Congratulations to Schenita Randolph, assistant professor, and the entire research team for the award for their proposal to Gilead Sciences, Inc. entitled: “A Salon-Based, Multi-level Intervention to Improve PrEP Uptake Among Black Women Living in the United States South." The award…
Kudos to Dominique Bulgin, postdoctoral fellow, her mentor Paula Tanabe, associate dean for research, and her entire team for their award for Bulgin's REACH Equity Research Scholars Development proposal entitled: “Piloting Telehealth Personalized Health Planning in Shared Medical…
A workshop titled "Leveraging the Power of Nurses: Promoting Health Equity through a Framework of Cultural Humility" will occur virtually on July 27 from 3 to 4 p.m.
This webinar is part of a series by the Future of Nursing: Campaign for Action to support nurses in their ongoing effort to…
ABSN student Kimberly Coston has spent some of her time during the pandemic teaching herself advance jumping rope moves. Watch this video to see Coston's new skills at work, set to tune of Bastille's "Pompeii."
Elizabeth Barfield, MSN'72, BSN'70, was profiled in the news story "Former CSUSB nursing department chair is recipient of distinguished alumnus award from Duke University" for the California State University, San Bernardino, website. Barfield was one of the recipients of…
Micheal Cary, associate professor, will succeed Hyeoneui Kim, associate professor, as Data Science Research Area of Excellence (RAE) lead. Kim is stepping down so that she can lead the Health Informatics MSN program on a more permanent basis.
"I would like to thank Dr. Kim for her…
Donna Biederman, D-CHIPP director, and Heather Mountz, D-CHIPP coordinator, have accepted leadership roles with the Partnership for Healthy Durham. Biederman is continuing as co-chair for a second year of the Health and Housing Committee, and Mountz accepted a one-year term as co-…
Duke offers a robust and supportive infrastructure to help faculty members, postdocs and students find funding opportunities. In addition to the many funding announcement listservs and newsletters, you can customize your myResearchHome web page to search for funding opportunities relevant to…
Data is the foundation of scientific discovery and how we manage, store, govern and share it is essential for upholding scientific integrity.
Data management is a hot topic at many federal agencies including NIH and NSF. AHRQ published a notice on May 26, 2020, regarding its new policy requiring…
International collaborations in research and education are vital to our work in advancing Duke’s mission. Due to a number of threats identified in 2018 related to foreign influence and diversion of intellectual property, many federal agencies such as NIH, NSF and DOD have increased scrutiny on…
The NIH now requires FORMS-F for proposal application submissions. Tour this six-minute video which describes each of the five sections of a study record and points out which fields are required for human subjects and clinical trial studies. You can also view a summary of significant form changes,…
Susan Silva, associate professor, will step in as interim director of the Research Design and Statistics Core, located in the school's Center for Nursing Research, from July 13 to September 1. Silva temporarily will replace Shein-Chung Chow, who has …
Ernest J. Grant has been re-elected to a second term as the American Nurses Association’s (ANA) national president. The voting representatives of ANA's Membership Assembly also elected four members to the nine-member board of directors. Terms of service will begin January 1, 2021. Visit the ANA…
Tech Tip of the Week
Think your internet speed is slow? Find out! SpeedTest.net is a great, easy site to check your connection speed. It is browser-safe and should work on any of your devices, even your phone.
Here are some good rules of thumb for…
Kudos to Karin Reuter-Rice, associate professor, and her entire team for the submission of her American College of Radiology (U54) subcontract application entitled: “Neuroimaging, Oculomotor, and Blood-Based Biologic Markers of Persistent Concussive Symptoms in the Early and Middle Adolescent…
Tara Hart, BSN '15, MSN '17, was featured in a news profile that outlets including Health News Today and Switching Fashion ran. The article discusses her time at Duke and her career.
"Tara’s desire to pursue the field of nursing initially developed due to her passion for bedside patient care…
MSN student Angela Tatis has been selected as a recipient of the 2020 American Psychiatric Nurses Association (APNA) Board of Directors (BOD) Student Scholarship. She was selected as one of 32 pre-licensure/undergraduate and graduate students who will participate in the…
The "Pediatric Acute Care: A Guide for Interprofessional Practice, 2nd Edition," co-edited by Karin Reuter-Rice, associate professor, has been released.
Highlighting the latest evidence, research and clinical practice in pediatric acute care, "Pediatric Acute Care" is the…
Congratulations to Ellie McConnell, associate professor, and her team on her recent Durham Center for Senior Life/Administration For Community Living (ACL)/ Department of Health and Human Services Administration For Community Living subcontract award for the Dementia Inclusive Durham:…
DUSON ABSN students are shown volunteering with Curamericas Global in the CBS 17 story "Raleigh nonprofit wants to teach Spanish-speaking volunteers about COVID-19 contact tracing" by Laura Smith. Curamericas is a nonprofit that boosted its outreach to Spanish-speaking residents in…
D-CHIPP, together with the DUSON Office of Development, recently submitted a grant proposal to the Emmy Lou Tompkins Foundation. The one-year effort will establish a health education program for the residents at McDougald Terrace, Durham Housing Authority’s (DHA) largest property. D-CHIPP worked…
The Pearson Building reentry last week and the return of the DNP Nurse Anesthesia students were focuses of the Duke Today article "Behind the Scenes: Duke's School of Nursing Building Reopens."
Excerpt
Last week, a small dose of life returned as around 50 students…
Ryan Shaw, associate professor, was highlighted in the Duke Pratt School of Engineering news article "'Covidentify' Adapts to Address a Changing Pandemic." Shaw is a leader on the CovIdentify study, which is analyzing whether data from smartphones and smartwatches can detect COVID symptoms in…
Duke University will be a tobacco-free campus starting July 1. This policy will affect all property and grounds owned and leased by Duke University and will prohibit the use of all tobacco-based products, including but not limited to cigarettes, cigars, cigarillos, hookahs, chewing…
Tech Tip of the Week
Thanks to all who submitted song titles for The Great DUSON Covid-19 Playlist, which was shown on the video wall when students reentered the building recently. You told us which songs to add, and we added them.
Didn’t get a chance to see it…