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…
Two students from the Nurse Anesthesia-DNP Program, Christine Parilli and Zachary Smith, were recently competitively selected to receive the North Carolina Association of Nurse Anesthetists (NCANA) Doctoral Leadership Education & Development (LEAD) Scholarship in the amount of $3,000 each. The…
Mikaela Siemens, NA-DNP student, wrote "Implementation of contextualized, emergency management cognitive aids in a periodontics clinic" in the Journal of Dental Anesthesia and Pain Medicine (JDAPM) with Andi (Rice) Stamper, consulting associate, and Virginia (Chris) Muckler, associate…
Congratulations to Se Hee Min, PhD student, and her faculty co-sponsors Xiao Hu, Ann Henshaw Gardiner Distinguished Professor of Nursing, and Qing Yang, associate professor, who have received an award for her NIH National Institute of Nursing Research NRSA Fellowship proposal entitled: "…
Yufen Lin, PhD'21, wrote "Distinct morning and evening fatigue profiles in gastrointestinal cancer during chemotherapy" in BMJ Supportive & Palliative Care with Donald (Chip) Bailey, associate professor, and Sharron Docherty, assistant dean, PhD in Nursing Program. Co-authors include…
Sijia Wei, PhD student, wrote an article with "Relational processes in heart failure care transitions: A data-driven case report" in Heart & Lung with Eleanor McConnell and Wei Pan, associate professors, Bradi Granger, professor, and Kirsten N. Corazzini, associate professor…
Kudos to Devon Noonan, associate professor, and her entire team for the submission of her University of California, Davis NIH P50, subcontract application entitled: “EMPOWER." This proposal requests funds for a five-year period with a start date of September 1, 2021.
The Duke team for this study…
Kudos to AnnMarie Walton, assistant professor, and her entire team for the submission of her UNC Occupational Safety and Health Education and Research Center application entitled: “Surface Contamination and PPE Use in Inpatient Oncology: The Impact of Covid-19." This proposal requests funding for a…
Marilyn Oermann, Thelma M. Ingles Professor of Nursing, was the keynote speaker at the 57th Annual Isabel Maitland Stewart Conference on Research in Nursing, "The Science of Nursing Education," on May 14. Her speech was: "Nursing Education Research: Current State and Future Needs;" the…
The Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion will present "Finding Balance & Strength in Identity" on Thursday, June 17, at 5:30 p.m. The panel will discuss ideas of balancing identities in our environments, the unique situations that exist and the strength in finding identity. Jacquelyn…
Hideyo Tsumura, PhD student, wrote "Review of the Mechanisms of Ventilator Induced Lung Injury and the Principles of Intraoperative Lung Protective Ventilation" in the AANA (American Association of Nurse Anesthetists) Journal with Debra Brandon and Wei Pan, associate professors, Charles Vacchiano,…
The country plans to add nurse practitioners to its health care system for the first time.
When the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia decided it was time to expand their health care system to include nurse practitioners (NPs), they sought an international team of nurse educators to help them get…
The International Nursing Association for Clinical Simulation and Learning (INACSL) has presented the Duke University Center for Nursing Discovery (CND) team with an Award of Excellence as this year’s celebrated recipient of the “Frontline Simulation Champion" Excellence Award.
Those…
Dementia Inclusive Durham will present "Occupational Therapy Practitioners: Key Partners in Promoting Function, Wellbeing and Safety for People Living Alone with Dementia," a primary care webinar, on June 9 from 12 to 1 p.m. Register through Zoom.
The program is offered through an…
Vincent Guilamo-Ramos, incoming DUSON dean, was featured in the recently released "A Critical Conversation on Health Equity and Racism" from the American Academy of Nursing's 2020 Institute for Nursing Leadership. He also participated in the "Unseen Diversity: How to Elevate Inclusivity…