After years of service as a reviewer for the International Student Journal of Nurse Anesthesia (ISJNA), Chris Muckler, associate professor, was recently appointed to the editorial board of the ISJNA. Muckler reviews for six peer-reviewed journals including the AANA Journal, Journal of Nursing…
The Trent Center for Bioethics, Humanities and History of Medicine will present "Structures and Systems: From Geography to the Workplace" on February 3 from noon to 1 p.m. The event will consist of "The Geography of Environmental Inequity" with Jeremy Hoffman, of the Science Museum of Virginia, and…
The Duke Global Health Institute presents "Scientific Leadership in a Public Health Crisis: A Conversation with Dr. Anthony Fauci and David M. Rubenstein" on February 10 from 4:30 to 5:15 p.m. Perhaps no one has been more central to our understanding of the COVID-19 pandemic than Anthony Fauci,…
Kudos to Nicole Caviness-Ashe, PhD student, and her sponsor Sophia Smith, associate professor, for the submission of her American Society of Hematology application entitled: “Examining Racial Health Disparities Among Survivors of Acute Myeloid Leukemia." This proposal requests funding for a…
The first training workshop for RESPECT NC took place on Tuesday, December 8, with 45 participants and 23 individuals from 14 community organizations. RESPECT NC, sponsored by DUSON Center for Nursing Research, includes three aims: 1) Build capacity among community partners and DUSON faculty…
Tolu Oyesanya, assistant professor, Callan Loflin, clinical research coordinator, and Gabrielle Harris, PhD '20, published "'Just tell me in a simple way': A qualitative study on opportunities to improve the transition from acute hospital care to home from the perspectives of patients…
The Duke University School of Nursing’s (DUSON) leadership in research and education has risen in the 2021 U.S. News & World Report Best Online Nursing School rankings and improved its standing for 2020 among leading NIH Nursing Research institutions.
DUSON’s ranking as an online…
Michael Cary, associate professor, has won the Raymond Gavins Distinguished Faculty Award, a Samuel DuBois Cook Society award. The awards ceremony will be held on February 23 at 6 p.m. Register now.
Founded in 1997, The Samuel DuBois Cook Society was established in the spring of that…
UNC Chapel Hill School of Nursing's Invest in Nursing Faculty Fellowship program is currently recruiting nursing faculty for their 2021-2022 fellowship year. This is an amazing opportunity for advancing leadership and curriculum development skills.
The application cycle for the 2021-2022…
Please join the Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences department on Thursday, January 28, from 12 to 1 p.m., for the virtual James H. Carter, Sr. Memorial Lecture with Patrice Harris, the 174th president of the American Medical Association and the first African-American woman to hold this position.…
Duke Health has produced an article about the COVID-19 vaccine, "Weigh the Benefits of COVID-19 Vaccine Against the Risk for Infection" by Debbe Geiger.
Introduction
The COVID-19 vaccine will protect you and others from the virus and help us end this pandemic. While people…
The School of Medicine Office for Faculty has announced the 2021 LEADER participants, which includes DUSON faculty: Assistant Professors Nancy Crego, Marta Mulawa, Allison Stafford and Ran Xiao. The Leadership Development for Researchers (LEADER) Program is designed for…
Active Employees who have Enrolled in Electronic W-2 Forms
It is expected that electronic W-2 forms have started becoming available no later than January 22. If you haven't already, each employee who opted out of paper W-2 forms will receive an email notification when the W-2 form…
Kudos to Hailey Miller, postdoctoral associate, and her sponsors for the submission of her Duke Clinical & Translational Science Institute, Post-Doctoral Training Program (TL1) application entitled: "Feasibility of delivering a digital health intervention to improve food access among adults…
Joseph Kilasara, a nursing faculty member at Kilimanjaro Christian University Medical University-College (KCMUC0) in Moshi, Tanzania, has graduated from the University of Botswana with a masters degree in nursing as a family nurse practitioner. Kilisara spent two years in Botswana, including…
Donna Biederman, associate professor and D-CHIPP director, is now chair of the National Health Care for the Homeless Council (NHCHC) Respite Care Providers Network (RCPN) Steering Committee and a council board member. Biederman was confirmed as a member of the RCPN Steering Committee in 2015…
Gina Wilson, DNP'16 and consulting associate, is an author of "Addressing Organizational Barriers to Adolescent Access to High-Quality, Low-Cost, Confidential Sexual and Reproductive Health Services in a Community Health Center" in Health Promotion Practice. Other authors include Meriel A. Shire,…
Pamela B. Edwards, associate consulting professor, and Staci Reynolds, assistant professor, co-wrote "Collaboration Between Infection Prevention and Clinical Education in Response to COVID-19" for Nurses in Professional Development. Other authors include: Katrina Green, director of…
Staci S. Reynolds, assistant professor, Valerie Howard, vice dean of Academic Affairs, Diane Uzarski, chief of staff, Bradi B. Granger, professor, Mary Ann Fuchs, associate dean of Clinical Affairs and vice president of Patient Care and System Chief Nurse Executive, DUHS, and Dean Marion…
Angela Richard-Eaglin, assistant professor, has been leading a series of presentations on Cultural Intelligence and Bias Management to Mitigate Bias-influenced Decisions and Outcomes in Health Care. This series of presentations is a part of a Health Equity and Diversity Series for ECHO HPM CARES,…
Maryellen S. Kelly, assistant professor, was appointed as Affiliated Society Representative on the Editorial Board of the Journal of Pediatric Urology. The aims of this publication are "to advance and improve the education in pediatric urology and the diffusion of knowledge of new and…
Kudos to Chip Bailey, associate professor, and his entire team for the submission of their Duke Roybal Center proposal entitled: “Communication Intervention for People with ALS and their Care-partners”. This proposal request funding for a one-year period with a start date of June 1, 2021.…
Before it was the Durham Center for Senior Life (DCSL), the nonprofit was known as the Golden Age Society. Founded in 1949, the Golden Age Society focused on social gatherings as they coordinated neighborhood social clubs for Durham’s elderly residents. Today, the DCSL offers various services aimed…
DUHS leadership has expressed how grateful they are to all DUSON volunteers who have staffed the employee and community vaccine clinics during the past three weeks. In December, our faculty, staff and student volunteers worked a total of 21 vaccine clinic shifts and 25 so far in January…