PhD student Matthew LeBlanc and faculty member Sophia Smith were recently featured in a Duke Palliative Care Grand Rounds Announcement.
The Duke CTSA Research Career Development Award Program (Duke CTSA KL2) is now accepting applications from junior faculty. The Duke CTSA KL2 program provides training and research opportunities for junior investigators that will equip them to:
Participate in and ultimately lead…
The Duke Mobile App Gateway announces a request for applications to enable Duke Researchers to use Medable’s product, Axon, a new point-and-click software tool to create direct-to-patient study apps for both iOS and Android. The funding covers the cost of one Medable license — currently $11,000.…
Wendy Prudhomme-O'Meara, associate professor of medicine and global health at Duke, is one of more than 180 researchers and policymakers who have come forward with new recommendations to advance the effort to rid the world of malaria. The group, organized by the Malaria Eradication Scientific…
Duke University School of Nursing welcomes Sanders, Emerson, Burns and Arthur!
Camilla (Cam) Sanders joined DUSON in December 2017 as a senior clinical research specialist working on Isaac Lipkus’s health risk studies. Her main responsibilities include assisting with startup of his study…
Marilyn Oermann, Shari Rushton and Peggy Bush recently published an article entitled "Student evaluations of teaching (SET): Guidelines for their use" in Nursing Forum. Co-authors include experts from Duke University Medical Center Library and Archives.
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Student evaluations…
Leigh Ann Simmons was featured in a recent news article entitled "New Project to Fuel Innovations in Early Childhood Development" published in DukeToday. She leads the All Babies and Children Thrive (ABC Thrive) initiative, that promotes optimal development of babies and young children. …
Jennie DeGagne will be the keynote speaker of the North Carolina Central University (NCCU) Department of Nursing's 22nd Annual Helen S. Miller Lectureship and Luncheon. DeGagne will be speaking on the topic "Information Technology in Nursing Education: The Challenges and Opportunities." …
AnnMarie Walton, Hyeoneui Kim and Qing Yang were recently selected to participate in the 2018 Duke course of Leadership Development for Researchers (LEADER). They will be among 40 outstanding scientists from fields in 13 different School of Medicine departments, the School of Nursing…
Kathy Pereira and Brett Morgan recently co-authored a poster entitled "Implementing Nurse Anesthesia BSN to DNP Education: Challenges, Successes and Considerations for the Future" that was presented by Pereira at the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) Doctoral Education Conference…
With a new three-year grant from the National Institutes of Mental Health, DGHI assistant professor Joy Noel Baumgartner and her colleagues will aim to address the mental health treatment gap in Tanzania. (Read more)
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Two Accelerated Bachelor of Science of Nursing (ABSN) students enter a simulation lab to begin an assessment and treatment of a pediatric patient when the child’s status suddenly changes. As they would in a real-life situation, they summon the on-call provider. Minutes later, the provider, an…
Please join me in congratulating Melissa Batchelor-Murphy, Assistant Professor in the School of Nursing who was recently promoted to Associate Professor in the School of Nursing, effective Dec. 1, 2017
Her promotion was approved at the Jan. 12, 2018 Board of Trustees meeting for the…
Jennie De Gagne recently published an article entitled "Factors affecting clinical competency of Korean nurses in the perianesthesia setting" in the Journal of The Korean Data Analysis Society. Co-authors include experts from South Korea.
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The purpose of this study was to…
Jennie De Gagne recently published an article entitled "Effects of a hybrid education program for Korean mothers of children with atopic dermatitis" in Acta Dermato-Venereologica. Co-authors include experts from South Korea.
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Atopic dermatitis (AD), a common childhood skin…
Dean Marion Broome recently published an article entitled "Factors influencing the implementation of evidence in Chinese nursing practice" in the Journal of Clinical Nursing. Co-authors include experts from Fudan University and Shanghai Children's Medical Center.
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Aims and Objectives:…
Staff member Julie Cusatis recently received her Master's of Education and Graduate Certificate in Training and Development from North Carolina State University.
"What started as a strategy to fill the gap of an empty nest in a meaningful and productive way, evolved into an incredible…
PhD alumna Latefa Dardas, Susan Silva, Devon Noonan and Leigh Ann Simmons recently published an article entitled "The prevalence of depressive symptoms among Arab adolescents: Findings from Jordan" in Public Health Nursing. Co-authors include experts from Duke University School of Medicine.…
Congratulations to Izy Obi, Stephanie Byrd, Katherine Cheeks and Stacy Swinney on being recognized for their Commitment to Excellence. This staff recognition program celebrates staff who demonstrate the highest standards in their commitment to supporting our mission, vision…
Duke University and Medical Center Center for AIDS Research announces this request for applications is to support emerging research regarding biomedical HIV prevention in North Carolina by identifying mechanisms for strengthening the structural and social environment supporting pre-exposure…
Judith Kelley, an expert on human rights, democracy and international elections, has been named dean of the Sanford School of Public Policy at Duke University, President Vincent E. Price and Provost Sally Kornbluth announced Thursday.
As the Terry Sanford Professor of Public Policy and Professor of…
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A group of second semester ABSN students recently volunteered for "Making the Connection," an initiative targeting environmental and dining services staff at Duke University. The Making the Connection initiative is part of the Healthy Duke Initiative as a subset of the Physical…
Four DUSON faculty members along with teams of community partners, PhD students and staff focused on improving community health recently attended the Engaged Researcher: Co-Designing with Patients and the Community event hosted by the Duke Clinical Research Institute. The purpose of the event…