In the News

Congratulations to Dr. Christopher Donnelly on earning first place in two award competitions for his research project in which he identified a new role for a protein, called STING, in the regulation of pain.

The National Institutes of Health awards Duke Anesthesiology a Program Project Grant ($8.5 million) for the first time in 40 years and designates its Center for Translational Pain Medicine as a Center of Excellence.

The National Institutes of Health awards Duke Anesthesiology a Program Project Grant ($8.5 million) for the first time in 40 years and designates its Center for Translational Pain Medicine as a Center of Excellence.

Duke researchers, including Dr. Niccolò Terrando, publish a first-of-its-kind paper in Alzheimer’s & Dementia, highlighting new findings that have implications for those with Alzheimer’s disease undergoing surgery.

Congratulations to Ravikanth Velagapudi, PhD, on receiving a NIDUS Junior Investigator Pilot Award for his project aimed at developing novel therapies to treat delirium in patients with ongoing Parkinson’s disease pathology.

Congratulations to Ru-Rong Ji, PhD, on being selected as the 2020 recipient of the American Academy of Pain Medicine Founders Award, recognizing his outstanding contributions to the science or practice of pain medicine.

Congratulations to Drs. Andrey Bortsov, Katherine Martucci and Mary Yurashevich on receiving a DIG at this year’s Duke Anesthesiology ASA Alumni Event for their cutting-edge research. Learn more about them and the focus of their DIG projects.

In a newly-published study in the Journal of Neuroinflammation, Dr. Niccolò Terrando and co-investigators find that prophylactic URMC-099 treatment is sufficient to prevent surgery-induced microgliosis and cognitive impairment without affecting fracture healing.

Congratulations to Ravikanth Velagapudi, PhD, a postdoctoral associate in Dr. Niccolò Terrando’s Neuroinflammation and Cognitive Outcomes Laboratory, on being named one of the 14 award recipients by the Duke Institute for Brain Sciences.

From another first place finish at Run For The Warriors to the reveal of the 2020 DREAM Innovation Grant recipients, it was another successful ASA meeting for Duke Anesthesiology! View the complete recap from Orlando.