In 1974, the Granville and Vance County health departments merged to form the Granville Vance District Health Department. In 2015, the organization rebranded to its current name — Granville Vance Public Health (GVPH).
Our PhD students choose an array of pressing topics to concentrate on in their research endeavors. Here are the students who have picked matters pertaining specifically to the health care of the African American and Black communities.
Amnazo Muhirwa
Michael Cary, associate professor, was recognized for receiving the Raymond Gavins Distinguished Faculty Award, a Samuel DuBois Cook Society award, during the Society's awards ceremony on February 23.
Kudos to Ran Xiao, assistant professor, Jessica Zegre-Hemsey, of UNC Chapel Hill, and their entire team for the submission of their Duke/UNC CTSA Consortium Collaborative Pilot Project Award application entitled: “Early prediction of myocardial infarction using prehospital ECG through deep learning." This proposal requests funding for a one-year period with a start date of June 1, 202
Donna Biederman, associate professor, wrote a letter to the Health Care for the Homeless Respite Care Providers' Network (RCPN) members, which was included in their newsletter. Biederman is the new chair of the RCPN Steering Committee.
Several DUSON faculty and staff recently volunteered their time at TROSA during their COVID vaccination clinic. The clinic provided the second dose of the COVID vaccine to 200 of their residents and staff.
As part of the 2021 Health Professions Education Day, Duke AHEAD and Duke IPEC will present March Education Grand Rounds: Innovation Grant Presentations, where attendants where learn more about the exciting projects faculty have developed as part of the Duke AHEAD and IPEC Center grants. This event includes brief presentations from our Principal Investigators. Register online.
Ryan Shaw, associate professor, will be the presenter of University of Buffalo School of Nursing's 24th Annual Bonnie Bullough Lecture on April 16.
PhD students Amnazo Muhirwa and Lesley Rink have received awards for their Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing (Sigma) Small Grant proposals.
Amnazo Muhirwa