While the “biomedical” model of health and disease does continue to dominate much of current medical practice, that perspective is changing as reflected in the proposed changes to the World Health ...

The United States’ epidemic of diet-related illness, including cardiovascular diseases, cancer, diabetes, and obesity, is responsible for a significant portion of the nation’s health burden, ...

The Flexner Report of 1910, widely credited with revolutionizing medical education in the United States and Canada, had profound consequences for mental health care. The Flexner Report was ...

The Department of Biomedical Informatics and Data Sciences is proud to announce the launch of its new Ph.D. program in Biomedical and Health Informatics (BHI-PhD). This interdisciplinary program is ...

While many Duke researchers have long been engaged in innovative research at the intersection of health care and modeling technology, the University is now investing more intentionally in this field.