Mid-Carolina AHEC will host a continuing education opportunity for counselors, LTC administrators and social workers for its 6th annal "A Day of Social Work" on Wednesday, November 29, from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. in Columbia, South Carolina. Click here to learn more.
Join Duke Office of Licensing & Venutes for its first "Invented at Duke Celebration" on October 16, from 4 to 7 p.m. at the Washington Duke Inn. President Price will be speaking at the event. Click here to learn more!
Join Duke School of Medicine for a celebration of Basic Science Research on Wednesday, November 29, from 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. in the Great Hall at Trent Semans Center. The event includes lectures by Duke faculty members from all Basic Science Departments, poster session and lunch will be provided…
Data+ 2018 will run for ten weeks, from mid-May until late July, 2018. The application deadline for proposals is November 1st, 2017.
Please send completed proposals to Ariel Dawn at ariel.dawn@duke.edu. For help generating ideas, please contact Paul Bendich at…
Registration is now open for two grant writing programs preparing investigators for an February 2018 NIH Deadline. Application is due Friday, September 29th.
Our next session prepares new investigators for an February 2018 NIH…
Last week, the Regional International Meeting for Autism Research (IMFAR) was held in Stellenbosch, South Africa, in conjunction with the 19th Congress of the South African Association of Child & Adolescent Psychiatrists and Allied Professions. (Read more)
Duke’s Office of Research Support website provides an extensive database of funding opportunities of interest to the Duke Community. The list is searchable by discipline, eligibility, sponsor, etc.
The Office of Research Support highlights new funding opportunities each week through its…
Duke Community & Family Medicine invites you to join them for its Grand Rounds entitled "Relational Leadership to Revitalize Primary Care" on Tuesday, October 10, from 12 to 1 p.m. at Hanes House, Room 131. Lunch will be provided. Click here to RSVP!
Dynamic leaders spearheaded the global response to the emergence of AIDS, but found themselves hampered by structural weaknesses in the United Nations, the political whims of governments, and the complexities of the disease itself, according to the authors of a new book. (Read More)
At the May 2017 NIH Collaboratory Steering Committee meeting in Bethesda, MD, we sat down with Rachel Richesson and Ed Hammond and asked them to reflect on the first 5 years of their Core as well as on the challenges ahead (Read More)
Duke Health is pleased to announce its first Translating Duke Health call for proposals for innovative approaches to supporting immune health. This RFP is designed to invest in transformative areas of research and technology where Duke Health can have the greatest impact on human health.…
Last week, almost $300 was raised from a bake sale, change jug and Stella Dot jewelry sale to benefit the Red Cross Drive. Women's health NP students helped with the fundraising efforts and their student leaders were Ellen Byars and Cassandra Hanson. Thanks everyone for your support and donations.…
Kudos to Cristina Hendrix and her entire team for the submission of their NIH R01 application entitled: “Williams LifeSkills Cancer Care”. This proposal requests funding for a 5-year period with a start date of July 1, 2018.
Family and friends (“caregivers”) are…
The NIH has recently announced funding for The Duke Center for Research to Advance Healthcare Equity, with Kimberly Johnson as PI. There are many DUSON faculty involved in this grant:
Leigh Ann Simmons is part of the Research Education and Training Subcore
Schenita Randolph is part of the Community…
Meg Zomorodi will be presenting her vision for interprofessional education at Duke Health on Tuesday, Oct. 24 from 7:30-8:30 a.m. in Pearson 1026.
Eleanor McConnell published an article entitled "Effect of Promoting High-Quality Staff Interactions on Fall Prevention in Nursing Homes" in the Journal of the American Medical Association Internal Medicine. Co-authors include experts from Duke University School of Medicine, Durham VA…
Congratulations to Deb Brandon who has received an award for her Kimberly Clark Foundation investigator-initiated proposal entitled: "Very Low Birth Weight Preterm Baby Health Outcomes with Bundled Care in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit." This award is for a one-year period, awarded Oct. 1,…
Congratulations to Jennie De Gagne, Kathy Trotter, Melissa Batchelor-Murphy and Nancy Short, as they were inducted to the American Academy of Nursing (AAN) 2017 class of Academy fellows. They were inducted on Oct. 7 at a ceremony during the Academy's annual policy conference held in Washington, D.C.
Jennifer Dungan recently published an article in Circulation: Cardiovascular Genetics entitled "Biases in Genetic Association of Coronary Heart Disease Events May Be Less Likely Than Suspected: Here Is When to Check For Them."
Midge Bowers recently presented multiple presentations at the Geriatric Advanced Practice Nursing (GAPNA) conference in Nashville, TN. Her presentations at the Pharmacology Preconference included: "New Heart Failure Medications," "Direct Oral Anticoagulants: Making the Best Decision on How to…
DNP alumna Sara Hubbell, and Elaine Kauschinger and Marilyn Oermann recently published an article entitled "Development and Implementation of an Educational Module to Increase Nurses' Comfort With Spiritual Care in an Inpatient Setting" in the Journal of Continuing Education.
Abstract…
ABSN alumna Monica Monari published an article in the June 2017 edition of American Association of Critical-Care Nurses' publication: Bold Voices. Her article was entitled "Judgments Aside."
Eleanor McConnell recently presented at the 8th International Nursing Administration Forum National Continuing Education Conference. She presented a series of talks on quality indicators in dementia care at a Nursing Administration Focum, speaking both in Shanghai and at a hospital in Beijing. The…
Congratulations to our colleagues whose appointments and change of status were approved at the last Board of trustees meeting:
Appointments:
AnnMarie L. Walton, Assistant Professor in the School of Nursing, effective Sept. 1, 2017
Change of Status:
Catherine L. Gilliss, Helene Fuld Health…
Duke Health is pleased to announce its first Translating Duke Health call for proposals to stimulate interdisciplinary research in the newly formed Center for Brain Metastasis.
Translating Duke Health is one of the signature programs underlining Advancing Health Together, our Duke Health Strategic…