Paula Koppel, PhD student, will present "The Power of Rapport: Enhancing the Health and Well-being of Nurses and their Patients" for the annual GRADx event on Friday, March 26, from 4 to 6 p.m. This event will be hosted by the Graduate School and Society Duke Fellows. This is a TED talk event with graduate students describing their areas of research in a virtual format.
Duke Center for the Study of Aging and Human Development, REACH Equity, and Roybal Center will present "Using the NIA Health Disparities Framework to Optimize Equity in Aging Research" on May 21 from 1 to 2:30 p.m. EST. Register online.
Vincent Guilamo-Ramos, MSN'17, incoming DUSON dean, will be a participant of the report release webinar for the forthcoming report "Sexually Transmitted Infections: Adopting a Sexual Health Paradigm" on March 24 from 11 a.m.
Two medical student mentees of Donna Biederman, associate professor, were accepted into the A.C. Reid Schweitzer Fellowship program: Tamar Chukrun and Trisha Dalapati. Sally Wilson is the site mentor. The site is Project Access of Durham County.
DUSON’s resident experts in mindfulness and meditation, Jacqui McMillian-Bohler, assistant professor, and Lesley Rink, Ph.D.
Sophia Smith, associate professor, was interviewed by ABC 11 for its story "Gov. Cooper opens vaccinations to some members of Group 4 starting next week" on March 11. She spoke from the perspective of being a two-time cancer survivor.
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The Duke Institute for Health Innovation (DIHI) will support high-potential innovation projects in the areas of novel strategies to improve value of care delivery, advance health equity, amplify digital solutions for care and monitoring, strengthen provider and staff experience and well-being and enhance patient engagement and experience.
Tammy Uhl, consulting associate, is part of a 2021 DIHI Innovation Project team for the "Machine Learning Approach to Pediatric Sepsis Recognition" project.
Kudos to AnnMarie Walton, assistant professor, and her entire team for the resubmission of her Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) R21 application entitled: “Improving Practices to Limit Healthcare Workers' Exposure to Antineoplastic Drugs." This proposal requests funding for a 2-year period with a start date of September 1, 2021.
Kudos to Stephanie Ibemere, postdoc, and her entire team for the submission of her Duke Research Voucher Program application entitled: “Developing the Sickle Cell Disease Outpatient Satisfaction Survey (Sickle OPS2) to Assess Patient Satisfaction with Outpatient Sickle Cell Disease (SCD) Chronic Care Management.” This proposal requests funding for a one-year period with a