Health & Medicine

One effort is a new master’s program that trains engineers to do the storytelling, speak in plain language — and think about the uncertainty that comes with natural disasters.

2025 Faculty Scholars, clockwise from left: Jorge Mato Frontela, Fletch Rydell, Miguel Cohen Suarez and Trisha Santanam

Dr. Matthew Luedke, a neurologist at Duke, uses 2HELPS2B, an AI tool used in hospitals to quickly predict the likelihood of a person having a seizure. “It is very useful when you’re seeing a patient in the hospital who may have some subtle seizure activity in order to gauge how to appropriately monitor and treat them,” said Luedke.

New evidence from brain imaging research shows that "aha! moments" aren’t just satisfying — they actually reshape how your brain represents information, and help sear it into memory.

M.D./Ph.D. student Trisha Dalapati says: "Climate change is affecting our health in ways that we’re only beginning to understand.”

Prior to helping an injured cyclist on their drive home, team members from Duke Employee Occupational Health and Wellness met with colleagues at Duke Health Lake Norman. Among those at the visit were, left to right, EOHW Nursing Supervisor Brad Petrusa, Duke Health Lake Norman Employee Health Nurse Berny Davis, EOHW Assistant Director Dr. Kristen Said, EOHW Nursing Supervisor Katie Rauschenberg and EOHW Operations Coordinator Charita Tabron. Photo courtesy of EOHW.