Tom Blodgett, assistant professor, was recognized by the National Hartford Center for Gerontological Nursing Excellence (NHCGNE) as a Distinguished Educator in Gerontological Nursing.

A team from DUSON presented recently at the American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine's (ACRM) 97th annual conference. They presented a total of six presentations (four oral presentations, one poster presentation and one panel presentation). The conference occurred virtually due to COVID-19.

A video of Dean Marion E.

LaWanda McCreary, communications strategist, was a winner of a Duke Standing Together T-shirt for her submission for the Working@Duke's Mask Motivation Campaign. To view more entries, check out the "Duke Employees Share Their Mask Motivation" article and video on Duke Today.

Deirdre Thornlow, associate professor, is featured in the "Insight from a Senior Care Expert" article on MoneyGeek.

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When it comes to senior care, there are many resources available to help. According to Thornlow, it’s never too early to start planning for care.

Registration is now open for the Eighth Annual Durham VA - DUSON Advanced Practice Provider Veteran’s Health Symposium. To celebrate Nurse Practitioner (NP) Week, DUSON and the Durham VA APRN Committee have collaborated to offer this no cost, full day Veteran-centric interprofessional educational event.

A study led by Rita V. Masese, associate in Research, was the subject of "Sickle Cell Disease Studies Should Diversify Recruitment Strategies," written by Jonathan Alicea for HCPLive. 

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Each year, Duke Health hosts a Duke Quality & Patient Safety Conference in March, where they would present poster awards; it was cancelled this year due to COVID. 

Staci Reynolds, assistant professor, has released her "Using audit and feedback to improve compliance with evidence-based practices" article in the American Nurse.

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