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New Fellowship Honors Wilfert
Duke pediatric HIV/AIDS researcher and children's global health advocate Catherine Wilfert, MD was honored in March with the establishment of an endowed fellowship in pediatric infectious diseases in her name. Wilfert, a Duke professor of pediatrics and microbiology, emerita, is internationally known for her research into the natural history and treatment of AIDS in children and her involvement in clinical trials to test the effectiveness of new anti-HIV medications, particularly the use of AZT to block transmission of the AIDS virus from mother to baby. Friends and colleagues of Wilfert and her husband, Samuel Katz, MD, chair of pediatrics, emeritus, contributed more than $850,000 toward the endowment fund. |
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