Staci Reynolds, associate professor, and Bradi Granger, professor, will participate in the Council for the Advancement of Nursing Science's Clinical Nurse Scientist Special Interest Group's "What Is Staff Nurse Engagement in Research?" webinar on July 21 from 3 to 4 p.m. ET. Reynolds will co-…
Duke AHEAD and the Duke Health Interprofessional Education and Care Center (IPEC) are pleased to announce that Jacqueline Brown Smith will be joining their teams in the newly created shared position of assistant director of assessment and evaluation. In her new position, Brown Smith will be…
Roy Thompson, PhD student, moderated the equity/justice presentations at AcademyHealth’s Interdisciplinary Research Group on Nursing Issues' 2021 Annual Pre-Conference Meeting held virtually on June 11. The group's mission is to promote and support the development of health services research…
Roy Thompson, PhD student, was invited as a subject matter expert to join the Research Workgroup of the National Commission to Address Racism in Nursing. The commission was convened to examine the issue of racism within nursing nationwide and describe the impact of racism on nurses, patients,…
Paula Tanabe, vice dean, Research, was interviewed by Andrew Joseph for the STAT article "For people in sickle cell crisis, specialized infusion centers offer far better care than the ER, study finds." While Tanabe wasn't a part of the study the article focuses on, she was interviewed about the…
The Academy for Academic and Social Enrichment and Leadership Development for Health Equity welcomes their final cohort of Health Equity Academy II (HEA II) Scholars. These nine HEA II Scholars are Troy Duncan, Mitchell Schurz, Sophia “Sophie” Forte, Bria Allen, Ryan Lawton, Marlana…
Illiyah Edwards, ABSN'20, worked for the Duke University Pre-College Programs as a summer instructor this past month. She started planning a curriculum for gifted and talented students in grades 9 through 12 interested in various fields of medicine in December 2020. This included…
Effective August 9, 2021, the Duke Travel Suspension due to COVID-19 will no longer apply to domestic travel. Faculty, staff, and students who are fully-vaccinated will once again be allowed to travel with Duke support to U.S. states, territories, and territorial waters. Also, domestic travelers…
In collaboration with Duke School of Nursing, the Duke Center for Truth, Racial Healing, & Transformation looks forward to offering an Rx Racial Healing™ Circle on Tuesday, July 20, from 4 to 6 p.m. Please note this is an open invitation to any DUSON student, staff, or faculty who would like to…
Journals provide a valuable resource for the health care professional and educator. Whether it is a student progressing toward their first job or a professional decades into their career, journals keep the reader informed about the latest research and clinical and educational advancements in…
Chancellor Eugene Washington surprised Marion Broome, Rudy F. Wilson Professor of Nursing and former DUSON dean, at her celebratory gathering last month. Jill Brennan-Cook, assistant professor, is also pictured.
The Duke Center for Research to Advance Healthcare Equity is seeking a research project and investigator to include in its renewal application (Spring of 2022). The Center currently supports three research projects related to the REACH Equity theme to address racial and ethnic disparities in health…
Mitchell Knisely, assistant professor, wrote "Severe Persistent Pain and Inflammatory Biomarkers in Sickle Cell Disease: An Exploratory Study" in Biological Research for Nursing with Paula Tanabe, vice dean, research, Julia Walker, professor, Qing Yang, associate professor, and Nirmish Shah, of…
Staci Reynolds, associate professor, wrote "Healthcare worker's perspectives on use of memes as an implementation strategy in infection prevention: An exploratory descriptive analysis" in American Journal of Infection Control with Shelby Boyd with Duke Health.
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Kara McGee, associate professor, was interviewed for "As a blood shortage unfolds in NC, many gay and bisexual men are still barred from donating" by Elizabeth Thompson for North Carolina Health News.
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Lee Storrow was a proud regular platelet donor for years, a service to…
Congratulations to Valerie Howard, vice dean, academic affairs, and her team on her recent HRSA award for the Nurse Faculty Loan Program (NFLP)! The purpose of this program is to increase the number of qualified nursing faculty by operating a student loan fund to support to support DNP and MSN…
D-CHIPP partner, Durham Housing Authority (DHA), is diligently working to engage residents at McDougald Terrace in the Jobs Plus Program. The program, funded by Housing and Urban Development (HUD), is designed to provide education and job training to residents in public housing. While the goal was…
Join Leading to Equitable Access to Health Professions (LEAHP) in congratulating our first cohort of LEAHP scholars. DUSON Health Equity Academy (HEA II) and the MSN program partnered with North Carolina Central to present the weeklong summer immersion program that ran from June 7 until June 11.…
The following faculty who have been approved by the Board of Trustees for promotion and appointment at DUSON:
Promotion: Staci Reynolds, Assistant Clinical Professor in the School of Nursing to Associate Clinical Professor in the School of Nursing, effective June 1, 2021 through June 30, 2024…