Duke Medicine
Giving in 2008-09
Duke Medicine received significant research support for a range of areas, including genome technology, stem cells, breast cancer prevention, women's cancers, infectious diseases, and drug discovery in the neurosciences. Charitable contributions also provided substantial funding for infant eye imaging and integrative medicine. The Duke Global Health Institute received funding for its health care, research, and education partnership with Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Center in Tanzania. Donor support also led to the creation of a new faculty chair in urology. Annual Fund gifts to the School of Medicine supported financial aid awards, curricular enhancements, the medical center library, and a new high-tech gross anatomy lab for medical students. Annual Fund gifts to the School of Nursing were primarily directed to financial aid.
Giving Priorities
- Merit and need-based scholarship support for students
- Research support for faculty
- Funding for a new building for the Duke Comprehensive Cancer Center, a planned expansion of the Duke University Hospital, and a new learning center for the School of Medicine
Giving News
- The Duke-National University of Singapore Graduate Medical School opened an 11-story, state-of-the-art medical education and research facility. The Khoo Teck Puat Building, named in honor of an $80 million gift from the estate of Tan Sri Khoo Teck Puat, features technologically advanced research laboratories, modern teaching and education spaces, a designated research center for genomic study and computational biology, and an ultra-modern library. Read More
- Paul and Sue Rosenau donated an initial $250,000 to Duke Medicine to establish the Legacy of Angels Fund in honor of their granddaughter, who was diagnosed with Krabbe disease. Their gift supports the ground-breaking research of Duke's Joanne Kurtzberg, MD, a world leader in the use of umbilical cord transplantation from unrelated donors to combat disease. Read More
Other Highlights
- The School of Medicine is planning an innovative new Learning Center, the first new facility dedicated to medical student education at Duke since the School began holding classes in the Davison Building in 1930. Read More