Duke Office of Physician-Scientist Development
@DukeOPSD
Are you a Duke physician-scientist? We can connect you to mentoring, funding, and more. Visit our website to see how many ways we can help. Success starts here.
Congratulations to the 2025 R38/R25 Technician Support awardees Ryan Meyerhoff, Rachel Wolfe, Laura Meissner, @BrynnaEisele, Alexander Moghadam, and Sarah Kim! The program competitively funds laboratory technician support for R38/R25 residents. More: mailchi.mp/duke/opsd-july…

The NIH recently released new funding opportunity announcements (FOA), including fellowships (F30), small investigator awards (R21), and large investigator awards (R01 and U01). View these opportunities or subscribe to the weekly OPSD FOA Newsletter: medschool.duke.edu/research/resea…

We featured @DukePedsRes Scholars Haleigh McBride, Jenny Chen, and Emmanuelle Lavassani, who presented their work @PASMeeting in Honolulu, Hawaii, in April. Learn more about their poster presentations before the broader pediatric community: mailchi.mp/duke/opsd-june…

Congratulations to the 2025 OPSD Tech Support awardees Zachary Lorsch, Fahmin Basher, Gregory McElroy, Michael Forrester, and Matthew McCravy! The program supports physician-scientists' productivity while navigating clinical and research training. More: mailchi.mp/duke/opsd-june…

🎉 Congratulations to the 2025 Duke PRIME PUMP interns! This 8-week summer program offers undergraduates mentored research experience and skill-building in urology and nephrology. #Urology #Nephrology #Undergraduate #Summer #Research #Health #Mentorship #DukeMedSchool
Navigating the institutional grant review and approval process can be difficult. Attend the Working with Duke Research Administration and Central Offices seminar on May 28th at 4 PM with Denise Wynn Director of @dukemedicine Basic Research Administration duke.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_ba…

We featured Sirajbir Sodhi an exceptional third-year medical student and Poindexder scholar in the OPSD May Newsletter. Siraj works with Zachary Hartman in @DukeSurgery. Click to learn more about Siraj's research experience and physician-scientist journey: mailchi.mp/duke/opsd-may25

OPSD formally recognized and thanked Michael “Dee” Gunn, M.D., of @dukemedicine for his long-standing service to Duke’s physician-scientist community, including being instrumental in the founding of OPSD. More details in OPSD May Newsletter: mailchi.mp/duke/opsd-may25

Are you a @DukeU investigator who needs to review your data tracking, data analysis plans, or reporting of clinical research? Attend the @DukeBERDCore Town Hall hosted by @dukemedicine on May 14th from 12-1 PM. Register: duke.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_db…

Thank you to everyone who attended and presented #physician #scientist #research at the OPSD Mini Symposium last week to recognize the 2024 awardees. We were grateful to receive encouraging speeches from @DukeMedSchool Dean @MaryEKlotman and @Duke_CTSI Director @snaggie1.




Join us for the OPSD Mini Symposium in 1 week!
Join us to recognize 2024 OPSD awardees in person on April 30th from 4-6 PM with remarks from @DukeMedSchool Dean @MaryEKlotman and @Duke_CTSI Director Susanna Naggie. All #Duke #PhysicianScientist trainees and faculty are welcome. Food+Beverages provided. duke.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_cM…
👀Looking for foundations to support your research? Anita Gunn Shirley of @DukeHealth Foundation Relations will help you identify #foundations to support your critical #research on April 23rd at 4 PM. Participants must be affiliated with Duke to attend. duke.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_5i…

Congratulations to David Salven for being awarded @the_asci PSSF Fellowship! David will train with Dr. David Andrew Brown in @DukeSurgery for this research opportunity. To read more about David's research, click the link to the OPSD April Newsletter: mailchi.mp/duke/opsd-apri…

Congratulations to the 2025 Fund to Retain Clinical Scientists (FRCS) research supplement awardees Allison Martin (MD, MPH) @globalsurgallie and Julia Visgauss (MD) supported by @American_Heart. Read more in the April OPSD Newsletter mailchi.mp/duke/opsd-apri…

Join us to recognize 2024 OPSD awardees in person on April 30th from 4-6 PM with remarks from @DukeMedSchool Dean @MaryEKlotman and @Duke_CTSI Director Susanna Naggie. All #Duke #PhysicianScientist trainees and faculty are welcome. Food+Beverages provided. duke.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_cM…

Do you want to receive a weekly list of #FundingOpportunities for @DukeMedSchool #PhysicianScientists? Subscribe to the OPSD mailing list: eepurl.com/gi6Y3v View the OPSD FOA Newsletter for this week: mailchi.mp/duke/foa_march…

We featured Victoria García Rodríguez an exceptional PRIME scholar from San Juan Bautista School of Medicine in the OPSD March Newsletter. She worked with Zach Reitman, MD/PhD, in @DukeRadOnc. Click to learn more about Victoria's summer research experience mailchi.mp/duke/opsd-mar2…

Congratulations to the 2025 @DukeMedSchool Strong Start awardees Josh Parsons, Lauren Covert, Peter Hendrickson, Alexa Bramall, and Danielle Mebuge! The program supports early-career physician-scientists as they develop independent research programs. More: mailchi.mp/duke/opsd-mar2…

Congrats to Pete Hendrickson, MD, PhD, one of five faculty from the @DukeMedSchool to receive a 2025 Physician-Scientist Strong Start award; the award will support his research on a sarcoma subtype driven by a novel gene fusion called CIC::DUX4 sarcoma 🔗radonc.duke.edu/news/hendricks…
We featured Katelyn Parker an outstanding PRIME PUMP scholar in the OPSD February Newsletter. She worked with Rasheed @GbadegesinLab and Anna Williams (MD) in Duke Department of Pediatrics. Click to learn more about Katelyn's summer research experience. mailchi.mp/duke/opsd-feb2…
