DNP, PhD Students, Alum Contribute to Duke Health Policy COVID Reflection

DUSON current and former students contributed to the Duke Margolis Center for Health Policy "Respond and Reform: Reflections on COVID-19" publication: 

• Allyson Michels, DNP student and Margolis Scholar in Nursing 

• Jacqueline Nikpour, PhD student and Margolis Scholar in Nursing 

• Lauren Arrington, DNP '20, and former Margolis Scholar in Nursing

• Michelle Franklin, PhD '20, former Margolis Scholar in Nursing and current Margolis postdoctoral research associate

As part of its mission, the Duke-Margolis Center for Health Policy aims to educate and train the next generation of leaders who will advance health and the value of health care locally, nationally, and globally. The Margolis Scholars program combines academic and experiential training in health policy and management for exceptional students at Duke University. It uniquely brings together students from different disciplines to learn about and tackle pressing health care challenges through interdisciplinary, evidence-based approaches.

Each year, the Margolis Scholars come together in the spring to organize an event focused on a critical health policy issue of their choice. With plans for the event firmly underway, the pandemic hit, centering everyone’s attention on COVID-19 and upending our usual ways of gathering and learning. With their ingenuity and resolve, the Margolis Scholars quickly pivoted from their original topic – working with the Partnership for Healthy Durham to advance student and community collaboration to improve health and health care in Durham – to crafting a series of reflections on COVID-19.