This Week at Duke: Trivia Bowl, faculty portrait, and more
Our 2019 Trivia Bowl takes place 8 a.m. at Duke North on Wednesday, followed by an official faculty photoshoot on the steps of the Trent Semans Center at 9:10. If you'd like a new headshot, head over to Fuqua on Tuesday. Other events this week include a palliative fellow lecture, a neurobiology student seminar and our Wolfgang Liedtke, MD, PhD, giving an invited seminar on repurposing cancer drugs. Read the "This week's events" series for times and details.




Neurology and Women's Health: Brain Tumors
Subtle but important differences between men and women exist throughout the body--even within the brain and nervous system. For International Women’s Health Week (May 12-18) we spoke with several Duke Neurologists about what gender differences mean for women with different neurological conditions. In our first entry Katy Peters, MD, PhD, discusses women and brain tumors including how they develop differently by gender, fertility concerns, and the multidisciplinary care available to patients at Duke. Read more.

Neurology and Women's Health: Migraine
Migraines, the most common neurological disorder, are especially devastating for women. Most migraine sufferers are women, and their migraines often last longer, and are more intense. Fortunately, we know much more how and why migraines occur, and there are treatments can stop or reduce the effects of this disabling condition. Hillary Yu, NP-C, MSN, discusses the biological and cultural factors that make migraines so difficult for women, available treatment options and lifystyle options, and some of the Duke research investigating how to better understand and treat migraines. Read more.

 

Neurology and Women's Health: Sleep Disorders
Sleep, one of our body’s most basic needs, is critical for all aspects of health. Unfortunately, many of us--women included--aren’t getting enough of it. For our third and final “Neurology and Women’s Health” entry for 2019, Andrew Spector, MD, talks about how insomnia, sleep apnea, and other conditions affect women. He also discusses his own recent research that shows how characteristics that predict sleep apnea are different for men than for women, as well as some ways women can get better sleep and be aware of their own risks for sleep disorders. Read more.

 

 

Napier, Liedtke, Gregory present their work from West Virginia to San Diego
The stroke team’s Sandra Napier, NP, (left) gave a podium presentation at the West Virginia Advanced Practice Nursing Update Conference last week. On the faculty side, Simon Gregory, PhD, presented a poster detailing his collaborative research on integrated cancer genomics for a National Cancer Institute review of the Duke Cancer Institute. And Wolfgang Liedtke, MD, PhD, recently gave an invited plenary lectures at the American Academy of Orofacial Pain 2019 Annual Meeting in San Diego, where he spoke on trigeminally mediated pain.

APP Spotlight

For this week’s “Spotlight” interview, we talk to Susannah White, PA-C, the newest member of our epilepsy and sleep team. White talks to us about how a love of the brain (as well as a hatred of writing research papers) led her to become a physician assistant focusing on neurology. She also talks about the pleasures of being able to help individuals with sleep apnea, how advanced practice providers are an integral part of the team at Duke, and hiking, baking and working toward her pilot’s license when she’s not at Duke. Read more.

This Week's Events