Zhao Ni, ABSN'14 and PhD'19, and current postdoctoral associate for Yale's School of Medicine, proposed two grants to the NIH during his time at Yale for using machine learning to increase HIV testing. Both proposals have been funded.
Tolu Oyesanya, assistant professor, received a service commendation from the American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine (ACRM) for her work as Mentoring Task Force Chair in the Early Career Networking Group.
Debra Brandon, associate professor, was officially recognized earlier this month by the National Association of Neonatal Nurses (NANN) for winning their 2020 Lifetime Achievement in Neonatal Nursi
Lisvel Matos, PhD student, has been awarded the Substance Abuse Mental Health Service Administration (SAMHSA) Minority Fellowship Program (MFP) grant through the American Nurses Association (ANA).
Linda Everett, consulting associate, has received the Distinguished Alumni Award from the University of Michigan School of Nursing and the UMSN Distinguished Alumni Award Selection Committee.
MSN-WHNP student Erin Jones was named the Nurse Practitioner in Women's Health (NPWH) student leader to represent Duke during the NPWH annual meeting.
Kudos to Sophia Smith, associate professor, and her entire team for the submission of her NIH R21 Subcontract application to University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, entitled “Digital Phenotyping to Identify Psychological Distress in Adolescent and Young Adult Cancer Survivors." This application requests funding for a two-year period with a start date of July 1, 2021.
Kudos to Deborah H. Allen, director of Nursing Research and Evidence-Based Practice and DANCE member with Duke Health, and Christine Barnes with Duke Raleigh Hospital, for the submission of their Duke Institute for Health Innovation (DIHI) proposal entitled: “Virtual Volunteer Visitation: Developing a Multi-Media App to Facilitate Care in Isolated Hospitalized Patients."
Kudos to Deborah H.
Duke State Relations and Duke Health Government Relations will host a Duke Health Post-Election Briefing on Tuesday, November 10, from noon to 1 p.m. They will discuss outcomes of the election, how that affects Duke Health, and a preview of the 2021 legislative sessions.
All members of the Duke Health community are invited and encouraged to attend. The Zoom viewing link can be found here: bit.ly/DukePostElectionBriefing .