Duke Community & Family Medicine Awarded $1.8M HRSA Grant to Create Community-Based Primary Care Fellowship
Duke Community & Family Medicine has been awarded a $1.8 million five-year grant by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) to create and implement a two-year community-based primary care fellowship program. The goal of the Duke Primary Care Transformation Fellowship will be to train physicians and physician assistants to lead health care transformation and improve health within their communities and community-based practice settings.
Lavanya Vasudevan, Ph.D., Awarded Two R21s to Research mHealth Effectiveness
Lavanya Vasudevan, Ph.D., assistant professor of community and family medicine, was awarded and will be the PI or Co-PI on two NIH Exploratory/Developmental Research Grant Awards (R21), totaling nearly $700,000 in support. Project information is below.
Meet Katelyn M. Holliday, Ph.D.
Katelyn M. Holliday, Ph.D., joins the Department of Community & Family Medicine as research faculty, effective Aug. 1. She earned a doctorate in epidemiology from UNC-Chapel Hill in 2016.
Meet Tiarney Ritchwood, Ph.D.
Tiarney Ritchwood, Ph.D., joins the Department of Community & Family Medicine as research faculty, effective Aug. 1. She earned a doctorate in clinical psychology from the University of Alabama.
Kenyon Railey, M.D., Appointed to the Membership of the North Carolina Institute of Medicine
Kenyon Railey, M.D., assistant professor of community and family medicine, has been selected by the Board of Directors of the North Carolina Institute of Medicine to the prestigious honor of membership.
Meet Jeanna Bateson, MMS, PA-C
Jeanna Bateson, MMS, PA-C, joined the department as a physician assistant in July and works at Duke Family Medicine Center. Bateson received her Master of Medical Science in 2015 from the Wake Forest School of Medicine Physician Assistant Program.
Meet Natalie Tammen, MHS, PA-C
Natalie Tammen, MHS, PA-C, joined the department as a physician assistant in June and will be splitting her time between Duke Family Medicine Center and Walltown Neighborhood Clinic. Tammen is a 2017 alumna of the Duke Physician Assistant Program.
Meet Natalie Tammen, MHS, PA-C
Natalie Tammen, MHS, PA-C, joined the department as a physician assistant in June and will be splitting her time between Duke Family Medicine Center and Walltown Neighborhood Clinic. Tammen is a 2017 alumna of the Duke Physician Assistant Program.
Duke Student Health Joins Department of Community and Family Medicine
Duke Student Health has joined the Department of Community and Family Medicine as a division, effective July 1. Jointly supported by CFM and Duke University’s Division of Student Affairs, student health breaks the traditional mold for college health centers.
Melinda Blazar Named Director of Clinical Education for Duke PA Program
Melinda Blazar, MHS, PA-C, assistant professor of community and family medicine, has been named director of clinical education of the Duke Physician Assistant Program.