I’ve said it once and I’ll say it forever: Root Causes has my whole heart 💚 Endless gratitude to the incredible expert panelists, keynote speakers, community leaders, students, and faculty for coming together to connect and inspire at our 2nd Annual Fundraising Gala this week!

Had such a great time contributing to this important work with my mentor and MFM role model, Dr. Eleanor Rhee. Check out the section on reproductive health in Durham here!

Amazing poster and podium presentations by these phenomenal future women in surgery at Duke Surgery Annual Research Day!! Duke AWS #ILookLikeASurgeon #SurgeonScientist

Thanks Duke Surgery for the opportunity to present our findings on the utility of axillary staging in older patients with HER2+ breast cancer. I couldn’t have done it without the support of my incredible mentor, Jennifer Plichta MD (she/her)! 😊

Always proud to call Beau Blass, MPH a friend and colleague. He CRUSHED IT at Duke Surgery Research Day — highlighting the value of PCPs & need for community-engaged, public-facing work in addressing IBC disparities (& then earning Best Clinical Science Podium Presenter for it!)

Op-ed by Nate Baker: "Today, Durham finds itself at a crossroads: We are a prosperous city, but one where growing wealth is lopsided, helping some residents while harming others. At the cornerstone of this reality is Duke University." indyweek.com/news/opinions/…

How do social determinants of health factor into #PerinatalMentalHealth disorders? Blebu of Harbor-UCLA Medical Center + coauthors The Lundquist Institute identify co-occuring social determinants for perinatal clients with anxiety, depression, or SMI. bit.ly/3Qa8Ta1

Had a great time at Charles B. Hammond MD Research Day last week hearing about all the amazing Duke Ob/Gyn resident and fellow research projects, and getting to share some of my own research from this year!

Great day spent with DukePCLT friends & colleagues at the Primary Care Transformation & Health Equity in the Era of NC Medicaid Expansion Conference! Thank you Duke Family Medicine & Community Health/Gregory Sawin for hosting wonderful talks on advancing policy & community health to improve care for all.

🎉🎉🎉Congrats to Juliet Dalton on her first, first author research publication!! 👏👏👏 Look for her in #gensurgmatch25 !! 🤩🤩🤩 Annals of Surgical Oncology Duke University School of Medicine link.springer.com/10.1245/s10434…

Excited to share our new paper out in JAMA Surgery this week - we conducted a nonrandomized trial using an EHR-based "nudge" intervention to reduce low-value axillary surgery for older patients with ER+ breast cancer. jamanetwork.com/journals/jamas…

Join this Friday, Aug, 2 as Beau Blass and Allison Chu takeover our Instagram and Twitter! 📲 Beau and Allison presented at #SMA2024 in the session "Students Leading Change." We're excited for them to share more about themselves and their work this Friday #FutureFeatureFriday

Hi everyone! We’re Allison (Allison Chu) and Beau (Beau Blass, MPH), current 4th year medical students at Duke University School of Medicine (@dukemdprogram), excited to share a little about us and our work today! #FutureFeatureFriday

The Primary Care Leadership Track (PCLT) supports students interested in primary care through longitudinal clinical experiences, as well as opportunities to collaborate with their communities to transform healthcare education and delivery. @dukepclt

In JFU plus, medical and nursing students facilitate telehealth appointments in patients’ homes. The value of meeting patients where they are and performing the visit on their own terms cannot be overstated!

“[In the home] you see and experience so many things that we just don’t touch on in the office…it instantly creates a relationship of mutual regard” - Dr. Howard Eisenson on home-based primary care. @dukemedschool @duke_fammed @lchc_durham #FutureFeatureFriday

Maternal major depression during early pregnancy is associated with impaired child executive functioning at 4.5 years of age ow.ly/fXZs50SSB1U

The time to prioritize mental health screening is now, as the 2024 State Scorecard on Women’s Health and Reproductive Care finds mental health to be the leading cause of preventable pregnancy-related deaths in the U.S. buff.ly/3Wa9tHh

What God cannot do does not exist!!! Excited to be applying into Pediatrics for the #Match2025 #PedsMatch2025 🤗🧸

Excited to share our new publication on attitudes toward prenatal care initiation in patients with a history of #PretermBirth. Thanks and congrats to the incredible research team for their hard work! Read our findings here: liebertpub.com/doi/10.1089/wh… 🥳