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| Faculty Advancement

TAST Leadership Awarded Funds for New Seminar Series

The Office for Faculty Advancement has awarded seed grants to 12 new projects led by Duke faculty members. The theme for this grant cycle is “Strengthening Faculty Communities Through Innovative Engagement and New Connections.” Building community among faculty and aiming for a high level of…

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| Duke Pratt School of Engineering

Research Traineeship Programs Prepare the Next Generation of Engineers

The National Science Foundation-supported traineeship led by Duke MEMS aims to transform how graduate students engage with surgical technologies

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| Pratt Magazine

The Roboticists Are Coming

Duke Engineering is bulking up its robotics program, both in education and research endeavors. Already boasting a strong team focused on areas such as precision robotic aids for clinical applications, controlling complex swarms of robots collaborating on a single mission, and securing autonomous…

Sabino Zani

| Duke University Medical School

Sabino Zani, MD, Awarded Thomas Lord Educational Innovation Grant

Sabino Zani, MD, Associate Professor of Surgery, Division of Surgical Oncology, was awarded the Thomas Lord Educational Innovation Grant from the Duke Pratt School of Engineering.

2023 Faculty Awards

| Duke Med School

TAST Program Leader Awarded Master Clinician Teacher Award

Congratulations to Duke Department of Surgery and TAST Co-PI, Sabino Zani for receiving the Master Clinician/Teacher Award from The Duke School of Medicine in recognition of excellence in teaching.

Sabino Zani

| Duke Med School

Duke Surgery Announces New Co-Directors of Surgical Education & Activities Lab (SEAL)

The Department of Surgery is pleased to announce the appointments of Louise Jackson, MD, MBBA, and Sabino Zani, MD, as the new Co-Directors of the Surgical Education & Activities Lab (SEAL). 

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| Duke University School of Medicine

Duke Skull Base Program Named Team of Distinction

In the lab of neurosurgeon Patrick Codd, MD, researchers have developed a fluorescent detection method that uses machine learning to aid in classifying tumors during surgery to guide precise tumor removal.

Surgery

| Duke Cancer Institute

DCI Surgeons Part of Team Awarded $3 Million NSF Training Grant

Brian Mann, Patrick Codd, Zabino Zani, Jr., and Leila Bridgeman are the recipients of a $3 million National Science Foundation Grant Award that will train Master’s and PhD students in the interdisciplinary fields of engineering, computer science, data science, and surgical…

Siobhan Rigby Oca

| Duke Engineering

TAST Professor Highlighted - Siobhan Rigby Oca

With expertise in course design, the Duke PhD graduate and new MEMS professor of the practice will also serve as an assistant director of master's degrees.

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| Duke Engineering

Cross-Training Graduate Students to Develop Smart Robotic Surgical Instruments

Duke’s new NSF Research Traineeship Program brings engineers and computer scientists into the operating room to solve unmet surgical challenges.