Mary Klotman, dean of the School of Medicine recently uploaded an episode to her podcast entitled "Viewpoint." Her new episode addresses the question "Translating Duke Health: How will Duke address scientific and healthcare challenges?" Listen to her podcast here.
Tune in each month to…
Duke Health's Primary Care Preceptor Development Mini-Fellowship Program, administered by the Duke Physician Assistant Program, offers clinician educators a unique opportunity to learn from expert faculty at one of the nation's leading academic medical centers.
The goal of the program is to equip…
The Duke Mobile App Gateway will host a Design Thinking Workshop on Friday, Feb. 2 from 9 a.m. until 1 p.m. in The Link, Classroom 3. Design Thinking can help unlock potential in the creation, design, and implementation of useful and effective mobile apps.
Space is limited to 20 participants…
Duke Community and Family Medicine will host a grand rounds event "May the Force Be with Us: Achieving Inclusive Excellence in Academic Medicine" on Feb. 19 from 12-1 p.m. in Hanes House, room 131. Kenyon Railey, assistant professor of community and family medicine will be the keynote speaker…
Global health researchers are increasingly seeing the value of mobile apps to collect data, promote positive health behaviors and provide health information and services in parts of the world where access to a traditional healthcare infrastructure is limited. (Read more)
Ira M. Cheifetz was recently appointed Executive Director for Duke Children’s. Creation of this new role provides an enhanced structure for strategic leadership from a global perspective, with Dr. Cheifetz positioned to provide oversight for the care of pediatric patients across the…
PhD alumna Latefa Dardas, Susan Silva, Devon Noonan and Leigh Ann Simmons recently published an article entitled "Adolescent Depression in Jordan: Symptoms Profile, Gender Differences, and the Role of Social Context" in the Journal of Psychosocial Nursing and Mental Health Services. Co-authors…
Irene Felsman was recently appointed as a Duke Global Health Institute faculty affiliate in recognition of her commitment to global health at Duke. Her affiliate status is for two years and can be renewed indefinitely. Learn more about the Duke Global Health Institute here.
Marilyn Hockenberry and Cheryl Rodgers co-authored the book entitled "Wong's Essentials of Pediatric Nursing, 10th edition" that was recently selected to win first place in the Child Health Category from the American Journal of Nursing (AJN). Learn more about the AJN Book of the Year awards…
Melissa Batchelor-Murphy was recently appointed as a 2017-2018 Health and Aging Policy Fellow and as a 2017-2018 American Political Science Association Congressional Fellow. Batchelor-Murphy was selected based on her commitment to health and aging issues, leadership potential and interest in…
IT’S NOT TOO LATE TO SIGN UP FOR THE GET MOVING CHALLENGE
Duke’s annual Get Moving Challenge encourages groups across Duke to form teams with coworkers to encourage healthy habits. During the program, participants can compete in up to three areas to log the most steps,…
The Office of the Vice Provost for Interdisciplinary Studies and Bass Connections are pleased to announce two funding opportunities:
All Babies and Children Thrive Seed Grants: Through this new initiative, one-year grants of $20,000 to $30,000 are available to seed innovative and…
Cher Durham, a MSN student in the Women's Health program, was recently interviewed on WRAL and WNCN news stations about the "Me Too" social media campaign. Click here to view her WRAL interview and click here to view her WNCN interview. Durham is the director of the Solace…
On Feb. 7, 2018 Duke AHEAD is presenting "The Mythical Balanced Life and Busy Health Professionals: New Challenges, New Solution" from 12-1 p.m. in the Great Hall of Trent Semans Center. Wayne Sotile, international thought leader on physician resilience and work/life balance for busy professionals…
Kathryn Kreider was recently interviewed and featured in an article entitled "North Carolina NPs: The Fight for Full Practice Authority" published on NursePractitionerSchools.com. Anne Derouin was also quoted in the article from a previous interview.
Dean Marion Broome recently published an article entitled "CYP2D6 drug-gene and drug-drug-gene interactions among patients prescribed pharmacogenetically actionable opioids" in Applied Nursing Research. Co-authors include experts from the University of Pittsburgh and Indiana University.…
Marilyn Lombardi and Wei Pan recently published an article entitled "Measuring Organizational Capacity to Accelerate Health Care Innovation in Academic Health Centers" in Quality Management in Healthcare. Co-authors include experts from Georgia State University and Emory University.
Abstract…
PhD alumna Brittney van de Water, Janet Prvu Bettger, Susan Silva and Janice Humphreys recently published an article entitled "Time to Druge-Resistant Tuberculosis Treatment in a Prospective South Africal Cohort" in Global Pediatric Health. Co-authors include experts from Duke University…
Congratulations to Nancy Short, co-author of the book titled "Health Policy and Politics: A Nurse's Guide" featured as a #1 New Release on Amazon.com! Co-author includes Jeri Milstead.
The Duke Center for REsearch to AdvanCe Healthcare Equity (REACH Equity) is seeking applications for a mentored research career development award for junior faculty. REACH Equity will address racial and ethnic disparities in health by developing and testing interventions that improve the…
Save the date for a special guest lecture with Dr. Joan Reede on Friday, Jan. 26 from 12-1 p.m. as part of the professional development seminar series funded by the dean of the School of Medicine. Joan Reede, dean for diversity and community partnership at Harvard Medical School, was appointed…
Chris Plowe, who began his tenure as DGHI director on January 1, shared this message with the DGHI community during the first week of the new year: (Read More)
The Duke Center for Metabolic and Weight Loss Surgery is hosting a conference entitled "Selection and Medical Management of Weight Loss Surgery Patients" on Saturday, March 3 at The Umstead Hotel. This conference is an accredited conference and offers 6.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits and Nursing…
All faculty and trainees are invited to nominate research mentors in the Schools of Medicine and Nursing who exemplify the traits honored by this award. To be eligible, the nominated faculty member must be at the Associate Professor level or above (regular rank). Nominations may come from…
Please join us for the 2018 Duke University Research Computing Symposium on Monday, Jan. 22 at Penn Pavilion from 2- 5 p.m. This event will highlight collaborative research initiatives that use information technologies & big digital data in order to forge new directions in…