Dr. Kevin Southerland among SoM Physician-Scientists selected to receive Strong Start Awards

Dr. Kevin Southerland, Department of Surgery, is among six School of Medicine faculty members that have been selected to receive a 2021 Physician-Scientist “Strong Start” award. The Strong Start program is administered by the School of Medicine’s Office of Physician-Scientist Development (OPSD). It is funded with a gift from the Duke Endowment, supports promising, early career physician-scientists at Duke as they develop independent research programs.  Each recipient will receive $75,000 annually for three years to support their research programs. Since 2016, 27 faculty have been awarded more than $5.7 million. Read more about the honor here.