DGHI to Honor World Mental Health Day
To commemorate World Mental Health Day on Wednesday, Duke researchers will share their work on one of the world's most neglected diseases. Moderated by Joanna (Asia) Maselko, the DGHI Global Mental Health Day Seminar at noon in Trent 040 will highlight Duke's efforts to address mental health challenges. The goal of the seminar will be to raise awareness of the degree to which mental health issues pervade entire populations across wealthy and low-income countries alike. The Duke Global Health Institute is on the leading edge of setting mental health as a global priority, with research that targets a range of populations, health issues and geographic locations.
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 New Federal Grant to Support Project on Climate and Water in Ethiopia
A Duke University research initiative to help understand how communities in rural Ethiopia are able to respond to uncertainty over water and climate, in the face of historic droughts and climatic variability, has received a $149,000 grant from the United States Agency for International Development. The project, first funded through seed grants from Provost Peter Lange's PFIRST program, is co-led by Erica Weinthal and DGHI faculty member Marc Jeuland, along with other faculty, and involves DGHI Doctoral Scholar Chris Paul.
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 Ralph Corey Receives National Friendship Award of China
Ralph Corey, physician at the Duke University Medical Center and director of the Duke Hubert-Yeargan Center for Global Health, was recognized for his work with Chinese physicians as one of this year's recipients of the National Friendship Award. This is the Chinese government's highest honor for foreigners who have made exceptional contributions to China. For the past 25 years, Corey has co-led a medical training exchange program between Duke University Medical Center and Beijing Hospital. To date, more than 20 Chinese physicians have trained at Duke, and more than 30 Duke medical residents have trained in China.
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