The DUSON Community Health Improvement Partnership Program (D-CHIPP) has re-opened the application process for faculty and staff affiliation. By completing a few questions and describing your interest in community health and affiliation, faculty and staff can access:
Listserv membership to…
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Win an Apple Watch from the Duke Security Office! Visit the OIT Security Office website, and watch the phishing video. It’s 10 minutes well-spent, and best of all, you can register to win an Apple Watch at the end.
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Zhao Ni, ABSN'14 and PhD'19, and current postdoctoral associate for Yale's School of Medicine, proposed two grants to the NIH during his time at Yale for using machine learning to increase HIV testing. Both proposals have been funded.
One of them is a five-year R21/R33 grant ($1,328,408…
Tolu Oyesanya, assistant professor, received a service commendation from the American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine (ACRM) for her work as Mentoring Task Force Chair in the Early Career Networking Group.
Debra Brandon, associate professor, was officially recognized earlier this month by the National Association of Neonatal Nurses (NANN) for winning their 2020 Lifetime Achievement in Neonatal Nursing Award. This award recognizes an individual’s longstanding commitment to and profound…
Lisvel Matos, PhD student, has been awarded the Substance Abuse Mental Health Service Administration (SAMHSA) Minority Fellowship Program (MFP) grant through the American Nurses Association (ANA).
A lack of ethnic/minority diversity in mental health and substance abuse services for…
Linda Everett, consulting associate, has received the Distinguished Alumni Award from the University of Michigan School of Nursing and the UMSN Distinguished Alumni Award Selection Committee. This award was given due to her extensive contributions to nursing leadership, education and evidence-…
MSN-WHNP student Erin Jones was named the Nurse Practitioner in Women's Health (NPWH) student leader to represent Duke during the NPWH annual meeting.
The purpose of the Student Leadership Program is to build a community of women's health nurse practitioner students nationally and to provide those…
Kudos to Sophia Smith, associate professor, and her entire team for the submission of her NIH R21 Subcontract application to University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, entitled “Digital Phenotyping to Identify Psychological Distress in Adolescent and Young Adult Cancer Survivors." This application…
Kudos to Deborah H. Allen, director of Nursing Research and Evidence-Based Practice and DANCE member with Duke Health, and Christine Barnes with Duke Raleigh Hospital, for the submission of their Duke Institute for Health Innovation (DIHI) proposal entitled: “Virtual Volunteer Visitation:…
Kudos to Deborah H. Allen, director of Nursing Research and Evidence-Based Practice and DANCE member with Duke University Health System, and Jonathan McGee with Duke Raleigh Hospital for the submission of their Duke Institute for Health Innovation (DIHI) proposal entitled: “Exploring…
Duke State Relations and Duke Health Government Relations will host a Duke Health Post-Election Briefing on Tuesday, November 10, from noon to 1 p.m. They will discuss outcomes of the election, how that affects Duke Health, and a preview of the 2021 legislative sessions.
All members of the…
Rosa Gonzalez-Guarda, associate professor, has received the 2020 Excellence in Research award from the Nursing Network on Violence Against Women International (NNVAWI).
This award recognizes outstanding contributions to research and/or evidence-based practice in the area of violence against…
Claudia Lucas, a Cardiology certificate student, contributed to "Nurse Practitioner Fellowship: Program Planning and Curriculum Development."
"Nurse Practitioner Fellowship: Program Planning and Curriculum Development" discusses the rapidly emerging trend to develop nurse…
Dominique Bulgin, PhD '19, consulting associate and postdoctoral fellow with Duke National Clinician Scholars Program, contributed to "Nursing work is justice work: Rethinking justice and promoting healing in survivors of gender‐based violence" in Public Health Nursing.
Gillian Adynski, consulting associate and postdoctoral fellow with Duke National Clinician Scholars Program, was one of the writers of the editorial "Catalyzing a Nursing Response to Healthcare Discrimination Against Transgender and Nonbinary Individuals" in the Journal of Nursing…
When you’re stressed out or under pressure, it can be easy to forget the basics: Breathe. Sleep. Eat well. Stay in the moment. Be kind to yourself. Reach out to other people.
That’s exactly why the Duke Health well-being team created a new resource, The Coping Card. The idea is to make it as…
We have seen a concerning resurgence of COVID-19 in North Carolina, Durham and within the Duke community over the last few weeks, mirroring national trends. With the approach of colder weather and a time of year when people traditionally gather in indoors, we ask for your continued vigilance in…
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Win an Apple Watch from the Duke Security Office, and you have a chance to win prizes! Visit the OIT Security Office, and watch the phishing video. It’s 10 minutes well spent, and best of all, you can register to win an Apple Watch at the…
Callie Tennyson, assistant professor, was one of nine new faculty members across Duke featured in Duke Stories' "Meet Duke's New Faculty of 2020" article.
Tennyson, MSN '12, was highlighted for being one of three in her family to graduate from DUSON and being a fifth-generation Duke student…
Coursera for Duke gives Duke students, staff, and faculty free access to Duke’s 50+ online courses and specializations on Coursera. Take any course you want, whenever you want. Learn new skills, explore a new subject, or advance your career goals. Earn a Coursera certificate to share on LinkedIn or…
Tolu Oyesanya, assistant professor, is the leading author of "Regional Variations in Rehabilitation Outcomes of Adult Patients With Traumatic Brain Injury: A Uniform Data System for Medical Rehabilitation Investigation" in Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation.
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The Duke Department of Population Health Sciences will present "Sex, Drugs, and Universal Health: Diabetes and Heart Disease in Canada" on Thursday, October 22, from 3:30 to 5 p.m. on Zoom. Padma Kaul, professor in the Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, University of…
Nicholas Glover, DNP '19, published "Preoperative Cognitive Assessment Recommendations for the Older Adult" article in the Journal of PeriAnesthesia Nursing. Denise Tola, assistant professor, William Norcross with Duke School of Medicine's Anesthesiology department, Lindsey W. Naumuk with…
Jewel Scott, MSN '06 and PhD '20, along with Susan Silva, associate professor, and Leigh Ann Simmons, consulting professor, wrote "Social Adversity, Sleep Characteristics, and Elevated Blood Pressure Among Young Adult Black Females" in Health Equity.
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