News for Faculty and Staff
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Friday, August 30, 2019
The Duke University School of Medicine Department of Population Health Sciences Presents Dr. Larry Carin, vice president for Research at Duke University on Wednesday, September 11 from 11 a.m. to 12 p.m. at 200 Morris Street, CR 1200, first floor. Light refreshments will be served.
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Friday, August 30, 2019
The Department of Family Medicine & Community Health is launching a new Certificate in Health Care Transformation program in Spring 2020 and is accepting applications. Through this one-year certificate program, learners will gain the knowledge and skills needed to navigate the rapidly evolving health care landscape; improve clinical, operational and business outcomes; and transform health care organizations to reach higher levels of performance.
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Thursday, August 22, 2019
Duke University School of Nursing (DUSON) is excited to welcome Cecil Outlaw to the Financial Aid Office. Outlaw joins DUSON as a senior financial aid counselor. He joins us with almost 12 years of financial aid experience and a wealth of knowledge regarding federal regulations and compliance. Outlaw previously worked at the University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill, North Carolina State University, and Durham Tech. He is currently on the conference planning committee for the North Carolina Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators.
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Thursday, August 22, 2019
Congratulations to AnnMarie Walton, assistant professor, and her entire team who has received an award for her Southeast Center for Agricultural Health and Injury Prevention (SCAHIP)/ University of Kentucky Pilot grant application entitled "Engaging Farmworker Health Outreach Workers in Professional Development: The Refinement of a Handwashing Educational Toolkit for Spanish-Speaking Farmworks." This award is for a one-month period that starts September 1, 2019.
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Thursday, August 22, 2019
Marion E. Broome, Dean and Ruby Wilson Professor of Nursing, Duke University School of Nursing; Vice Chancellor for Nursing Affairs, Duke University; Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs for Nursing, Duke University Health System, received the Margaret Comerford Freda Award for Editorial Leadership in Nursing Publication. The award recognizes outstanding achievements or contributions by an editor in pursuit of excellence in nursing publication.
The award was presented at the International Nurse Authors and Editors Conference in Calgary, Canada.
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Thursday, August 22, 2019
Jennie De Gagne, associate professor, was an invited presenter for the 2019-2020 Faculty Fellowship Conference which is part of The Invest in Nursing Project. Her lecture was entitled "Scholarship of teaching and learning: Methods for message dissemination."
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Thursday, August 22, 2019
This article will highlight some recommended tips and reminders for the start of the fall semester.
But first, here's out Tech Tip of the Week...
Google is spying on you! That's right - it's their business model. They learn as much about you as possible, then deliver highly-targeted advertising directly to your browser, apply filters to your search results and sell your information to the highest bidder.
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Thursday, August 22, 2019
A Duke Interprofessional Education team that included Blanca Iris Padilla, assistant professor; Jeffrey Hoder, Duke Physical Therapy; Erin Leiman, Duke Health Emergency Medicine; and Kathleen Waite, Duke Health Internal Medicine; presented at the Nexus Summit 2019. The name of the presentation was "STAT!: The Need for Interprofessional Education in the Emergency Department."
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Thursday, August 22, 2019
Congratulations to Tracey Yap, associate professor, and her entire team who has received an award for her NIH R01 Administrative Supplement proposal entitled "Influence of Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias Among Obese and Non-Obese Nursing Home Residents on Movement Patterns and Repositioning." This administrative supplement award is for a one-year period with a start date of April 1, 2019.
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Thursday, August 22, 2019
The Duke Institute for Health Innovation (DIHI) enables transformative innovation in health and health care by catalyzing multidisciplinary teamwork across Duke University and Duke Health.
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Thursday, August 22, 2019
Eun-Ok Im, associate dean for research development and regulatory affairs; Wonshik Chee, associate professor; You Lee Yang, international visiting scholar and project coordinator; and Chiyoung Lee, PhD student; made seven presentations at the Asian American Pacific Islander Islander Nurses Association and Taiwan Nurses Association Joint International Conference in Taiwan.
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Thursday, August 22, 2019
The Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke University's The Ethics of Now with Adriane Lentz-Smith hosts a conversation with Cheyenne and Arapaho author of the New York Times best-selling novel There There on Friday, August 30 at 7 p.m. at the Durham Arts Council. In There, There the author opts for brutal honesty over comforting fictions and empathy over complacency.