Martin Luther King Jr., Memorial Medicine Grand Rounds: Advancing Pharmacoequity: A Policy Prescription Toward Justice in Health
Friday, January 16, 2026
8:00 am - 9:00 am
Utibe Essien, MD, MPH
Climate & Health “Big Ideas” Symposium
Sponsor(s):
School of Medicine (SOM), Division of Community Health, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Duke Global Health Institute (DGHI), Duke Molecular Physiology Institute, Molecular Genetics and Microbiology (MGM), and Population Health Sciences
Thursday, January 22, 2026
9:00 am - 4:00 pm
Medicine Grand Rounds: Quality and Safety at Duke: The Integral Role of the Department of Medicine
Friday, January 30, 2026
8:00 am - 9:00 am
Mike Pignone, MD, MPH, MACP and Rich Shannon, MD
The 2026 Robert J. Lefkowitz, MD, Distinguished Lecture "Emerging indications, molecules and mechanisms for GLP-1 medicines"
Sponsor(s):
School of Medicine (SOM), Biochemistry, Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Cell Biology, Division of Community Health, Department of Medicine, Department of Neurology, Duke Integrative Immunobiology, Duke Molecular Physiology Institute, Molecular Genetics and Microbiology (MGM), Pharmacology and Cancer Biology, and Population Health Sciences
Thursday, February 05, 2026
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Daniel Drucker, MD Professor, Department of Medicine, Temerty Faculty of Medicine Senior Scientist, Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute Mt. Sinai Hospital, University of Toronto
Women’s Health Research Symposium
Sponsor(s):
School of Medicine (SOM), Building Interdisciplinary Research Careers in Women's Health (BIRCWH), Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Pharmacology and Cancer Biology, and Research Career Development Programs
Friday, February 06, 2026
8:00 am - 1:15 pm
Faculty Leadership Foundations Day 1: Managing Self and Others
Monday, February 16, 2026
8:30 am - 4:30 pm
Faculty Leadership Foundations Day 2: Challenging Conversations
Tuesday, February 17, 2026
8:30 am - 4:30 pm
Faculty Leadership Foundations Day 3: Academic Health Center Finances
Wednesday, February 18, 2026
8:30 am - 4:30 pm
The Abnormal Becomes Normal: Facing Human Suffering in Clinical Medicine
Sponsor(s):
Trent Center for Bioethics, Humanities & History of Medicine and School of Medicine (SOM)
Thursday, March 05, 2026
5:30 pm - 6:30 pm
Naomi Rosenberg
The Lost Art of Dying Well
Sponsor(s):
Trent Center for Bioethics, Humanities & History of Medicine and School of Medicine (SOM)
Thursday, March 26, 2026
5:30 pm - 6:30 pm
Lydia Dugdale
2026 McGovern Lecture
Sponsor(s):
Trent Center for Bioethics, Humanities & History of Medicine and School of Medicine (SOM)
Wednesday, April 15, 2026
5:30 pm - 6:30 pm
Susan Magsamen
Multidisciplinary Benign Urology Research Symposium
Sponsor(s):
School of Medicine (SOM), Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, and KURe - Multidisciplinary K12 Urologic Research Career Development Program
Friday, April 17, 2026
8:00 am - 4:00 pm
2026 School of Medicine Awards Celebration
Sponsor(s):
School of Medicine Faculty Development
Tuesday, May 12, 2026
5:00 pm - 7:00 pm





