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In the Spotlight

“A Model of Life”: Gabrielle Daniels, Theology, Medicine, and Culture Fellow ’18, Seeks Health Care Justice for Women and Children of Color

“As health professionals, we need to get ahold of the ministry of healing as ordained through Christ Jesus,” says Gabrielle Daniels, an alumna of the Theology, Medicine, and Culture (TMC) Fellowship at Duke Divinity School. Daniels, who also holds an MPH from Yale, is now a Project Manager at the Equal Justice Initiative (EJI), and
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Dr. Thomas Catena Gives Inaugural Lecture at Duke Divinity School

The Theology, Medicine, and Culture Initiative at Duke Divinity School hosted the Inaugural Thomas Gerard Catena Lecture on November 19th at Goodson Chapel. Read about and watch the lecture in this article in Duke Today: “In football, a nose guard is a position with no glamour and no glory.  A defensive bulwark, the nose guard
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Inaugural Catena Lecture: “Gratitude in Action: One Doctor. One Hospital. One Million Patients.”

The Theology, Medicine, and Culture Initiative is hosting the Inaugural Catena Lecture in Medicine, Faith and Service, given by Tom Catena, MD. The lecture is entitled “Gratitude in Action: One Doctor. One Hospital. One Million Patients.” The annual lectureship will publicly appreciate and encourage students to study the example of Dr. Tom Catena, a singular
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Theology, Medicine & Culture Events

TMC Seminar: ‘Seven is the Lord’s Number:’ The Role of Religious Beliefs in Medical Decision-Making for Patients with Serious Illness, Kimberly Sherell Johnson, MD

Friday, January 31, 2020, 12PM | Trent Center for Bioethics, Humanities, and the History of Medicine
Kimberly Sherell Johnson is Associate Professor of Medicine at Duke School of Medicine, Senior Fellow in the Center for the Study of Aging and Human Development, and Member of the Duke Cancer Institute.

TMC Seminar: “Hearing God’s Voice in Our Academic Lives,” Tamara Fitzgerald, MD, PhD

Friday, February 14, 2020, 12PM | Trent Center for Bioethics, Humanities, and the History of Medicine
Tamara Fitzgerald is an Assistant Professor in the Division of Pediatric Surgery at Duke University.  Her academic focus is in global surgery, surgical capacity building, and cost-effective, quality biomedical devices for low-middle income countries. She works with pediatric surgeons in sub-Saharan Africa to increase training and support for young surgeons, thereby improving children’s access to

TMC Seminar: “Jesus’s Ministry of Healing,” Dr. Randy Clark

Friday, February 21, 2020, 12PM | Alumni Memorial Common Room (152 Langford)
Dr. Randy Clark is the overseer of Global Awakening and the Apostolic Network of Global Awakening. He is a major figure in charismatic Christian healing movements and is best known for his leadership in what has come to be called “the Toronto Blessing.” In the years since, he has been invited to speak about revival,

TMC Seminar: Gilbert Meilaender, PhD

Friday, March 20, 2020, 12PM | Trent Center for Bioethics, Humanities, and the History of Medicine
Gilbert Meilaender is Senior Research Professor at Valparaiso University and the Paul Ramsey Fellow at the Notre Dame Center for Ethics and Culture.  He taught at the University of Virginia (1975-78), at Oberlin College (1978-96), and at Valparaiso University (1996-2014), where he held the Duesenberg Chair in Christian Ethics.  Professor Meilaender is the author of