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Our recent 20th Anniversary celebrations highlighted the significant progress, challenges, and opportunities for global health. The week’s events brought together over 250 attendees, with 35 global partners from 12 countries and 50 DGHI alumni. globalhealth.duke.edu/news/d…
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Who is the Patient Zero in Taylor Swift's new hit single? DGHI's Gavin Yamey and public health experts had their doubts given the term's toxic history. But after listening, they realized how Swift's song may have just given the term a new meaning. bmj.com/content/395/bmj-2026…
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In celebration of DGHI’s 20th anniversary, Duke Health’s chancellor emeritus Victor Dzau reflects on his return to Duke and why he is joining the institute he helped launch two decades ago. globalhealth.duke.edu/news/d…
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Congratulations to Dr. Chris Beyrer, who has been reappointed to a second five-year term as director of the DGHI! We are appreciative of his steadfast leadership and look forward to watching DGHI continue to grow and thrive under his guidance.
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Congratulations to DGHI faculty member Manoj Mohanan, who became Duke’s Vice Provost for Interdisciplinary Programs! In a recent interview, Mohanan talks about Duke's collaborative culture and the future of interdisciplinary opportunities at Duke. interdisciplinary.duke.edu/n…
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DGHI director Chris Beyrer will lead a screening and discussion of the film, “Ending HIV: The Journey to a Vaccine,” an award-winning documentary tracing the 25-year search for an HIV vaccine. globalhealth.duke.edu/events…
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In celebration of DGHI’s 20th anniversary, DGHI faculty member Liz Turner looks back on the birth and growth of DGHI's Research Design and Analysis Core and more than a decade of quantitative global health research at Duke. globalhealth.duke.edu/news/d…
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As the DRC's Ebola outbreak risks danger in spreading to major cities, DGHI director Chris Beyrer comments on Australia's national news about the ongoing impacts of Ebola in currently affected areas and the urgent need for effective therapies. piped.video/watch?v=OEawHj56…
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As summer comes to an end, Duke students reflect on their summer field experiences, in which the strongest lessons often come when things don't go according to plan. globalhealth.duke.edu/news/w…
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Kathryn Whetten, one of DGHI’s longest-serving professors, reflects on the days when being global wasn’t “cool” – and how a group of outsiders helped change that culture. globalhealth.duke.edu/news/d…
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In early August, we were in Manaus for the launch of the Amazon Climate and Health Observatory, the newest site in DGHI's Climate and Global Health Initiative network!
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DGHI faculty member Charmaine Royal is leading a new five million dollar initiative to transform how researchers and clinicians understand pain and individualized experiences in people living with sickle cell disease.
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DGHI faculty member Nishad Jayasundara joined other Duke experts to discuss how different populations are affected by heat-related risks. Jayasundara touches on workers at risk of heat strain, long-term heat impacts, and strategies to mitigate heat risks. today.duke.edu/2026/08/news-…
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GHIC is hiring!
We're #hiring! Know someone whose work spans #globalhealthinnovation, #healthpolicy, #financing, #operationalresearch, implementation science, or #healthsystems transformation? Joint hire with @DukeGHI and @dukemargolis.🔗 academicjobsonline.org/ajo/j…
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As the U.S. has reassessed its foreign aid priorities, China has expanded funding for HIV/AIDS programs throughout Africa. DGHI and DKU’s Shenglan Tang comments on what this means for China’s future role in global health financing and capacity building. scmp.com/news/china/diplomac…
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DGHI Director Chris Beyrer and postdoctoral researcher Tom Carpino are working with Duke collaborators to bring attention to TMVII, a newly emerging sexually transmitted fungal infection. today.duke.edu/2026/08/why-f…
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Nice reflection from one of our current global health pathway residents.
Grateful for the opportunity to share my story with @DukeAlumni @DukeGHI - from living in Gaza to training at Duke, and the reason behind everything I do. Every child deserves the same chance at life.
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Leaders from Duke and DGHI are headed to Manaus, Brazil, to kick off a new effort to accelerate data-driven research into the health impacts of climate changes across the Amazon rainforest, one of the world’s most important and fragile ecosystems.
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Duke Global Health retweeted
A signature feature of the #HIV response has always been the extraordinary collaboration across sectors… That’s always been our secret sauce, and that’s why we are eventually going to win the fight against AIDS.
- Past @iasociety President and @DukeGHI's @ChrisBeyrer 🇺🇸 welcoming old and new delegates to #AIDS2026 in Rio, Brazil. #RethinkRebuildRise
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One Bass Connections Team, led by DGHI faculty member Nosa Osazuwa-Peters, brought together students and faculty to understand why advances in genetic testing and precision medicine have not benefited all patients with head and neck cancer equally. bassconnections.duke.edu/new…
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