Duke Office of Physician-Scientist Development

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.

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🎉 Congrats to Joshua Woo, a Stead Research Scholar! His work explores the connection between metastatic spine disease and emotional distress. See how the experience is shaping his path as a physician-scientist:
https://t.co/hpLg06QBRM

#MedEd #PhysicianScientist #DukeMed

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A new chapter for Duke’s Strong Start Award Program! @SudarRajagopal has been named Director, helping support the next generation of physician-scientists. Read more in the October OPSD Newsletter: https://t.co/hpLg06QBRM

#PhysicianScientist #ResearchCareers #Mentorship #DukeMed

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🔬✨Eight weeks of research, learning, and mentorship led to this moment!

The 2026 #Duke PUMP scholars wrapped up their summer by sharing their research and celebrating all they accomplished along the way.

Congratulations, PUMP Scholars! 👏

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Start your physician-scientist career strong. @the_asci PSSF Fellowship offers a fully funded research year for MD students, and Duke nominees have earned the award for two years running. Applications close Oct. 1. Learn more: https://t.co/vtm10DB1C6
#PhysicianScientist #Duke

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Mark your calendar for the OPSD Fall Mini-Symposium on Oct. 6! Hear from Drs. Robert Lefkowitz and Mai ElMallah, celebrate new Lefkowitz Society members, and discover emerging research from Research in Residency trainees. More: https://t.co/vtm10DB1C6

#PhysicianScientist #OPSD

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The PUMP experience goes beyond the lab.
Our Scholars visited the Duke Lemur Center, toured the Duke Human Vaccine Institute's GMP facility & explored VR at the Innovation Co-Lab. Along the way, they got a closer look at research and innovation across Duke & connected as a team.

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Congratulations to Jackson Cathey, recipient of a 2025 #OPSD Poindexter Medical Student Research Scholarship! 🎉

Working in @NeillYunLiMD's lab, Jackson learned that research is built on resilience, persistence, and learning from failure. Read his story: https://t.co/WdbEpQOiLZ

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Congratulations to @DukeMedSchool #PhysicianScientists who received the 2026 Research in Residency Technician Support Award: Abigail Benkert, Adrian Camarena, Christopher Bassil, Lauren West-Livingston, Aurian Garcia Gonzalez, & Matthew Pun!

Learn more: https://t.co/WdbEpQOiLZ

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PUMP 2026 Scholars strengthened science skills through professional development sessions focused on reading scientific papers, clinical research concepts, science communication, & visual communication. Thanks to Duke faculty and guest speakers for sharing expertise with students.

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🎉Congratulations to our 2026 Duke PUMP Scholars!
During the 8-week summer program, they conducted mentored #research with Duke faculty, shadowed clinicians, attended professional development sessions, toured Duke facilities, and shared their work at the program’s final session.

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Motivated by personal connections to kidney disease patients, Caleb Spruill explored research through OPSD's PRIME PUMP program in Uronephrology. Learn how PUMP shaped his path toward medicine in the July OPSD Newsletter: https://t.co/GolwioElHJ #PRIMEPUMP #KidneyResearch

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Congratulations to the 2026 OPSD Technician Support Award recipients: Yike Jiang, James Harris, Oleg Alekseev, Sonali Bracken, and Zachary Lorsch!

Learn how this program supports #PhysicianScientists and explore opportunities in the July OPSD Newsletter: https://t.co/GolwioElHJ

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Strong Start scholars came together for an evening of connection, conversation, and community. Scholars across cohorts shared experiences, built relationships, and welcomed the 2026 cohort. Thanks to Dr. Gowthami Arepally for bringing our community together. #StrongStart #DukeMed

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Steven Yang explored neuroendocrine tumor research through the PUMP program, working with Luke Izzo in the Trudy Oliver lab, and building #BiomedicalResearch skills and experience.

🔗Read more + funding, events, and updates: https://t.co/Lti1fYjtoY

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Celebrating the 2026 Physician-Scientist Strong Start Award recipients @DukeMedSchool: Eugene Vaios, Christopher Reed, Michael T. Forrester, George Cortina, & Krista Haines. Supporting bold research + the next generation of #PhysicianScientists.
Read more: https://t.co/Lti1fYjtoY

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Maxfield Brody explored improving renal disease through the PUMP program with @Ben_Catanese in the Daniel Edmonston lab. With PUMP, he built invaluable #BiomedicalResearch skills.

🔗Read more + funding, events, and updates in the OPSD May Newsletter: https://t.co/13sHhDTGFc

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Congrats to 2026 FRCS awardees Drs. Elizabeth Wilson & Jennifer Cohen. OPSD and @DukeMedSchool support #PhysicianScientists balancing significant caregiving responsibilities.

🔗Read more + explore funding, events, and updates in the OPSD May Newsletter: https://t.co/13sHhDTGFc

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Thank you to all who attended the OPSD Spring Mini-Symposium! Dr. Arepally highlighted outcomes from the #PhysicianScientist Strong Start program, and awardees Ammon Fager, Leah Acker, and Justin Low presented their compelling research projects. See you at our next meeting!

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Congrats to Michael Lee, recipient of the highly selective @the_asci PSSF Fellowship! While working at
@MSKCancerCenter, he’ll advance cancer immunology research and start his physician-scientist career. 🔗https://t.co/IJuiGHIDe3 #StudentCorner #PhysicianScientist #DukeOPSD

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🎉 Congrats to the 2026 ASCI Duke awardees! Celebrating Young Investigator awardee @DeepAshanaMD and Emerging‑Generation awardees @SonaliJBracken, @MarkChenMDPhD & Ryne Ramaker—all previously supported by OPSD. Read more: https://t.co/IJuiGHIDe3 #ASCI #PhysicianScientists