Kudos to Chip Bailey, associate professor, and his entire team for the resubmission of his NIH R01 application entitled "Trajectories of Caregiver Self-Management and Health (TRAC-SM)" This proposal requests funds for a 5-year period with a start date of July 1, 2020.
Family caregivers of the…
Marilyn Oermann, professor, spoke at two prestigious engagements this October.
She was the Visiting Nurse Scientist at East Carolina University College of Nursing, in Greenville, NC. She delivered the Siegfried Lowin Lecture, entitled “Nursing Education Research: Current State and Future Needs.”…
Beth C. Phillips, associate professor, published an article entitled "Opportunities took her a long way. Planning is taking her even further!" in Reflections on Nursing Leadership, a publication of Sigma Theta Tau.
DUSON student Patricia Lafontant, a Haitian-American mixed media artist, will be exhibiting her work, "Diasporan Textures: The Colors of Cultural Connection," in the Brown Gallery at the Bryan Center from October 30 to November 15.
The Office for Institutional Equity announces a call for nominations for its annual Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Award. OIE is committed to recognizing individuals and teams that make significant contributions toward enhancing diversity and inclusion within the Duke community. The Equity,…
If you publish books or support faculty members who do, you may be interested in a special upcoming professional development opportunity. On November 8, a lunchtime panel discussion about the business of book publishing will offer an insiders’ view from two leaders in the field:
"The Business of…
Dr. Thomas Catena is a Duke School of Medicine graduate who founded a hospital in the rural mountains of Sudan, serving a population of 750,000 who did not have health care. There are two options to see him speak. One is a movie screening that includes dinner, Q&A and has limited slots (see…
The Duke Global Health Institute invites proposals for its Spring 2020 "Think Global" weekly lecture series. You can propose yourself or a colleague, from inside or outside the DGHI community.
The committee will begin reviewing proposals in the coming weeks and will continue the…
The committee will begin reviewing proposals in the coming weeks and will continue the…
Christina Leonard, assistant professor, has been selected for the Collaborative Project Courses Faculty Fellows Program. The full fellowship runs from December 2019 to December 2020. Her focus will be the development of an interprofessional elective course offered to multiple health disciplines…
Need a passport for study or travel abroad? Come to the annual Duke Passport Drive, open to faculty, staff, students, family and alumni.
U.S. State Department officials will visit campus to accept passport applications and renewal applications on-site. Photographers will also be available…
U.S. State Department officials will visit campus to accept passport applications and renewal applications on-site. Photographers will also be available…
You’re sitting at home and suddenly, your phone stops working. No data, no phone calls, no text messages. You call Sprint and they tell you that your SIM card has been activated on a new device. Confused, you start logging into your accounts online and find that your passwords no longer work. And…
“Point of Care” is a new monthly speaker series, sponsored by Duke-Margolis Center for Healh Policy and Blue Cross NC, that provides a national stage for thought leaders in health care delivery, payment, and reform to share their ideas, discuss new approaches, and comment on emerging health reforms…
Duke women’s health nurse practitioner (WHNP) graduates, students and faculty met up at the annual Conference for the Association of Nurse Practitioners in Women’s Health in Savannah, GA October 16-19, 2019.
LaShanda Cobbs, DNP '14, along with Barbara Turner, professor, and Mary Champagne, professor and dean emerita, published an article entitled "Assessing Insomnia in Active-Duty Service Members in a Military Primary Care Clinic" in the Journal of Doctoral Nursing Practice.
Kudos to Sophia Smith, associate professor, for the submission of her Robin Care, Inc., National Cancer Institute (NCI), Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) subcontract application entitled "Software for Patient Navigation Through the Cancer Care Continuum." This…
On November 7, Duke Elder Family/Caregiver Training Center (DEFT) will host a table event at DUSON outside of Room 1103. Please stop by to learn more about DEFT, and pick up information on caregiver resources and tips.
November is National Family Caregivers Month, a time to recognize and…
Eun Ok Im, professor, and Wonshik Chee, associate professor, will be relocating to Emory University on Jan. 1, 2020. Dr. Im has been recruited to be the Associate Dean for Research and Innovation and Dr. Chee will be a research professor. This accomplished couple joined DUSON in 2016 and have…
Marilyn Oermann, professor, Kathleen Ashton, consulting associate, Alison Edie, assistant professor, and Sathya Amarasekara, statistician, received the Nursing Outlook Excellence in Research Award for their study and article entitled "Quality of articles published in predatory nursing…
The Office of Global and Community Health Initiatives (OGACHI) welcomed a delegation from one of its partner organizations, Teamwork City of Hope (TCOH), on October 28. Guests included Regina Chacha (International Executive Director Co-Founder), Hudson Mahare (Tanzania Executive Director), Hilda…
The Center for Nursing Discovery welcomes Dana W. Convoy as the new part time clinical nurse educator and Tiffiany Parker as the new Simulation Technology Specialist.
Convoy is also a Commander in the United States Navy Reserve with 9 years of active duty experience and almost 11 years…
On Tuesday, November 5th from 11:30AM to 4PM, DUSON is proudly partnering with the American Red Cross to host a blood drive. Many blood drives have been hosted at DUSON in the past, so we are thrilled to continue to support our community and those in need of blood in and around the Durham area.…
Kudos to principal investigators Irene Felsman (Assistant Professor), Gabriela Nagy (Psychiatry, Duke University School of Medicine), and Allison Stafford (Postdoctoral Associate and contact PI) for the submission of their Duke University Bass Connections application entitled “The US Immigration…
Kudos to associate professor Ryan Shaw and Duke professor Jane Pendergast and their entire team for the submission of their NIH/NHLBI U24 MPI application entitled: "Log2Lose: Incenting Weight Loss and Dietary Self-Monitoring in Real Time to Improve Weight Management." This proposal…
DUSON's own Charnetta Cooper also works Duke football and basketball games, and she was recently recognized for her excellent customer service.
Congratulations to DUSON graduate and Consulting Associate Kristi Coe on successfully defending her doctoral dissertation at UNC-Greensboro.