Dori Steinberg, associate professor, was spotlighted in Aline Holzwarth's "10 Behavioral Scientists You Should Know" article in Forbes. She is number five in the list.
Introduction
Behavioral science is increasingly being applied outside university laboratories to industry…
CMA, CAPS, CML, CSGD, DuWell, I-House & The Mary Lou are happy to announce and share a Post-Election Healing Space Series — Cultivating Hope in Times of Uncertainty available to support Duke students from November 4 to 6 from 7 to 9 p.m.
November 4 — Community Processing:…
Kathryn E. Kreider, associate professor, was invited to present for the American Diabetes Association webinar titled "Hands on: Tips to Improve Diabetes Care: Understanding and Using Time in Range in Effective Diabetes Care." The presentation took place on October 27. The webinar is part of a 12-…
Please mark your calendars for Monday, November 2, from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. for a special Moments to Movement Virtual Town Hall Meeting featuring Chancellor Eugene Washington, MD; Dean Marion E. Broome; Brigit Carter, associate dean for Diversity and Inclusion, and representatives from the DUSON…
Duke’s online training partner is LinkedIn Learning. This service provides free, unlimited training resources for a wide variety of technology and business topics with over 13,000 video courses. New titles are added each week. Let’s take a look. Getting Started with LinkedIn Learning
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PhD student Yufen Lin was selected as the trainee awardee to present for the Cancer Control and Population Sciences Program at the 7th Duke Cancer Institute Scientific Retreat (virtual) on Friday, October 23. This year, each of the eight DCI Research Programs selected a trainee from their…
Yufen Lin, PhD student, Sharron Docherty, PhD in Nursing program assistant dean, and Chip Bailey, associate professor, published an article entitled "Symptom Experience and Self-management for Multiple Co-occurring Symptoms in Patients with Gastric Cancer: A Qualitative Study" in European…
Gena Bittner Burnett, ABSN '06, MSN'10, was recently introduced as the 2020-21 president of the 3,100-member North Carolina Association of Nurse Anesthetists (NCANA) during the association’s annual fall conference. Burnett, who is the assistant chief CRNA for the Durham division of Regional…
Brian Douthit, PhD student, has recently published an article in the International Journal of Health Planning and Management entitled, “The influence of the learning health system to address the COVID‐19 pandemic: An examination of early literature."
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The Nasher Museum is collaborating with Duke Arts and Duke Health to present an outdoor exhibition and public awareness campaign by nationally renowned artist Carrie Mae Weems. The project, called "RESIST COVID / TAKE 6!," emphasizes the disproportionate impact of the deadly virus on the lives of…
A team of Duke University School of Nursing researchers is utilizing a salon-based intervention to promote HIV prevention awareness to Black women in the southern U.S. region.
Black women comprise 13 percent of the U.S. population but account for 64 percent of new HIV infections among the nation’s…
Maryellen S. Kelly, assistant professor, presented “Advanced Urotherapy: Botox, PTNS, TENS, SNM" at the Pediatric Urology Nurses and Specialists Annual Meeting on Saturday, October 24, which was held virtually this year. The learning objectives of the session were to:
Understand indications…
Deborah Hummer, DNP '14, was named a recipient of the National Hartford Center of Gerontological Nursing Excellence Distinguished Educator in Gerontological Nursing Award. The awards program is a Hartford initiative aimed at recognizing the leadership of nurse educators working with…
Debra H. Brandon, PhD, RN, CCNS, FAAN, associate professor, recently received the National Association of Neonatal Nurses (NANN) 2020 Lifetime Achievement Award due to her enduring commitment to and impact on the neonatal nursing field.
She was notified of the award in August and was officially…
Congratulations are officially in order! The North Carolina Future of Nursing Action Coalition (NCFON) is one of 10 action coalitions supporting project proposals that have been selected to receive a 2020 Nursing Innovations Fund award. The Campaign’s announcement includes a brief description of…
Jacqueline Brown, research program leader, represented DUSON in a panel presentation through Duke Office of Clinical Research’s Research Professional Network, with other clinical research staff and investigators to discuss experiences with diversity in clinical research recruitment and…
Donna Biederman, associate professor and D-CHIPP director, recently presented information regarding the local response to support homeless individuals during the COVID pandemic. Biederman joined other experts from Duke and the Durham community to update committee members at the quarterly…
Jennie Mastroianni, DNP '20, published the "Improving the Identification of Genitourinary Syndrome of Menopause Through the Utilization of the Day-to-Day Impact of Vaginal Aging Questionnaire" article in Menopause. Her co-authors include Julie Thompson, consulting associate, and Katherine…
ABSN student Unique Whitehurst and PhD student Amnazo Muhirwa are among the 28 first fellows of the Purpose Project at Duke’s new Race and the Professions Fellowship.
The first cohort was selected from more than 200 graduate and professional students who applied.
The Purpose Project is a multi-…
Brigit Carter, associate dean for Diversity and Inclusion, recently received her Diversity in Nursing Award from the American Nurses Association (ANA). The Diversity Award recognizes an individual registered nurse or a group of registered nurses for long-standing commitment and significant…
Congratulations to ABSN student Allison Renke for winning the Infection Prevention Week Meme Contest hosted by the Duke University Hospital Infection Prevention Team. A total of 45 memes were submitted and 354 people voted. All submitted memes can be viewed here.
Renke's submission (…
The Blue Devils Doctor of Physical Therapy (DPT) 5K will be a virtual event this year on October 31. The funds raised will go towards the VCU-Marquette 2020-2021Challenge. All interprofessional colleagues, family, and friends are welcomed to participate.
The VCU-Marquette Challenge…
"Matters of Grief," a virtual symposium on grief, will be offered to everyone across the Health System from 1 to 5 p.m. November 19. It is free of charge, organized by Tony Galanos, from Geriatrics and Palliative Care, and hosted by Duke Center for Healthcare Safety and Quality, Duke…
Tom Blodgett, assistant professor, was recognized by the National Hartford Center for Gerontological Nursing Excellence (NHCGNE) as a Distinguished Educator in Gerontological Nursing. Designees will be recognized virtually during the upcoming NHCGNE Leadership Conference from October 27 to 29…
A team from DUSON presented recently at the American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine's (ACRM) 97th annual conference. They presented a total of six presentations (four oral presentations, one poster presentation and one panel presentation). The conference…