MCB trainees compete in 3MT competition; Towne wins 2nd place
Ten trainees from across the Graduate School were selected to present at the 3-Minute Thesis
New Funding Awards - April 2026 to June 2026
Congratulations to the following faculty members for receiving these sponsored research awards:
Tsvetanova Promoted to Associate Professor with Tenure
Nina Tsvetanova, PhD, has been promoted to Associate Professor with tenure, effective July 1, 2026.
Klemm Awarded Jane Coffin Childs Memorial Fund for Medical Research Postdoctoral Fellowship
Jake Klemm, PhD, a postdoctoral associate in the lab of Donald Fox, PhD, has been awarded a three-year postdoctoral fellowship from the Jane Coffin Childs Memorial Fund for Medical Research (JCC Fund).
Team led by Andrew West joins global network to unravel the complexity of Parkinson’s disease
A research team led by Andrew West, PhD, professor of pharmacology and cancer biology at Duke, has been selected to join the Collaborative Research Network, an international, multidisciplinary, multi-institutional network working to address high-priority research questions about Parkinson's disease, through a $9 million grant awarded by Aligning Science Across Parkinson’s (ASAP), in partnership with The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research.
Haystead receives inaugural Neil L. Spector, MD, Legacy Award for Transformational Lyme and Tick-Borne Disease Research
Timothy Haystead, PhD, professor of pharmacology and cancer biology, has been honored with the inaugural Neil L. Spector, MD, Legacy Award for Transformational Lyme and Tick-Borne Disease Research, from the Bay Area Lyme Foundation. The award is the foundation’s highest scientific honor, recognizing bold, rigorous, translational research that moves patients closer to answers.