Kudos to Isaac Lipkus, professor, and his entire team for the submission of a subcontract proposal to The Ohio State University on their NIH R01 application entitled: "Efficacy of a Tailored mHealth Messaging Cessation Intervention for Waterpipe Tobacco Smoking in Young Adults." This proposal requests funding for a five-year period with a start date of September 1, 2021.

This month’s research seminar features faculty and staff from the Duke Global Health Institute (DGHI) who will discuss various aspects of the Sexual and Gender Minority (SGM) Program.  Deondra Rose from the Sanford School of Public Policy will be the discussant.

Sara LeGrand will speak on:

• • The Duke SGM Health Program
• • Snapshots of current projects
• • Development of the SGM Health Best Practices Knowledgebase

Hy Huynh will speak on:

Hanzhang Xu, assistant professor, wrote "Perceived Versus Actual Risks of 30-Day Readmission in Patients With Cardiovascular Disease" in Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes.

Please keep in mind you must submit your expense report(s) to start the approval workflow. If you have a staff assistant or someone who creates or edits expenses report(s) for you, that individual will click on notify employee to transfer expense report to you for your approval. You will receive a notification email from the Concur System when an expense report requires your approval. It’s important for you to view for correction and click on submit report. Clicking on submit report starts the approval workflow. Below is an example notification email from Concur system:

Congratulations to Marta Mulawa, assistant professor, on the award of her proposal to the Duke Global Health Institute Small Research Grant Program for a project entitled: Supporting the Customization of a Smartphone App to Improve Treatment Adherence among South African Adolescents Living with HIV. This project has been awarded for a one-year period with a start date January 15, 2021.

Staff members gathered last week to put together packages of masks for faculty and staff: Karen Jackson, administrative assistant to the associate dean of Finance and Administration, Rometa Summerlin, staff assistant, Chloe Hayim, director of Institutional Research, Jennifer Chamberlain, financial analyst, Najla McClain, ABSN program coordinator, Kimberly Jackson,&

Congratulations to AnnMarie Walton, assistant professor, and her entire team who have received an award for their Duke School of Medicine Core Facility Voucher Grant proposal entitled: “Using Silicone Wristbands to Assess Nurses' Exposure to Antineoplastic Drugs: A Feasibility Study.” This award is for a one-year period with a start date of January 1, 2021.

Registration is now open for the International Center for Academic Integrity's 6th Annual Mid-Atlantic Regional Conference, hosted virtually this year by the USM William E.

Amber Johnson, DNP'20, recently accepted a faculty position with Seed Global Health at Lira University in Uganda for the 2021-22 academic year. She'll be working both as a nursing/midwifery instructor in their nursing school as well as helping to launch their new graduate program in midwifery.