Duke Magazine Spring 2020

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ForeverDukeDOERS

COVID-19

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These alumni are among the many who have answered the call...

MEDICAL Jill Obremskey ’86

The doctor is the director of Community Health Services in Tennessee; her team is tasked with testing and contact tracing to limit the virus.

Brandin Yan ’18

Helped organize an effort to replenish personal protective equipment for local hospitals.

Vikram Devisetty ’02, M.D. ’07, M.B.A. ’07

Caring for positive COVID-19 patients.

Reza Zsilinskzka ’11, M.D. ’16

The emergency medicine resident talked to NBC News about the scene at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania.

FOOD 5 Catherine Fei ’17

Helped start the Denver chapter of Frontline Foods, to support local restaurants and local health-care professionals.

Julia Wyatt Love ’83

Started Feed the Fight Durham NC, which raises money to pay local restaurants to provide meals to local health-care professionals.

3 Jacinta Ingram Curtis M.S.N. ’17

A pediatric acute care nurse practitioner helping those affected in Durham.

FROM 3D PRINTING RESPIRATORS TO POTENTIAL THERAPIES: Learn how Duke scholars and researchers are addressing the pandemic HERE. 26 www.dukemagazine.duke.edu


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