I am pleased to announce AnnMarie Walton, PhD, MPH, RN, OCN, CHES, a recent candidate for a Track 1 position, will join DUSON's faculty on August 1, 2017. She will be a member of the Clinical Health Systems and Analytics Division.
AnnMarie earned a BS in Community Health Education and a…
Congratulations to Wendy Perry 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 members…
Melissa Batchelor-Murphy, Jennie De Gagne, Nancy Short and Kathryn Trotter are four of 173 highly distinguished nurse leaders that will be inducted as the American Academy of Nursing (AAN) 2017 class of Academy fellows. The inductees will be honored at a ceremony to be held during the Academy's…
Michael Relf published two articles entitled "Predatory publishing: A growing threat to HIV nursing?" and "Silence = decreased funding, new infections, social injustice and death" in the Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care.
Global Health & Innovation ConferenceApril 14-15, 2018 | Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut15th annual conference
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The Duke Institute for Health Innovation (DIHI) is excited to sponsor a limited number of faculty, trainees, or medical students to participate in The Duke Clinical Research Training Program (CRTP). This program is offering an expanded version of a course first introduced last year called “…
Kathryn Trotter will be serve as the moderator for the Duke Health "What's Best for Breasts? - A Conversation with Duke Clinicians" on Saturday, September 23, from 8:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at the Trent Semans Center Grand Hall. The event is a free community symposium with Duke's breast experts,…
The Duke Policy & Organization Management Program presents the "Take Our Pain Away: Patients, Practice, and Policy of Opioid Epidemic."
The U.S. News & World Record recently announced the 2017-18 Best Hospitals ranking. Duke University Hospital ranked 17 out of 20 on the Best Hospitals Honor Roll. The Honor Roll is a distinction awarded to 20 hospitals that deliver exceptional treatment across multiple areas…
Developed in 2008, the Pratt Pouch--a ketchup packet-like pouch of antiretroviral drugs--has already saved thousands of lives in Ecuador, Zambia and Tanzania. And now, its reach is expanding in Ecuador and a new initiative will bring the pouch to Uganda. (Read more from the issue)
On August 16 and 17 the Dept of Orthopedics is bringing in a visiting faculty member, James Graham, PhD, from the Center for Rehab Research Using Large Datasets housed at UTMB and funded as a P2C by NIH, NINDS, NICHD, NIBIB. The Center has postdoc opportunities and collaborative pilot grant funding…
Updated Appendix Policy Eliminates Clinical Trial-Related Materials for NIH/AHRQ/NIOSH Applications Submitted to Due Dates on or After January 25, 2018(NOT-OD-17-098) National Institutes of Health
Kudos to Marilyn Hockenberry and her entire team for their Multi-PI, NIH/R01 application with Baylor College of Medicine entitled: “Predicting Symptom Severity during Childhood Leukemia Treatment using Pharmacometabolomics." This proposal requests funds for a five-…
Kudos to Gabrielle Harris and her advisor, Janet Bettger for the submission of her NIH NRSA Fellowship application entitled “Parenting and Stroke Recovery." This proposal requests funding for 29 months with a start date of April 1, 2018.
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Kudos to Cherie Conley and her advisors for the submission of her NIH NRSA application entitled "Feasibility of Using Peer Support Dyads in an Obesity Prevention Program." This proposal requests funds for a 21 year month with a start date of April 1, 2018.
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PhD alumna Brittney Van de Water (formerly Sullivan) was recently featured in a Duke Interdisciplinary Studies article entitled "With D-SIGN Grants, Graduate Students Build Networks and Advance Research Interests." Five groups led by Duke graduate students received Duke Support for…
Congratulations to the Nicole Fleming 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…
Marilyn Oermann recently received the Margaret Comerford Freda Award for Editorial Leadership from the International Academy of Nursing Editors. The purpose of the award is to recognize outstanding achievements or contributions by an editor in pursuit of excellence in nursing publication.
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Elaine Kauschinger was one of several faculty who recently traveled to Dublin, Ireland for the 28th International Nursing Research Congress sponsored by the Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing. She presented on "Implementation & Evaluation of Cloud-based, Virtual Patient…
Susan Silva recently presented at the Duke Endocrinology Grand Rounds on "Neuropsychiatric Aspects of Subclinical Hypothyroidism."
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,…