MSN Instructor Maryellen Kelly was recently awarded the Duke School of Medicine Multidisciplinary K12 Urologic Research (KURe) nstitutional Training Grant. The grant provides KURe Scholars at Duke total salary support of up to $140,000 per year (75 percent effort; 50 percent for surgical…
Staff member Jane Halpin was recently featured in the Working at Duke "Duke Time Off" campaign. Halpin and her husband, Paul, recently traveled to Alaska.
Kara McGee and Les Harmon recently presented a poster at the 9th International AIDS Society Conference on HIV Science in Paris, France. The poster presentation entitled "Workforce Development with an Innovative HIV Training Program for Nurse Practitioners" featured the HIV specialty for nurse…
Tina Johnson will join the Course Design Team as the Instructional Technology Specialist effective September 1. In her new role, Johnson will provide advanced technical support and training for Sakai and other educational technologies used at DUSON. Her technical acumen, strong Sakai experience,…
Congratulations to the Angie Keith, Jennifer Chamberlain and Amy Baskin on being recognized for their Commitment to Excellence. This staff recognition program celebrates staff who demonstrate the highest standards in their…
In the June newsletter I shared with you that a great deal of progress has been made on finalizing the Fiscal Year 2018-2020 DUHS Nursing Strategic Plan, and outlined the three-year objectives for the plan. I also shared that we reviewed our nursing mission, vision and…
The Consortium of Universities for Global Health (CUGH) is now accepting applications for Small Global Health Education Grants!
The late Dr. Tom Hall, a global health leader and one of CUGH's greatest supporters, generously provided a gift to support small global health education grants…
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Medical Spanish Classes, Fall 2017: Learn it now and invest in your future! Speak the language of your client…
A great opportunity: join us for classes geared towards spoken Spanish and tailored to your needs.
Starting on September 25 through December 7 (…
Sophia Smith was recently featured in a Herald Sun article entitled "Cancer survivor? Duke's new PTSD app helps patients and families overcome trauma of diagnosis and treatment." In the article Smith and a breast cancer patient are interviewed.
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Congratulations to PhD student Bada Kang and her mentor Eleanor McConnell who received an award for their Gerontological Advanced Practice Nurses Association Foundation, Inc. (GAPNAF) proposal entitled “Impact of Post-traumatic Stress Disorder on Behavioral and Psychological Symptoms among…
Kudos to Eun-Ok Im and her entire team for the submission of their NIH R01 application entitled "To Enhance Menopausal Symptom Management of Four Major Ethnic Groups of Midlife Women." This proposal requests funding for a five-year period with a start date of…
Congratulations to Ashlee Vance, and her faculty sponsor Deb Brandon, who has received an award for her National Association of Neonatal Nurses proposal entitled "Trajectory of Parenting Confidence among Parents of Infants with Complex Chronic…
Health services research (HSR) is the branch of population health science that addresses best processes and practices to optimize patient care. Innovations through HSR can facilitate optimal health care delivery at the population level, health system level, and individual patient level.
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Health Disparities: A Time for Action
The 9th Annual CUGH Global Health Conference
New York City, NY
Host institutions: Columbia University, Stellenbosch University, University of Peradeniya
Main Conference March 16-18 | Satellite Sessions March 15
Panel Proposals |…
The ONS Foundation is pleased to announce the 2018 Oncology Nurse Scientist Intensive. This program will join 10 competitively selected participants and senior research scientist faculty mentors to collaborate in a mock study section and working sessions to refine grant proposals. The Intensive is…
It’s been more than a year since the Duke University School of Nursing (DUSON) Center for Nursing Research implemented a new structure and launched Research Areas of Excellence: Precision Health, Population Health and Chronic Illness, Clinical Innovation and Methods and Analytics. …
Having a vision statement of “take DUSON to the world, and bring the world to DUSON” might seem a little daunting, but in the Office of Global and Community Health Initiatives (OGACHI), they are very clear about their mission — creating successful, two-way global partnerships.
“It must be mutually…
PhD students Jing Wang, Hanzhang Xu, Zhao Ni and former postdoc fellow Kyung Hee Lee recently presented at the 21st International Association of Gerontology and Geriatrics (IAGG) World Congress in San Francisco, Calif.
Wang presented on the "Association Between Filial Piety and…
DUSON faculty and PhD students recently traveled to Dublin, Ireland for the 28th International Nursing Research Congress sponsored by the Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing.
Ryan Shaw was one of three to receive the 2017 Emerging Nurse Research…
PhD student Jewel Scott and alumna Brittney Van de Water (formerly Sullivan) were recently featured in a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) blog post entitled "Five Nurses Share Why They Pursued Research Careers." Schools with research-focused PhD programs in nursing are now eligible to apply…
With so many projects and requests coming at us each day, knowing which ones are critical to focus on can help deal with the stress of information overload. Spend the first 15 minutes of each day identifying to 6-9 key tasks that need to be accomplished that day. Then spend the last 15…
Congratulations to Michelle Mitchell on being recognized for her Commitment to Excellence. This staff recognition program celebrates staff who demonstrate the highest standards in their commitment to supporting our mission, vision and values. We thank all of those staff…