PhD Students Muhirwa, Rink Receive Sigma Grants
PhD students Amnazo Muhirwa and Lesley Rink have received awards for their Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing (Sigma) Small Grant proposals.
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Health Professions Education Day Happening March 12
Registration is now open for 2021 Education Day! Join us virtually on March 12 from 9 a.m. to 1:15 pm. This year's theme is "The COVID Effect: Teaching, Leading & Caring During Challenging Times." Viviana Martinez-Bianchi, of Family Medicine and Community Health, is the keynote speaker.
Application Process Open for Spring 2021 Duke Incubation Fund Awards
Duke Innovation and Entrepreneurship is now accepting applications for the Duke Incubation Fund (the "Fund"), which now provides up to $40K per project of seed funding for early-stage technologies and ideas at Duke with potential for commercialization.
Koru Mindfulness Course Offered for DUSON Community
The DUSON Student Success Center is partnering with Koru teachers, Jacquelyn McMillian-Bohler, assistant professor, and Lesley Rink, PhD student, to offer a DUSON Koru Mindfulness course! The four-week course will be held on Tuesdays, March 16, 23, 30, and April 6 from 4 to 5:15 p.m., exclusively for DUSON students, staff and faculty!
Student Council Holds Showing of 'Soul'
After landing the gig of a lifetime, a New York jazz pianist suddenly finds himself trapped in a strange land between Earth and the afterlife. Join DUSON Student Council for a Zoom screening of Disney and Pixar's "Soul" on March 5 at 7 p.m.!
Nominations Being Accepted for Duke Community Engagement Awards
Duke Civic Engagement is administering several awards to recognize outstanding community engagement among members of the Duke community.
Oyesanya Submits Proposal to Study Early Post-Acute Period of TBI Patients
Kudos to Tolu Oyesanya, assistant professor, and her entire team for the submission of their application to the Research Centers Collaborative Network (RCCN) administered by Wake Forest University.
DUSON Co-Presenting, Participating in Conference
The theme will be "Building Alliance Through Interprofessional Education."
Noonan Accepted To National Cancer Institute Training Program
Devon Noonan, associate professor, was accepted to the Multilevel Intervention Training Institute (MLTI). The National Cancer Institute (NCI) Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences (DCCPS) hosts this training institute to provide participants with a thorough grounding in conducting multilevel intervention (MLI) research w
Howard Co-Authored Article on Corporate Leadership Training
Valerie Howard, vice dean of Academic Affairs, co-published "Corporate leadership training: Value added for your simulation center" for the Journal of Professional Nursing.
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