Donna Biederman, associate professor and D-CHIPP director, is now chair of the National Health Care for the Homeless Council (NHCHC) Respite Care Providers Network (RCPN) Steering Committee and a council board member. Biederman was confirmed as a member of the RCPN Steering Committee in 2015 and has been vice chair since 2019.
Gina Wilson, DNP'16 and consulting associate, is an author of "Addressing Organizational Barriers to Adolescent Access to High-Quality, Low-Cost, Confidential Sexual and Reproductive Health Services in a Community Health Center" in Health Promotion Practice. Other authors include Meriel A.
Angela Richard-Eaglin, assistant professor, has been leading a series of presentations on Cultural Intelligence and Bias Management to Mitigate Bias-influenced Decisions and Outcomes in Health Care. This series of presentations is a part of a Health Equity and Diversity Series for ECHO HPM CARES, in collaboration with Four Seasons in Flat Rock, NC.
Maryellen S. Kelly, assistant professor, was appointed as Affiliated Society Representative on the Editorial Board of the Journal of Pediatric Urology. The aims of this publication are "to advance and improve the education in pediatric urology and the diffusion of knowledge of new and improved methods of teaching and practicing pediatric urology in all its branches."
Kudos to Chip Bailey, associate professor, and his entire team for the submission of their Duke Roybal Center proposal entitled: “Communication Intervention for People with ALS and their Care-partners”. This proposal request funding for a one-year period with a start date of June 1, 2021.
Sigma Global Nursing Excellence provides the Helene Fuld Health Trust Scholarships to provide individuals who are in accredited US Schools of Nursing Accelerated Second Degree or Doctor of Nursing Practice programs.
Scholarship: Up to $5,000
Scholarships are available to those accepted to or enrolled in accredited U.S. Schools of Nursing Accelerated Second Degree or Doctor of Nursing Practice programs for the 2021-2022 academic year.
Note: An individual cannot receive this award more than one time.
Scholarship funds will be sent to the school of nursing's university by September 2021 to pay for 2021-2022 tuition, books, and other university fees.
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Before it was the Durham Center for Senior Life (DCSL), the nonprofit was known as the Golden Age Society. Founded in 1949, the Golden Age Society focused on social gatherings as they coordinated neighborhood social clubs for Durham’s elderly residents. Today, the DCSL offers various services aimed at advancing the well-being of adults 55 and older living in Durham and is located in downtown Durham with two satellite locations, one in the JFK Memorial Towers in Durham and the other in the Little River Community Complex in Bahama, NC.
DUHS leadership has expressed how grateful they are to all DUSON volunteers who have staffed the employee and community vaccine clinics during the past three weeks. In December, our faculty, staff and student volunteers worked a total of 21 vaccine clinic shifts and 25 so far in January!
The need for volunteers to serve in RN and non-RN roles is growing significantly, since Duke is continuing to ramp up vaccine clinics in both the Durham and Raleigh communities. Large scale vaccinations will continue at Duke for many months to come.
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