Ran Xiao, assistant professor, co-published “Electroencephalography measures of relative power and coherence as reaching skill emerges in infants born preterm" for Scientific Reports. Xiao provides equal contribution and shares co-first authorship of the paper.

The following second-semester ABSN students were recently approved by the D-CHIPP Executive Committee to become student affiliates: Diana Hope Bennett, Tomi Jegede, Harmeet Kaur,

Kudos to Hanzhang Xu, assistant professor, and her entire team for the submission of the National Institutes of Health R21 application entitled: “Developing a Mobile App-Based Intervention to Promote Cognitive Health in Older Chinese Americans.” This proposal requests funding for a two-year period with a start date of September 1, 2021.

Kudos to Tolu Oyesanya, assistant professor, and her entire team for the submission of the National Institutes of Health R21 application entitled: “Improving The Transition from Acute Hospital Care to Home for Older Adults with Traumatic Brain Injury and Families." This proposal requests funding for a two-year period with a start date of September 1, 2021.

Laura Hollister-Meadows, DNP'20, published "Association between evidenc

Staci Reynolds, assistant professor, and alumna Jessica Tang and Emily Thomesen, both ABSN'17, contributed to "Impact of Citrus Essential Oil Diffusion on Health Care Staff's Stress Levels: An Evidence-Based Practice Project" in Holistic Nursing Practice.

As part of Duke Health's commitment to getting the vaccine to those most impacted by COVID-19, they partnered with the community to pilot two “pop-up” vaccine clinics.

Julee Waldrop, DNP'10, will serve as the assistant dean of the DNP Program beginning on June 1, 2021!

Waldrop earned a BA in Education with a specialization in physical education at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, her BSN from Texas Woman’s University and MS from the University of Illinois at Chicago.