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In a New England Journal of Medicine "Points of View" piece, Duke Psychiatry's Damon Tweedy, MD, reflects on his medical training and shares his thoughts on what medical educators and administrators can do to resolve racial health inequity.

Annise Weaver, MSEd, CRC, director of clinical operations and associate director of diversity, equity and inclusion, has won the 2022 Samuel DuBois Cook Society Staff Award in recognition of her leadership in diversity, equity, inclusion and anti-racism at Duke.

Duke Psychiatry's Rebecca Shelby, PhD, is one of three co-editors of "Common Issues in Breast Cancer Survivors: A Practical Guide to Evaluation and Management," a new first-of-its-kind textbook designed for all providers who want to improve the lives of those who have been treated for breast cancer.

In this Duke Today article, Dr. McLean Pollock shares insights into why it's important to celebrate work accomplishments. She says that celebrating victories can help counteract people's natural tendency to focus on the negative.

The stress and isolation of the pandemic may have a lasting toll on some children, but Duke experts say most will recover fully — and some might even emerge with new strengths.

The Duke Center for Eating Disorders created an online community that aims to help repair people's disrupted relationship with their bodies by empowering them to listen to, decode and respond to what their bodies are telling them—and ultimately develop a trusting relationship with their bodies.

Four Duke Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences faculty members recently received Incubator and Germinator Awards from the Duke Institute for Brain Sciences.

The Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences is using a $50K gift to support pilot research projects focused on health disparities and work led by faculty members who are underrepresented in medicine, as well as other initiatives to promote diversity, equity and inclusion.

As we honor Veterans Day today, the Duke Center for Applied Genomics & Precision Medicine (CAGPM) thanks all the current service members, the many veterans who have courageously served our coun

A study led by Nancy Zucker, PhD, suggests that children who are picky eaters benefit more from their parents' positive and encouraging strategies than forceful or coercive approaches. The findings provide guidance for developing best practices to deal with extreme food aversions.