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Cartoon characters may seem like odd additions to a treatment plan for patients at risk for developing eating disorders and other psychiatric illnesses, but they can be powerful teachers for young children.

In 2020-2021, the Duke University Energy Initiative’s Energy Research Seed Fund will support projects addressing renewable energy’s integration into the grid, battery performance, electrochemical catalysts, utilities’ decision-making, the energy-water nexus and energy’s connections with war and health.

Geri Dawson, PhD, Nicole Schramm-Sapyta, PhD, and Kevin LaBar, PhD, were among the members of the Duke Institute for Brain Sciences Faculty Network who recently shared their neuroscience perspectives on COVID-19.

Palliative care is designed to provide holistic care to people living with a life-threatening illness. But a team of researchers, including Duke Psychiatry’s Katherine Ramos, PhD, recently identified a notable shortcoming of the U.S.

In this opinion piece published in The Hill, Kafui Dzirasa, MD, PhD, K. Ranga Rama Krishnan Associate Professor, urges the federal government to act immediately to protect our younger scientists from the psychological impact of COVID-19.

Even before the COVID-19 epidemic Latinx immigrants were a vulnerable population.

We’re delighted to announce that Lisa Amaya-Jackson, MD, MPH, has received the 2020 Humanitarian Award from the Duke Medical Alumni Association.

With the nation in the middle of an ongoing opioid crisis, there is a critical need for the development of nonopioid treatments for safe and effective treatment of pain symptoms.

Marvin Swartz, MD, professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences, recently penned an op-ed in NC Policy Watch, “Assistance for incarcerated people discharged during the pandemic: The humane and constitutional thing to do.”

Much important attention is focusing on how the COVID-19 pandemic is gravely affecting people who are incarcerated in US jails and prisons, a crisis that is worsening daily.