Mary Affronti, associate professor, received a Palliative Care Advocacy Award from the Duke Center for Palliative Care. The award honors members of the Duke Health community who are not part of Duke’s palliative care program who demonstrate an exceptional commitment to integrating the key elements…
Two nursing students and three physicians have joined Duke’s second cohort for the National Clinician Scholars Program (NCSP). The two nurse scholars among these interdisciplinary medical researchers coming to Duke are Rachele Lipsky, MSN, PMHNP-BC (University of Pennsylvania…
Paula Tanabe was standing in a nondescript convention center ballroom in Texas on an otherwise unremarkable Sunday morning in late September 2019. Looking back now, she describes that moment as “the highlight of my career.” What happened in that room, at the General Assembly of the Emergency Nurses…
Duke's Clinical & Translational Science Institute invites researchers to submit a letter of intent by January 6 for its Special Populations Pilot Program.
The purpose of the Special Populations Pilot program is to facilitate novel clinical and translational research that promotes health equity…
A group of physicians at Duke is exploring the moral dimension of burnout. They are in the process of developing a Moral Injury Scale for Clinicians and would like your help to validate their survey. The total survey will take 10-15 minutes to complete and all data will be collected anonymously.…
PhD student Jacqueline Vaughn and her faculty mentors Dr. Nirmish Shah (sponsor) and Associate Professor Sharron Docherty (co-sponsor) have submitted an NIH NRSA F32 postdoctoral fellowship application for study and training in “Precision Health Symptom Monitoring for Children with Life-Threatening…
Kudos to PhD student La’Kita Knight (and her sponsor Paula Tanabe, associate dean for research development and data science) for the submission of her NIH NRSA Individual Predoctoral Fellowship to Promote Diversity in Health-Related Research (F31) application entitled “Transcranial Doppler…
Four ABSN students, Heather O’Donohue, Rachel Castillo, Yunah Kang and Julia Grubbs, assisted at an event presented by the Duke Office of Durham & Community Affairs. The event, “Housing in Durham: A Community Conversation,” was held recently at the Community Family Life & Recreation Center…
Susan Silva, associate professor, received a 2019 Duke Stars Honor from Duke University for her research, mentorship, and teaching in the Schools of Nursing and Medicine and at Duke Clinical Research Institute. Silva notes, “It is exciting to take what I have learned from my own research endeavors…
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Congratulations to all of the Duke University School of Nursing students who will participate in graduation exercises on Saturday, December 14 at 11 a.m.
The graduation will be held at the Duke University Chapel, located at 401 Chapel Drive in Durham, N.C. There will…
Kudos to Debra Brandon, associate professor, and her entire team for submitting their Multi-PI Subcontract proposal on a Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin R01 entitled "Implementation of an Evidence-based Parentally Administered Intervention for Preterm Infants." This proposal requests funds for a 5…
Michael Zychowicz, professor, along with colleagues from the National Organization of Nurse Practitioner Faculties (NONPF), recently published an article in the Journal of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners, entitled "Building evidence for use of simulation in nurse…
Congratulations to Jill Cordell, director of financial aid, and Doreen Matters, DEFT program director, on their graduation from Duke Leadership Academy!
Katie Harrison, clinical nurse educator, published a teaching tip article in the upcoming January/February 2020 edition of the journal Nurse Educator, entitled “Nifty Nursing Mnemonic for Early Sepsis Recognition.”
Duke's Beta Epsilon Chapter of Sigma Theta encourages you to save the date for its upcoming educational program. On February 5, 2020, Donna Nicholson (VP of Risk Management at Curi) will speak on "Pertinent Strategies to Mitigate Malpractice Claims." The event will take place at 5:30 pm in Pearson…
Duke Health and Fitness Center's Getting on Track program provides an integrative approach to weight management and lifestyle change. Our nutrition, exercise, and behavioral health experts’ work with participants to eliminate the typical frustration, confusion and deprivation that is often…
Maggie McDonough will begin her new role as Clinical Instruction Manager for the ABSN program beginning on December 16. Maggie has been at DUSON in several capacities for over ten years - most recently as the ABSN Program Coordinator. We are thankful to have Maggie’s organizational skills, customer…
Graduating this semester? Congratulations for completing your degree from one of the top nursing programs in the country. Below are common questions we hear from graduating students and steps we recommend that you take now so that you are prepared for post-graduation:
How long will I…
The Duke University Center for International & Global Studies' Graduate Awards for Research and Training provide graduate students working on international research topics with funding for travel to archival and research sites inside and outside the continental United States; for…
Malinda Teague is the MSN program’s newest faculty member. She is an alumnus of DUSON’s DNP program who hails originally from Chicago, Illinois. As a dual-certified Pediatric Nurse Practitioner in Primary and Acute Care, she brings a wealth of knowledge to our community as well as at the PDC-owned…
Kudos to Jiepin Cao and her advisor, Associate Professor Rosa Gonzalez-Guarda, for the submission of her Sigma Theta Tau Global Nursing Excellence small grant proposal entitled: “Intimate Partner Violence Among Chinese: From the Lens of Social Determinants of Health and Intersectionality.” This…
The Deans’ Forum, a new quarterly webinar series sharing best practices for nursing deans and senior leaders. featured as its first expert Valerie M. Howard, associate dean for Academic Affairs. The topic for the hour-long webinar was how to develop an effective faculty workload policy. The…
Congratulations to Nancy Crego, assistant professor, who has received an award from the NHLBI funded Functional and Translational Genomic (FTG) of Blood Disorders-PRIDE Small Research Program administered by Augusta University for her proposal entitled “Exploring Predictors of Fetal Hemoglobin…
Welcome to another issue of "10 Questions with...," where we will learn more about our colleagues who make DUSON the destination for outstanding talent.
Let's get to know Heather Mountz, Program Coordinator for D-CHIPP (DUSON Community Health Improvement Partnership Program), who has been at Duke…