AIDS expert to head Duke health institute
(AP)


<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060726/ap_on_he_me/duke_aids_researcher"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20060726/capt.bd6d7c90352d4237b1344090d66f7de3.duke_aids_researcher_ncgb101.jpg?x=92&y=130&sig=SkMLRpuH22d3ENKdhDYcTw--" align="left" height="130" width="92" alt="In this undated photo released by Duke University, medical center researcher Michael Merson is shown. Merson, an internationally recognized expert in the study of HIV/AIDS, will be named director of the newly created Global Health Institute at Duke University, Wednesday, July 26, 2006, in Durham, N.C. Merson, former director of the World Health Organization's AIDS program and a professor at Yale University, will take over as institute director Nov. 1. The university-wide program promises to go beyond medicine by bringing together students in engineering, business and other academic areas to address health issues worldwide. (AP Photo/Duke University Medical Center)" border="0" /></a>AP - One of the country's top AIDS researchers and an expert in international health will lead Duke University's new Global Health Institute, one of several recent moves that puts the school at the forefront of HIV research.</p><br clear="all"/>