Consulting Associates and Postdoctoral Fellows with Duke National Clinician Scholars Program Dominique Bulgin, PhD '19, Gillian Adynski and Rachele Lipsky contributed to the guest editorial entitled "Nurses should oppose police violence and unjust policing in healthcare" published in the…
Congratulations to PhD student Jiepin Cao for being selected as an American Association of University Women (AAUW) International Doctoral fellow for the 2020-21 award year. Fellows are selected based on their scholarly promise, academic achievement, and demonstrated commitment to women and girls.…
Kudos to PhD student Shamatree Shakya and her advisors Associate Professors Michael Cary and Susan Silva for the submission of her SNRS proposal entitled: "The Impact of Initial Frailty Status and Cardiometabolic Syndrome on the Development of Frailty in Older Adults." This proposal…
Who doesn’t love a good meme? (example pictured). We see them, “like” them, share them on social media or via texts and email almost daily. But have you ever tried to create one? As a fun and creative way to celebrate Infection Prevention Week 2020 (October 18-24), the Duke Health Infection…
Allison Stafford, assistant professor, Gabriela Nagy, assistant clinical professor, and Rosa Gonzalez-Guarda, associate professor, coauthored "The influence of peer relationships on Latina Adolescents' experiences with depressive symptoms" in the Journal of Pediatric Nursing.
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Carolina Tennyson, assistant professor, coauthored "Understanding and recognizing cardiac amyloidosis" for the Journal of the American Academy of Physician Assistants with Todd McVeigh of Duke Hospital.
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Cardiac amyloidosis is an infiltrative …
Several weeks ago, Chancellor A. Eugene Washington tasked Paula Tanabe, vice dean of Research, with developing research specific goals to contribute to the racial justice initiatives at Duke and complement the work of the Racial Justice Task Force. These goals were established with…
Duke Health's Government Relations produced an article on Rosa Gonzalez-Guarda, associate professor, to position her as an expert resource for policymakers in regard to her expertise and active efforts in supporting the Latinx community during the pandemic. Her work on the LATIN-19 (Latinx…
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Congratulations to Mary Barzee, operation coordinator! She “caught the phish” and reported it in our most recent phishing exercise. Her name was randomly selected by the Duke Health ISO to receive their attractive CISO Security Ambassador…
Congratulations to Rosa Gonzalez-Guarda, associate professor, and her research team who received an award from the Duke Health Greatest Need philanthropic fund for her proposal entitled: “SER Hispano Community Health Worker (CHW) COVID-19 Prevention Intervention."
The aims of the project are to…
Kudos to Stephanie Ibemere, postdoc, and her entire team for the submission of her Southern Nursing Research Society (SNRS) proposal entitled: “Comparison of Nurse Practitioner Satisfaction with In-Person and/or Telehealth (telephone/video) Visits for Chronic Disease Management." This…
On September 28, the Center for AIDS Research (CFAR) of Duke University held their 16th Annual Fall Scientific Retreat. Several DUSON faculty and students presented at this annual event.
Brandon Knettel, assistant professor, was invited to deliver an oral presentation from selected conference…
The Duke Mobile App Gateway for Digital Health, of which Ryan Shaw, associate professor, is the faculty lead, discussed telehealth transformation that is having a big impact on nursing during Duke Digital Health Week, which ran from September 21 to September 24.
Recommended sessions include…
Kudos to Sophia Smith, associate professor, and Eric Elbogen (SOM) for the submission of their National Cancer Institute (NCI), Multi-PI application entitled “Integrating Technological Approaches for Pain Management in Adult Survivors of Childhood Cancer." This proposal requests funding for a five-…
The Nurse Anesthesia-DNP Program faculty and staff would like to celebrate of an outstanding accomplishment for our graduating Class of 2020. All 24 students passed their National Certification Exam (NCE) on their first attempt! The National Board of Certification and Recertification for Nurse…
The Latinx Advocacy Team & Interdisciplinary Network for COVID-19 (LATIN-19), which consists of DUSON-connected members, was featured recently in the news story: "The heroes of the pandemic: 'When the world is burning, I must put out the fire'/Héroes de la pandemia: 'Si el mundo está…
Assistant Professors Schenita Randolph and Ragan Johnson co-wrote "Leveraging social networks of Black women in beauty salons to improve uptake of pre-exposure prophylaxis" in Health Education Journal. Coauthors include Danielle Meyers of Duke Cancer Institute, Davon Washington of Duke…
Marilyn Oermann, Thelma M. Ingles Professor of Nursing, was the keynote speaker at Frontier Nursing University Research Symposium. Her presentation was titled "Building Your Scholarship through Publications."
DUSON faculty and students recently completed a successful collaboration with faculty and students from Fudan University School of Nursing in Shanghai, China. In this collaboration students from both countries completed two virtual simulations (v-sims) as a group. Through these v-sims, they…
PhD student Brian Douthit, in collaboration with Kay Lytle, clinical associate and with Duke Health, Rachel Richesson, associate professor, and Robert Clayton Musser of the Duke School of Medicine, published "A Closer Look at the 'Right' Format for Clinical Decision Support:…
Ellie McConnell, associate professor, hosted the opening for the Dementia Inclusive Durham (DID)'s Dementia Beyond Disease, Conference III. The conference was on September 12 and titled "Building a Creative Community of Care." Durham Mayor Steve Schewel and Durham Board of County…
Ellie McConnell, associate professor, has been appointed senior associate editor of The Journal of Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine ( JAMDA). JAMDA is the leading peer-reviewed publication for practical information and research directly applicable to health care professionals providing post-…
Three MSN students have been awarded the ANEW Psychiatric - Mental Health Nurse Practitioner Scholarship for Serving Vulnerable Populations.
Debra Bates, Daniel Moldwin and Janine Panker are enrolled in the Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (PMHNP) program.
This scholarship stems from…
Ashleigh Harlow Named University Scholar, James B. Duke Fellow
PhD student Ashleigh Harlow has received the University Scholars Fellowship and James B. Duke Fellowship.
The University Scholars Fellowship program is designed to stimulate an interdisciplinary, intergenerational community…