Hanzhang Xu, assistant professor, recently was awarded a travel scholarship through an NIH grant (R24 AG061421) to attend a workshop on Reserve and Resilience in Cognitive Aging and Dementia. This workshop is organized by an NIA funded Collaboratory on Research Definitions.
Ashley Aranmolate, MSN student, was featured on the podcast Let's Grab Coffee with SunAh for the episode "National Suicide Prevention Month." Aranmolate offers a reframe of how we think about trauma, warning signs to be attuned to if someone is struggling with suicide, and what each of us can do if…
Mariam Kayle, assistant professor, co-wrote "Longitudinal Trajectories of Clean Intermittent Catheterization Responsibility in Youth with Spina Bifida" in "The Journal of Urology."
Abstract
Purpose: Clean intermittent catheterization (CIC) responsibility among youth with spina…
Purpose: Clean intermittent catheterization (CIC) responsibility among youth with spina…
The next population health sciences research seminar will be "Evolutions in the Meaning of “Validity” for Measures in Health Care Research: From Accuracy to Argument."
Speaker Kevin Weinfurt will discuss:
Validity is a central concern for the use of measures in research (e.g., self-report,…
Duke Health has released a set of COVID-19 resource and informational videos in Spanish. The videos cover such topics as COVID-19 and vaccinations. There are currently 14 videos in the YouTube playlist. Rosa Gonzalez-Guarda, associate professor, is among those featured and interviewed for the…
Katie Bowler Young will join DUSON as our new Assistant Dean for Marketing, Communications and Business Development on October 11, after a nationwide search that yielded an outstanding group of candidates.
She has worked in communications and media for 27 years, with nearly 20 years of experience…
The following promotions and change in status have been approved by the Board of Trustees:
Brandon Knettel, Assistant Research Professor in the School of Nursing to Assistant Professor in the School of Nursing, effective August 1, 2021
Margaret Bush, Associate Clinical Professor in the School…
In an effort to enhance and take account of Duke Health’s advocacy footprint across our entities, Duke Health Government Relations and Duke State Relations invite you to participate in an Advocacy Census Survey. The survey will capture information on the various state and federal advocacy…
Danett Cantey, clinical nurse educator, Malissa Sampson, clinical nurse educator, Jacqueline Vaughn, PhD'20, and Nicole Petsas Blodgett, director of the Center for Nursing Discovery, wrote "Skills, community, and rapport: Prelicensure nursing students in the virtual learning environment" in "…
Sarah Janek, PhD student, has been accepted into the Kenan Institute of Ethics's Race and the Professions Fellowship. The Race and the Professions Fellowship is a program of the Purpose Project at Duke, a campus-wide, faculty-led effort cultivating moral purpose, fostering virtuous…
Se Hee Min, PhD student, has published "Reflections on obesity-related health behaviors over time and suggestions for health promotion programs from African American women" in the "Journal of Women & Aging."
Abstract
African American (AA) women have the highest rate of…
The 9th annual conference will be September 24 and 25.
The Duke University School of Nursing and the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill Sickle Cell Disease Program will present the 9th Annual Sickle Cell Disease Conference on September 24 and 25. This year’s theme will be “Moving On…
The Accelerated Bachelor of Science in Nursing Program at the Duke University School of Nursing is among the top rankings in the latest U.S. News & World Report.
The magazine recently released its Best Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) Programs report. The Duke School of Nursing…
Dean Vincent Guilamo-Ramos and Rosa Gonzalez-Guarda, associate professor, participated in the community COVID vaccination fair on September 11 at Wheels Fun Park Skating Rink. In addition to administering the vaccine and helping those who attended, Guilamo-Ramos and Gonzalez-Guarda…
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Latinos are the largest and youngest racial minority group in the U.S. – representing roughly a quarter of all people younger than 30 years old.
Duke University School of Nursing’s new Center for Latino Adolescent and Family Health…
Dean Vincent Guilamo-Ramos was featured in the September 2021 issue of "Ob. Gyn. News" in the story "STI Care: Achieving a 'new sexual health paradigm' means expanding care" by Tara Haelle.
Excerpt
A vital aspect of expanding access and care for sexually transmitted infections (…
Dean Vincent Guilamo-Ramos was featured in the September issue of the American Academy of Nursing's FAAN Mail newsletter for the Viewpoint entitled “Parent-Based Sexual Health Promotion and Sexually Transmitted Infections Prevention for Youth."
The Viewpoint appeared in August in…
DUSON will celebrate 2021 National Postdoctoral Appreciation week from September 20 to 24. Each postdoctoral scholar will give a 10-15 minute presentation on their research interests on September 24 from 11:30 a.m. to 12:45 p.m., on Zoom. Postdocs include Gillian Adynski, Sallie Allgood,…
The Center for Nursing Discovery (CND) is joining the global celebration of Healthcare Simulation Week presented by the Society for Simulation in Healthcare. Healthcare Simulation is a learning tool that recreates a healthcare environment to allow learners to experience a realistic healthcare…
Yesol Yang, PhD'21, Tolu Oyesanya, associate professor, Hyeyoung K. Park, PhD'19, and Cristina Hendrix, chair of the Clinical Health Systems & Analytics Division, contributed to "The Association of Self-esteem With Caregiving Demands, Coping, Burden, and Health Among Caregivers of Breast…
Donna J. Biederman, associate professor, Christian Douglas, consulting associate, Heather A. O' Donohue, ABSN'20, and Monica Daeges, ABSN alumna, contributed to "Changes in health and health care utilization following eviction from public housing" in "Public Health Nursing." Other authors include…
Midge Bowers, associate professor, and Sean Convoy, assistant professor, shared a podium presentation, “Fostering Advanced Practice Nursing Skills Through Simulated Telehealth Consultation,” virtually at the 11th International Council of Nurses — Nurse Practitioner/Advanced Practice…
Throughout this month, students from Duke's five health care education programs, including the School of Nursing, will be taking over the programs' separate Instagram accounts. The goal is to help bring the clinical setting to students, virtually through social media, and to help supplement…
Maryellen Kelly, assistant professor, has been named co-investigator on the CDC grant for the National Spina Bifida Patient Registry. Duke has one of the largest spina bifida clinics in the country and offers to patients in the clinic enrollment to the registry and complete annual follow up. The…
Maryellen Kelly, assistant professor, was part of a panel discussion for the CAIRIBU (Collaborating for the Advancement of Benign Urology Research) Connections workshop on Microbiome of the Lower Urinary Tract, which was held virtually in August. She has also been appointed to the steering…