Duke TORCHE

TORCHE: Transdisciplinary Otolaryngology Research, Community Health and Equity Lab at Duke led by Nosa Osazuwa-Peters. Focus: Epidemiology and Population Health

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THREAD of our lab's current @BassConnections projects 👇

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Team TORCHE members at Alumni Research Day! Great work by all who presented, and a special congratulations to Rebecca (@RZasloff) for winning the Poster Award! 🎉
@Duke_Oto

[Duke Otolaryngology - HNS&CS @Duke_Oto]

Congratulations to Nosayaba Osazuwa‑Peters, PhD, on receiving the Early Career Research Mentoring Award in Health Equity and Healthcare Disparities.

🔗 Read more: https://t.co/5yG0aILB8F

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‼️NEW paper by @EricAdjeiBoakye & colleagues in Vaccine evaluating non-primary care settings for #HPV vaccination interventions. The team found that specialty outpatient clinics provide an opportunity to deliver HPV #vaccination https://t.co/oe877G9p96 #AskAboutHPV

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➡️NEW paper by @EricAdjeiBoakye & colleagues in @CancerMedicineJ on the impact of social associations on mammography screening rates. The team found social associations can buffer the rural-urban disparity in screenings
https://t.co/5m4B6cliZM
#BCSM #EarlyDetectionSavesLives

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A huge congratulations to Dr. Osazuwa-Peters for his very well-deserved win of the Health Equity Award! @Duke_Oto

[HemOnc Today @HemOncToday]

Last night, we kicked off the awards ceremony by unveiling Nosayaba Osazuwa-Peters, BDS, PhD, MPH, CHES, @DukeMedicine, as the Health Equity Award winner! Congratulations, Dr. Osazuwa-Peters, and thank you for your contributions to the field! 🥂

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@HemOncToday @dukemedicine Congratulations!

[HemOnc Today @HemOncToday]

The prestigious awards reception will be held on 5/30 during #ASCO26.
This year’s Health Equity Award nominees include:

@camilleragin
@DrJoeUnger
@e_paskett
@ChrisManzMD
@ChrisRFlowersMD
Nosayaba Osazuwa-Peters, PhD, MPH, @DukeMedicine

RSVP here: https://t.co/Jilj5ZZDTz

[Duke University School of Medicine @DukeMedSchool]

Duke University School of Medicine proudly recognizes the recipients of the 2026 Faculty Awards and the 2026 Dean’s Staff Awards.

Congratulations to all!

🔗 2026 Faculty Award recipients: https://t.co/ot6GfXoNTQ

🔗 2026 Dean’s Staff Award recipients: https://t.co/pKIqNqab2k

[Duke TORCHE @Duke_TORCHE]

A huge congrats to the #TORCHE team for their publication in Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics, "Population-level prevalence and risk of oral HPV infection with or without #HPV vaccination"! The paper highlights a need for prevention-focused strategies. https://t.co/5pO5dnDJQj

[JAMA Otolaryngology – Head & Neck Surgery @JAMAOto]

Scoping review: Validated #SDoH tools for #HeadAndNeckCancer mostly assess economic stability, with limited measurement of social context, health care access, or environment. https://t.co/AWXM175PXS

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Check out this video by Alie Hunter & Rebecca Zasloff (2025–26 Albert Schweitzer Fellows, TORCHE Lab) featuring a new initiative in supportive care & survivorship for Duke head & neck cancer patients led by Dr. Osazuwa-Peters & Dr. Cheyenne Corbett:

https://t.co/v7T5JxBf0N

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Congratulations to our #TORCHE team, led by @RZasloff, on their new publication in @JAMAOto titled Tools for Identifying Social Determinants of Health in Head and Neck Cancer! This publication highlights the critical need for SDoH tools in #HNC care. https://t.co/qR6TgYtJqs

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The TORCHE Lab headed to San Diego for the @AACR conference! #AACR2026 ☀️🧬

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Congratulations to our @BassConnections teams on their recognition at the student showcase last week! #HNC @duke_urs

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New from the TORCHE Lab 🕯️:
Long-term opioid use (>90 days) is associated with an increased risk of depression in patients treated for head & neck cancer.

Read more 📄: https://t.co/84d28GMFOM

#HeadAndNeckCancer #Oncology #CancerResearch
#Opioids #MentalHealth #PsychoOncology

[HemOnc Today @HemOncToday]

💍 Cancer develops significantly more often in individuals who have never been married.

📖 Data from @CRC_AACR showed differences across most malignancies, which were consistent across race, gender and age. https://t.co/luqkqHVmXS

[May Gao @MayZGao]

I am humbled to be beginning my otolaryngology training at @UCSF_OHNS. It truly takes a village, and I hope to do my family, friends, and community proud! 💙🌁 #Match2026 #IAMOTO

[Tariq M. Omer, MD, MS @tariqomermed]

Beyond thrilled and honored to have matched into Otolaryngology at Mount Sinai! See you soon, NYC 🗽

[Duke Otolaryngology - HNS&CS @Duke_Oto]

.@DukeCancer Supportive Care and Survivorship Center has launched a new Head & Neck Cancer Support Group, offering patients and caregivers a dedicated space for support and shared resources. Sessions meet on the second Monday of each month.

🔗 Read more: https://t.co/LB2g28z8S7

[Duke Otolaryngology - HNS&CS @Duke_Oto]

New research from Duke’s Rong Jiang, PhD, shows that biological aging, not just chronological age, may explain why hearing loss varies so widely among older adults.

🔗 Read more: https://t.co/OagmvMZuYb