Thanks to you Duke University School of Medicine’s research has advanced to the semifinals of STAT Madness 2026, and now it’s crunch time. To stay in the bracket-style tournament, we need your votes — every single one keeps us in the game.
The national “March Madness–style” competition celebrates the year’s most innovative biomedical research. Duke SOM has two groundbreaking discoveries competing and needs your vote to advance round to round.
- Duke vs. Tufts University: A newly identified gut sense is a lightning-fast pathway where molecules in the gut bacteria signal the brain within seconds to regulate appetite.
- Duke vs. Michigan Medicine: Duke's AI model is shooting 84% from the field in predicting teens at risk for mental health crisis.
Vote for Duke University School of Medicine (Note: There is also a separate Duke University entry.)