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To promote patient-focused drug development, Dr. Christy Zigler was awarded a US FDA grant that expands the Observer-Reported Communication Ability (ORCA) Measure to more neurodevelopmental disorders.

Dr. Lesley Curtis tells Managed Healthcare Executive that the social determinants of health initiatives that help lift people from poverty are one trend that will improve population health.

Dr. Bryce Reeve and Molly McFatrich helped develop a pediatric measure to assess cancer symptoms. Available now via the National Cancer Institute are versions in English, Chinese, and Italian that have also been tested in-country. 

Diverse teams perform better and are more innovative. That’s why with a new grant from the Emerson Collective, Drs. Tomi Akinyemiju, Meira Epplein, and Jason Somarelli will lead a minority training program for recent grads interested in entering graduate school to become cancer researchers.

Drs. Muiruri and Fuller will lead a center that provides streamlined, intentional, and long-term access to quality educational and career development opportunities for NC underrepresented minority students and trainees.

Dr. Lesley Curtis tells Raleigh's CBS17 that, unlike most states, North Carolina's COVID-19 vaccine distribution has been more equitable across urban and rural areas.

Is telemedicine less equitable? A team including Drs. Connor Drake, Hayden Bosworth, and student Tyler Lian explain.

Dr. Tomi Akinyemiju is apointed the new Associate Director of Community Outreach and Engagement at the Duke Cancer Institute.

Dr. Valerie Smith and team provide the methodology for analyzing semicontinuous data from surveys in a new article in "Health Services Research."

Dr. Sherry Glied, Dean of New York University's Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service, joined the Pop Health Sciences Department to discuss trends in US health policy. Watch her presentation.