.The front-runners include two former officials from the era of deposed president Hosni Mubarak & two Islamist candidates

Angelo Moore, PhD, MSN, RN, NE-BC, director of the DCI Community Outreach, Engagement, and Equity program Office of Health Equity, has been named a Fellow of the American Academy of Nursing (AAN). Moore, along with four other nurses at Duke.

Abdullah Antepli, Duke's Muslim Chaplain, fears the ramifications of recent shootings in France.

As the 2023 Annual Meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology was wrapping up this week, Chief Patient Experience and Safety Officer at Duke Cancer Institute Thomas LeBlanc, MD, MA, MHS, FAAHPM, FASCO, was already in planning mode.

The Nov. 1 parliamentary elections in Turkey resulted in an outcome that few commentators or polls had predicted: another outright parliamentary majority for President Erdoğan’s ruling AK Party (AKP). Prof. Erdağ Göknar comments.

The DCI Community Outreach, Engagement, and Equity program, with site sponsors Lincoln Community Health Center and Duke Primary Care Croasdaile, presents its annual Men's Health Screening event.

Anti-U.S. uprisings in the Muslim world reveal old and new tensions despite hope for better relations with the West since the Arab Spring. Prof. Abdeslam Maghraoui comments.

Angeles Alvarez Secord, MD, MHSc, was officially installed as president of the Society of Gynecologic Oncology at the Society's Annual Meeting, held in March. Her term lasts for a year.

Daniel Nussbaum, MD, is one of 12 young surgeons nationwide to be selected for the 2023 Early-Stage Surgeon Scientist Program. His research focuses on pancreatic cancer.

“Susan is the ultimate professional and her contribution to the clinical research of the PRTBTC was a foundation for the breadth and success of our efforts to translate high quality science into the clinic."

Duke political scientist Abdeslam Maghraoui argues that with a sectarian conflict already raging in Syria, U.S. support comes too late, and it's unlikely a secular pro-Western government will emerge.

With 40+ journals and grant panel contributions, 159 publications, 60+ committees, 21+ research projects, 159 publications, and 250 lectures, Susan Dent, MD, is "a unifying voice in the field of cardio-oncology."

Members of the public are invited to attend a free screening of WRAL's documentary "Faith, Fear and Freedom," followed by a panel discussion on North Carolina's growing Muslim population, on Thursday, April 18.

The Radiation Research Society has bestowed its highest honor — the Failla Memorial Lecture Award — on Michael B. Kastan, MD, PhD, executive director of Duke Cancer Institute and William and Jane Shingleton Professor, Pharmacology and Cancer Biology.

Obama's successor may inherit problem, says David Schanzer.