DHVI Faculty Appointments - Mike Bradley Datto
The Duke Human Vaccine Institute (DHVI) is pleased to announce that Dr. Mike Datto joined the Institute as an affiliate faculty member on March 1st.
Mike Bradley Datto, MD, PhD is an AP/CP/MGP board-certified pathologist, Vice Chair of Clinical Pathology for the Department of Pathology at Duke University and the Medical Director and Associate Vice President for Duke University Health System Clinical Laboratories.
DHVI Faculty Appointments - Carolyn Coyne
We are pleased to announce that Carolyn Coyne, PhD will join the Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology and the Duke Human Vaccine Institute as a faculty member on April 1, 2021. Dr. Coyne comes to Duke from the University of Pittsburgh as part of the Duke Endowment Science and Technology Initiative to expand research and faculty in science, medicine, technology, engineering and mathematics.
Black History Month Faculty Spotlight
Kevin Saunders, PhD | Associate Professor in Surgery | Duke Human Vaccine Institute Director of Research
International Day of Women and Girls in Science
Happy International Day of Women & Girls in Science! In honor of this day, members of the Duke Human Vaccine Institute share their thoughts on the importance of women and girls in science:
DHVI Faculty Appointments, Promotion, and Tenure - Anthony Moody
The Duke Human Vaccine Institute is pleased to announce that Dr. Michael Anthony Moody has been promoted to Professor of Pediatrics (tenure) effective January 1, 2021.
Division of Structural Biology provides insight into SARS-CoV-2 spike mutation
Congratulations to the members of the Duke Human Vaccine Institute's Division of Structural Biology whose paper, "D614G mutation alters SARS-CoV-2 spike conformation and enhances protease cleavage at the S1/S2 junction" was recently published in Cell Reports.
Duke Vaccine Trial Unit Published Twice in NEJM
Congratulations to the members of the Duke Vaccine & Trials Unit (DVTU), led by Dr. Chip Walter, whose hard work over the past year has resulted in two articles published, on the same day, on COVID-19 prevention & treatment in the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM).
Guest Blogger: How SARS-CoV-2 Impacts the Body by Dr. Stephanie Langel
I want to explain about the phases of the disease that medical doctors are seeing in symptomatic COVID-19 patients. I also want to address how someone can die of COVID-19 (the disease) even after they have cleared SARS-CoV-2 (the virus) from their body.