The John Hope Franklin Center seeks collaborating partners for its Spring 2020 Wednesdays at the Center program, a topical weekly series in which scholars, artists, journalists, and others speak informally about their work in conversation with the audience. The series is organized and presented by…
On Monday, October 28, the Office of Global and Community Health Initiatives (OGACHI) will be hosting a delegation from one of our partner organizations, Teamwork City of Hope (TCOH) that will include the following participants: Regina Chacha (Executive Director and Co-Founder),…
On October 31, from 12:00-1:00 pm at the Duke South Clinics Amphitheater, the Trent Center for Bioethics, Humanities & History of Medicine presents its Humanities in Medicine Lecture Series. Terri Laws, assistant professor of African and African American Studies and Religious Studies at…
The Duke University School of Nursing is now accepting International Visiting Scholars applications for the 2020-2021 academic year.
The International Visiting Scholars Program offers mentored experiences to foreign nationals at the pre-doctoral stage of professional development and to doctoral-…
Thank you to staff for coming out and so enthusiastically participating in the Staff Retreat, Friday, October 18, 2019 at Brier Creek Country Club! Tables were filled, the facilitator was great, and the competitions were fierce (and loud). Congrats again to the Rock, Paper, Scissor Champ, the…
Michael Relf, Associate Dean for Global and Community Affairs, will be joined by panelists Megan Huchko, MD, and Godfrey Kisigo, MD, to discuss their work to better understand and reduce reproductive health stigma for people living with HIV/AIDS. The event will take place on November 1st, from…
AnnMarie Walton, Assistant Professor, published the following article in Oncology Nursing Forum: Nursing Assistants’ Use of Personal Protective Equipment Regarding Contact With Excreta Contaminated With Antineoplastic Drugs.
Purpose: To examine the feasibility of…
Ragan Johnson, assistant professor, and MSN student Krysta Blanton published the following article in the Journal for Nurse Practitioners: Adolescent Sexual Health: “Partners” in Prevention.
Abstract
Chlamydia is the most common sexually transmitted infection in the United States…
What is LastPass?
LastPass is an easy-to-use tool – approved by the Duke Health Information Security Office - that stores all of your UserIDs and passwords into a “vault,” available from each of your devices. You can use this tool on every website…
Margie Molloy, assistant professor, is this year’s recipient of the Duke AHEAD Interprofessional Education Excellence award. Molloy was presented with the award on September 20th at the 6th annual Health Professions Education Day cosponsored by Duke AHEAD, Duke University School of Medicine, Duke…
On October 17, Cristina Hendrix, associate professor, received the 2019 Marie L. O'Koren Alumni Award for Innovation from the University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Nursing.
The Marie L. O’Koren Alumni Award for Innovation is named for the UAB School of Nursing’s second dean, Marie L…
PhD student Yesol Yang recently published an article in the journal Oncology Nursing Forum entitled "Caregiver Burden as a Mediator Between Emotional Distress and Concentration Problems in Patients With Cancer." Her co-authors are Wei Pan, associate professor, Cristina Hendrix, associate…
Katherine Pereira, professor, published the following article entitled "Using clinical data to effect practice change" in the journal International Emergency Nursing. The article was co-authored with Victoria Goode.
Brian Douthit, PhD student, gave a talk entitled "A systematic approach for integrating the Palliative Care Planner app into the electronic health records" at the recent Patient-Centered Clinical Decision Support Learning Network Conference in Washington, D.C.
DNP student Melisa Wilson attended the Pulmonary Hypertension Professional Network Symposium in September where she presented a “PH Primer” at podium and had three abstract posters accepted.
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 Camilla Sanders, Clinical Research Coordinator, who has been with DUSON for two years (and at Duke for seven).
Q: What's…
The State Department recently announced that it will require Chinese diplomats in the US to give the Dept. of State's Office of Foreign Missions advance notice of any official meetings with or visits to: state officials, local and municipal officials, educational institutions, and…
Join Duke University Sigma Theta Tau on Friday, November 1st, from 12:30 to 3:30pm, when we volunteer with Habitat for Humanity. We will help build a home for someone in need in our local area. Friends & family are welcome but must be 16 years or older. No previous construction experience…
Nominations are open now through November 15 for the 2019-20 Presidential Awards, recognizing exceptional contributions by staff and faculty members throughout Academic Year 2018-19. Any member of the Duke community can submit an individual nomination or a team nomination.
Nominations should…
MSN student Anne Schmelzer and colleagues Meghann McCoy and Katharine Donlon, Assistant Professor, Dept of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Duke University Medical Center, presented two posters at the Cardiac Neurodevelopmental Outcomes Collaborative (CNOC) in Toronto, Canada on October 11-12…
Michael Zychowicz, professor, was invited by Peking University Institute of Sports Medicine to deliver a presentation at the 3rd Peking University Forum on Sports Medicine titled "Advanced Nursing Practice: Impact on Orthopedic Patient Care." China does not yet formally recognize the Nurse…
Registration has opened for the annual Advanced Practice Provider Symposium. This is the 4th year DUSON has partnered with the Advance Practice Registered Nurse Committee at the Durham VA Health Care to deliver a full day symposium focusing on Veterans' health care. The symposium will be held on…
In this panel discussion, entitled “Talent from All Corners: How Immigration Helps Shape American Scientific Leadership,” a group of prominent and highly promising scientists, led by Nobel Laureate Professor Robert Lefkowitz, will share their own stories as first, second, or third generation…
The deadline for employees to obtain their flu vaccination is fast approaching (Tuesday, November 5)! Remember, effective this year, flu shots are required of ALL DUSON faculty, staff, clinical instructors, clinical nurse educators, seminar leaders, other part-time instructors, and…
Duke University School of Nursing is excited to celebrate the accomplishments of four leaders in our community who have been named Fellows of the American Academy of Nursing (FAAN).
Our leaders to be inducted are Donna Biederman, DrPH, MN, RN, associate professor; Jane Blood-Siegfried, PhD, RN,…