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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.
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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…
El Centro Hispano in collaboration with Duke School of Nursing and the Latino Health Project at Duke University are offering 10-week courses focusing on Medical Spanish. Classes start on Jan. 29 and continue through April 3.
The Medical Spanish program is designed especially for health care…
Congratulations to Wendy Perry, Karen Atwater and Nora Harrington 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…
Kudos to PhD student Eunji Cho and her mentor Sharron Docherty for the submission of their Oncology Nursing Society Foundation application entitled; “Human Flourishing in Young Adult Survivors of Adolescent Cancer: A Multiple Case Study.” This proposal requests funding for a one-year…
Kudos to Jennie De Gagne for the submission of her Josiah Macy Jr. Faculty Scholars application entitled "Development and Implementation of Interprofessional Cybercivility Teaching and Learning Resources: Toward the Quadruple Aim." This proposal requests funding for a two-year period with a…
Good news! Planning your visit to Studio B, DUSON’s professional quality recording studio is now easier than ever! Simply log in to Meeting Room Manager and check your calendar against the existing Studio B appointments, viewable in the first column on the left, as seen in the photo to the left.…
Last week, Nurses for Mental Health Awareness, a brand new student group, premiered their "Cranes for Life" exhibit on campus. The 1,100 hand made cranes on the exhibit represented the 1,100 completed suicide attempts that occur on college campuses across the United States each year. During…
Winter can be a challenging time for those of us who work in health care. When we actually get “winter weather,” folks in other lines of work get a two-hour delay or a “snow day,” but ours is a 24/7 operation that requires us not only to show up on time, but also be prepared to lend a hand in…
A faculty workshop focusing on how to write powerful op-eds and commentary pieces will be held on Friday, Feb. 16 from 9-11 a.m. in room 217 of Perkins Library. The workshop will be taught by Keith Lawrence, executive director of News and Communications.
Faculty who participate in the…
DGHI professors Kristin Schroeder and Nelson Chao are on a mission to ensure that all children with cancer have the same chance of a cure, no matter where they live in the world. They've been collaborating with partners at the Bugando Medical Centre (BMC) since 2014, to improve pediatric cancer…
The Graduate School has awarded seven Professional Development Grants to support discipline-specific programming for graduate students in 2018. The grants, established in 2014, award up to $2,000 to help graduate students and their departments create discipline-specific professional…