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This week, our @DukeHealth leadership met with numerous NC congressional staffers. We’re grateful for their commitment to understanding the challenges and opportunities facing our patients, staff, faculty, and students, especially as they consider new legislation and policies later this year. @DukeGovRel @SenThomTillis @RepWileyNickel @RepDeborahRoss @RepGregMurphy @RepRichHudson
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The NC Registry for Brain Health aims to help relieve the burden of Alzheimer’s disease. More below. TY to the leaders in Congress advancing Alzheimer’s policy @EdMarkey @SenatorCollins @RepMaxineWaters @RepBrianFitz @MarkWarner @SenThomTillis #StartsInAcademicMedicine
More than 210,000 people in North Carolina have Alzheimer's disease, and many have other types of dementia. The North Carolina Registry for Brain Health aims to help relieve the burden through community education. #StartsInAcademicMedicine @DukeGovRel medschool.duke.edu/stories/b…
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.@DukeMedSchoolon the forefront of research and innovation. What starts in academic medicine makes a real impact on patients. #StartsinAcademicMedicine #cancer @AAMCtoday
Duke professor Ines Batinic-Haberle, PhD, created BMX-001, which has improved survival and lessened cognitive decline for people with advanced brain cancer. #StartsInAcademicMedicine @DukeGovRel medschool.duke.edu/news/drug…
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Another important example of how what starts in academic medicine saves lives. #StartsInAcademicMedicine @AAMCtoday
A study led by Duke's Audrey Blewer, PhD, MPH, finds women are 14% less likely than men to receive #CPR from a bystander while suffering cardiac arrest in public, a phenomena experienced in white, Black & Hispanic neighborhoods. #StartsInAcademicMedicine @DukeGovRel @Duke_FamMed
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The #awareness ribbon for #brain and #spine #metastasis carries a lot of meaning. Watch to learn more about each part of the ribbon! #MetsGetsAwareness brainspinemetastasis.org @Dukeneurosurg | @theABTA | @NeuroOnc | @DukeHealth | @DukeMedSchool | @DukeCancer
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It was great to meet with @DukeMedicine residents to discuss local health and climate priorities. I'm proud to be your partner in Washington as we continue to prioritize urgently needed climate conservation, green energy, and health-related legislation in Congress.
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👀👇Tuesday 12/5, 4 PM EST: tune in to the Duke Center for Computational Thinking's YouTube channel as @DukeAIHealth director @PencinaPhD shares strategies, pitfalls & opportunities for healthcare data science, including the importance of improving equity: youtube.com/watch?v=Y3oxdM_e…
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We're so excited to celebrate Fellows Match Day today! We are extremely proud of our #Duke residents, who will continue to move medicine forward across the country #fellowmatch
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For the 2023 State of the School Address, Interim Dean Michael Relf reflects on the past year's achievements & our dedication to our mission to promote health equity and social justice through transformative education, clinical practice, & nursing science. duke.is/6/n967
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We're one week away from a possible government shutdown. Sound familiar? In the meantime, there's a new NIH director, conversations on AI, and more. Read on for this week's Duke Health Federal Update - 11-10-23 tinyurl.com/28my2whj

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9 Nov 2023
News: Monica Bertagnolli, M.D., takes the helm at NIH go.nih.gov/AtQdTT7

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The lobby of our Duke Central Tower has been named in honor of Dr. A. Eugene Washington, Chancellor for Health Affairs and President & CEO of Duke University Health System from 2015-2023. We celebrate Dr. Washington's commitment to our mission of advancing health together.
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.@POTUS just signed a sweeping Executive Order on AI. .@DukeAIHealth and its partners in #CHAI are prepared to partner with government to ensure safe, trustworthy, and effective healthcare AI.
1/4 As a public-private partnership, the Coalition for Health AI (#CHAI) commends the @POTUS's efforts in promoting responsible #AI use in healthcare through the Executive Order on Safe, Secure, #TrustworthyAI. tinyurl.com/dj7rsx6y
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We have a Speaker... but who is Mike Johnson (R-LA) and what's ahead for the House? Both chambers are now fully operational for a stacked fall agenda. Here we go... Read on for more in this week's Duke Health Federal Update - 10-27-23 tinyurl.com/yckcyyfd

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We still don't have a Speaker in the House... maybe current Members need not apply. Committees were back at work examining key health policy issues and the clock is ticking on the CR. Read on for more in this week's Duke Health Federal Update - 10-20-23 tinyurl.com/ypbbrc6m

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Thrilled to have congressional staffers from across #NC join us yesterday @DukeHealth!
18 Oct 2023
Today we kick off our North Carolina Congressional State and District Staff Day! The goal of the day is to showcase DukeU and Duke Health experts and programs impacting North Carolinians to representatives of our state’s Congress members.
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We still don't have a new Speaker of the House - but the NIH may be inching closer to new permanent leadership and FDA is prioritizing digital health. Read on for more in this week's Duke Health Federal Update - 10-13-23 tinyurl.com/47tyhyzb

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The federal government's lights will stay on through November 17th... and the deal to make it so cost the Speaker his job. High drama with potentially high impact to our priorities. Read on for more in this week's Duke Health Federal Update - 10-06-23 tinyurl.com/2p8w2ka7

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The 45-day CR also extends funding for community health centers, teaching health centers, and the National Health Service Corps through November 17.
1 Oct 2023
#BREAKING: Congress has averted a shutdown with just hours to spare after the Senate voted 88-9 to pass a “clean” CR funding the government at current levels through Nov. 17, but notably lacks funding for Ukraine, spending cuts or border policy changes. trib.al/fmKNyX8
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