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10/04/2021
Duke Neurosurgery granted funding to study novel vaccine for pediatric brain tumors
Duke Neurosurgery and the CONNECT Consortium have been awarded a $1.8 million Food and Drug Administration R01 grant to fund a multi-institutional Phase 2 clinical trial of a novel vaccine to treat the malignant pediatric brain tumors high... Read More
09/15/2021
A Duke Student's Story of Survival after Brain Aneurysm
September is Brain Aneurysm Awareness Month In February 2018, at the age of 19, Duke University student Justin Gelman got the flu for the first time in his life. In addition to the body aches and fever, he developed a terrible headache –... Read More
08/27/2021
Hai Yan Receives Prize for Translational Neuroscience 2021
Duke brain tumor researcher Hai Yan, MD, PhD, was awarded the International Prize for Translational Neuroscience of the Gertrud Reemtsma Foundation at a ceremony in Cologne, Germany, on August 26, 2021. The prize recognizes Yan’s... Read More
08/24/2021
Allan Friedman receives Cushing Award
Duke Neurosurgery's Allan Friedman, MD, has received the AANS Cushing Award for Technical Excellence and Innovation in Neurosurgery for 2020. The award was presented at the  AANS Annual Scientific Meeting, held August 21-25, 2021. The... Read More
08/05/2021
Fecci receives $1.25 million grant to support brain tumor immunotherapy research
Duke neurosurgeon Peter Fecci, MD, PhD, has been named a 2021 recipient of the prestigious Cancer Research Institute’s Lloyd J. Old STAR Award.  The STAR (Scientists Taking Risks) program provides long-term funding to mid-career... Read More
07/26/2021
Predictive technology developed at Duke promises to reduce inefficiencies in surgery
A start-up co-founded by a Duke neurosurgeon has developed a tool that uses artificial intelligence to make surgeries run more smoothly and efficiently by predicting which tools, in which order, will be required for the procedure.   The... Read More
07/21/2021
Duke Neurosurgery faculty named World Experts in glioblastoma
July 21, 2021, is Glioblastoma Awareness Day   Duke brain tumor specialists recognized as world experts in glioblastoma, based on publications of the last ten years  
Duke neurosurgeons John H. Sampson, MD, PhD, and Peter Fecci, MD,... Read More
07/16/2021
Duke Neurosurgery Residency Announces Faculty and Resident Awards
  The residency program of the Duke Department of Neurosurgery gave their annual faculty and resident awards at the end of the 2020-21 academic year. Faculty Awards
 Faculty Educator Award: Khoi Than, MD A faculty member who is the best... Read More
07/15/2021
Duke Global Neurosurgery Wins "Shark Tank" Award from Epilepsy Foundation
Deborah Koltai, PhD, Tony Fuller, MD, of Duke Global Neurosurgery and Neurology (DGNN) were declared winners of a competition sponsored by the Epilepsy Foundation. The pair developed an app for adolescents with epilepsy in Uganda, focused... Read More
05/26/2021
Identifying the Causes of Brain Tumors
Kyle Walsh, PhD, is associate professor and director of the Division of Neuro-Epidemiology in the Department of Neurosurgery at Duke. He is a population scientist investigating the genetic and environmental causes of cancer in children and... Read More

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