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Congratulations to Drs. Andrea Nackley and Nathaniel Hernandez (fellow), on receiving a $128,409 fellowship grant from the National Institutes of Health for their project aimed at advancing the understanding of the epigenetic basis for chronic primary pain conditions and elucidating new therapeutic targets.

Congratulations to Mara Serbanescu, MD, on receiving the International Anesthesia Research Society’s Mentored Research Award for her project that aims to advance the understanding of how nutritional interventions affect gut microbiota, bacterial translocation, and immune and inflammatory responses in early trauma.

Congratulations to Miriam Treggiari, MD, PhD, MPH, Duke Anesthesiology’s vice chair for research, on being named the Paul G. Barash Professor of Anesthesiology at the Duke University School of Medicine – the highest honor that Duke bestows on its faculty members.

Congratulations to Nicole Guinn, MD, MBA, on being named chief of the Neuroanesthesiology, Otolaryngology and Offsite Anesthesiology Division in which she will lead divisional faculty in providing state-of-the-art clinical care, advance research and educational missions, and oversee professional advancement.

Congratulations to Drs. Leah Acker and Elizabeth Malinzak on being selected as recipients of the 2023 Foundation for Anesthesia Education and Research-American Board of Anesthesiology Research in Education Grant and the Grant for Early Medical/Surgical Specialists' Transition to Aging Research.

Congratulations to the 13 residents and 37 fellows who graduated from Duke Anesthesiology’s nationally acclaimed residency and fellowship programs on June 10 and 11. View event highlights and learn about future plans for the graduates.

An unprecedented number of 100 abstracts were showcased at Duke Anesthesiology’s 31st Annual Academic Evening, an event that aims to advance anesthesiology, critical care and pain management. Congratulations to all of the award winners!

Congratulations to Vijay Krishnamoorthy, MD, MPH, PhD, on receiving a five-year $3,093,447 R01 grant for his study to further understand the impact of autonomic dysfunction on multi-organ dysfunction following severe traumatic brain injury (TBI).

Newly-published research from a Duke Health team, led by Duke Anesthesiology’s Drs. Ru-Rong Ji and Thomas Buchheit, uncovers the mechanisms of extended pain relief for autologous conditioned serum, a well-known biologic therapy.

Congratulations to Duke Anesthesiology’s Michael Devinney, MD, PhD, on being selected as a recipient of the New Investigator Award from the National Alzheimer’s Coordinating Center for his project aimed at identifying mechanisms for postoperative delirium.