Speakers, Panelists Discuss Future of Nursing in 2021 Harriet Cook Carter Lecture

More than 220 attendants within and outside the Duke University School of Nursing logged onto Zoom on February 2 to hear more about “The Future of Nursing: A Look Back and A Look Ahead,” when the School presented its 58th annual Harriet Cook Carter Lecture.

This year's featured speaker was Susan B. Hassmiller, senior adviser for Nursing for the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and director of the Foundation's Future of Nursing: Campaign for Action, in partnership with AARP. Her presentation preceded a three-person panel discussion.

Sickle Cell Disease Disproportionately Affects Black Community

Several faculty, staff devote time researching aspects of disease, its treatment.

About 100,000 Americans live with sickle cell disease (SCD), according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). One of every 365 of those Americans are of Black or African American births.

Numerous faculty and staff at the Duke University School of Nursing have made exploring SCD and the patients it affects a research priority.

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