Deb Brandon was recently featured in an article entitled "Six Honored by Cook Society for Leadership & Community Activism" published on Duke Today.

The Samuel Dubois Cook Society was founded in 1997 to honor Cook as well as community members who follow his example of social activism and leadership. The society celebrates and affirms the presence of African-American students, faculty and staff at Duke.

The society’s Raymond Gavins Distinguished Faculty Award was presented to Debra Brandon, a neonatal clinical nurse and professor in the School of Nursing. Brandon was cited for “advancing diversity, inclusion and equity in the Ph.D. program in the Duke University School of Nursing.”

Brandon is director of nursing’s Ph.D. program and principal in the federally funded Bridge to the Doctorate grant with Winston Salem State University that addresses the shortage of underrepresented minority doctoral-prepared nurse researchers.

She “has provided leadership, vision, commitment, and the hard work to help the School of Nursing succeed in one of its most important endeavors: advancing the doctoral education for qualified applicants of every background – important contributions to our ‘beloved community,’” according to the Cook Society steering committee.

Read the full story here.