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Duke Neurology News
A weekly newsletter from the Duke Department of Neurology - February 15, 2021
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 Spector discusses reforming peer review on KevinMD
Andrew Spector, MD, recently appeared in a video segment on the KevinMD Blog to discuss the need for reforming peer review for for-profit journals." The peer-review process is fallible, slow, and biased, and it takes advantage of the scientific community’s altruism. We need to keep pushing the conversation forward about making publishing more equitable, timely, accessible, and fair," Spector said. "An obvious and easy way to begin is to pay the experts who perform the peer reviews." Watch the full interview here.
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 This Week at Duke: Neurovascular ultrasound at grand rounds, mental health webinar starts, and more
Emory's Aaron Anderson, MD, will deliver our grand rounds with a lecture on neurovascular ultrasound. This week also sees the first in a six-part mental health webinar series with Robin Gurwitch, PhD, leading a discussion on maintaining wellness. Read more about that free series here. Other neuro-adjacent lectures this week include geriatrics and pallaitive care grand rounds and two neurobiology seminars. Read the "Calendar of Events" section below for times and login details. |
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Faculty Spotlight
 Prachi Parikh, MD
Prachi Parikh, MD, had a lifelong interest in both math and physics which she maintained even as she entered medical school and her neurology residency. So when the study of epilepsy combined those interests along with the intricacies of the brain and an ability to help patients she knew the specialty would be for her. In this week’s “Spotlight” interview, the new addition to our faculty shares some of the intersections between neurology and women’s health. Parikh also discusses how every visit is a learning opportunity both for her and her patients and shares her loves of cooking, traveling, and spending time with her one year old when she’s not at Duke. Read more.
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Calendar of Events
Monday. February 15
- Geriatrics Grand Rounds: Mark Toles, PhD, RN (UNC-Chapel Hill) Transitions for post-acute care Meeting number: 732 707 765 Password: Duke Log in here.
- Palliative Care Grand Rounds: No lecture this week (AAHPM conference)
- Neurobiology Student Seminar Seminar: 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Xin Jin: How genes and environment shape brain development: In vivo perturb-seq and beyond n email d.shipman@duke.edu for login info.
Tuesday, February 16
- Neurobiology Seminar: noon-1 p.m. Ishmail Abdus-Saboor, PhD (Assistant Professor of Biology, University of Pennsylvania) - Mouse pain scales and neural circuits for social touch - email d.shipman@duke.edu for login info.
Wednesday, February 17
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Duke Neurology Trivia
Fellow Flashback
 Two of our current fellows sent in photos of themselves during their childhood years. Can you identify these fellows (and former Duke Neurology residents)?
Click here for the answer.
Are you a faculty, staff, or trainee of the Neurology Department with a photo of yourself from 10+ years ago that you'd like to share? If so send it to William.Alexander@duke.edu and we may feature it in a future issue.
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