Donna Biederman, associate professor, was an invited speaker for the Duke University Pre-College Healthcare Professions & Modern Medicine Course on June 16. Duke Pre-College provides certificate-based enrichment courses to intellectually curious high school participants throughout the…
Valerie Howard, vice dean, Academic Affairs, presented at the International Healthcare Education and Simulation Workshop 2021 sponsored by the University of Hong Kong LKS Faculty of Medicine School of Nursing on June 3. The title of the presentation was "The COVID-19 Pandemic and the Role of…
With the help of our friends at Complex Stories, The ABC Science Collaborative communications team at The Duke Clinical Research Institute worked to produce and post a video series dubbed “What’s Your Vaccine Why?” The ABC Science Collaborative asked children and teens to share their experiences…
Kayla Fisk, DNP alumna, has won the Marilyn Edmunds Journal for Nurse Practitioners (JNP) Writing Award for 2020. Her article "Point-of-Care Testing for Gonorrhea and Chlamydia in Urgent Care" was chosen unanimously by a subcommittee of editorial board members. She was recognized this…
A poster created by an interdisciplinary workgroup led by Callie Tennyson, assistant professor, and her colleagues Karen Jooste, of Duke Division of Pediatric Primary Care, and John Oliver D. Min was presented at the American Association of Nurse Practitioners' 2021 National Conference.…
AcademyHealth's Interdisclipinary Research Group on Nursing Issues presented "Creating Cultures of Inclusive Excellence in Academic and Professional Organizations" on June 15. Michael Cary, associate professor, facilitated, while Roy Thompson, PhD student, and Jacqueline Nikpour, PhD'21, presented…
Michelle Webb, assistant professor, wrote "Best Practices for Using Telehealth in Hospice and Palliative Care" in the Journal of Hospice & Palliative Nursing with Jennifer Gentry, consulting associate.
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Hospice and palliative care providers…
Associate Professor Schenita Randolph's article “The Need for Parent-Adolescent Conversations about Racial Discrimination in HIV Prevention Interventions” is scheduled to be published in the August 2021 issue of the Journal of Adolescent Health (JAH). The issue should be available online…
DUSON faculty were highlighted in the Duke Clinical & Translational Science Institute news story, "New Faculty Join NCSP Core Leadership Team," for their participation in the Duke site of the National Clinician Scholars Program (NCSP).
Devon Noonan, associate professor and…
Are you ready to confront racism and bias in your health education program? This three-hour interprofessional workshop is sponsored by the Duke Faculty Advancement Seed Grant awarded to School of Nursing for an interprofessional project on "Confronting Racism and Bias: Fostering an…
D-CHIPP was recently invited to serve on a panel discussing nursing schools’ response to dual public health crises (the COVID-19 pandemic and structural racism) in 2020. The session was part of pre-conference activities at the Association of Community Health Nurse Educators' national conference. D-…
Valerie Sabol, chair of the Healthcare in Adult Populations Division, and Susan Silva, associate professor, contribute to "On the Move clinic: A fall prevention nurse practitioner-driven model of care" in Geriatric Nursing. Co-authors include Geraldine E. Kanne, of Duke Population…
Sara Brzozowski and Margo Kandrack, DNP-NA students, wrote "Virtual Simulation to Reinforce Nursing Staff Resuscitation Responses" in "Journal for Nurses in Professional Development" with Marilyn Oermann, Thelma M. Ingles Professor of Nursing, and Virginia "Chris" Muckler, associate…
The organization announces Padilla, Edie among new Fellows and Kreider as award winner.
Three faculty members have been formally recognized by the American Association of Nurse Practitioners (AANP).
Blanca Iris Padilla, PhD, MSN, APRN, FNP-BC, and Alison H. Edie, DNP, APRN, FNP-BC,…
We were excited to welcome our MSN students to campus over the last couple weeks for this semester's Nurse Practitioner Intensives. Students engaged in person and virtually in lessons on wound management, orthopedics for primary care, adolescent risk behaviors, cultural intelligence,…
Last year, Duke Health began their Moments to Movement discussion with a series of panels focused on Black Americans and their allies. This year, their broadening their lens to focus on how to support other groups who experience hate and racism. The conversations will not only be about pain and…
Those celebrating birthdays this month were able to celebrate in person, their first in person social event at DUSON since the beginning of the pandemic. The group enjoyed cupcakes and conversations about aging, the year that was 2020, families and Zooming! June birthdays include:
Dean Marion…
Donna Biederman, associate professor, will be part of a "Connecting Health and Home: Medical and Legal Professionals in Conversation" roundtable hosted by the Legal Aid of North Carolina on June 23 from noon to 1 p.m. The session will be moderated by Scheree Gilchrist, and the roundtable…
Maryellen Kelly, assistant professor, presented at the Spina Bifida Clinical Care Conference on June 5, which was virtual this year. The talk was titled: "Spina Bifida Association’s Catheter Survey Results." It presented the results of a national survey of urinary catheter users use and…
The Triangle Global Health Consortium is creating a strategic plan that will guide their future work and is seeking input. To participate, fill out the TGHC Stakeholder Survey to tell them how they can best serve the global health community.
Michael Relf, associate dean for global and community health affairs, is invited to be a participant in the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation's international think tank focused on addressing stigma through program optimization to improve HIV prevention and treatment outcomes establishing a…
Michael Relf, associate dean for global and community health affairs, served as faculty of the Fogarty International Center/National Institute of Health's Stigma Research Training Institute. He was part of the faculty who led a session entitled, "Theory to Action & Multilevel Interventions,"…
Congratulations to Hideyo Tsumura, PhD student, and her faculty sponsors Wei Pan and Debra Brandon, associate professors, and Xiao Hu, Ann Henshaw Gardiner Distinguished Professor of Nursing, who have received an award for her NINR NRSA Fellowship proposal entitled: "…
Amber Johnson, DNP’20, published "Systematic Screening for Perinatal Mood and Anxiety Disorders to Promote Onsite Mental Health Consultations: A Quality Improvement Report" in the J Midwifery Womens Health with Eleanor Stevenson, chair of the Health of Women, Children & Families…
Roy Thompson, PhD student, wrote the editorial titled “Increasing Racial/Ethnic Diversity of Nursing Faculty in Higher Ed is Needed Now" for the Journal of Professional Nursing. This article addresses systemic racism and structural barriers and their impact on the nursing professoriate…