Rosa Gonzalez-Guarda, associate professor, was interviewed by Frank Stasio on WUNC's The State of Things on June 12 for a segment titled "Landlords Can Begin Evicting On June 21: These Are Your Rights." She discussed the health risks that housing insecurity poses for the Latinx community in…
Michael Cary, associate professor, was a panelist for the Southern Nursing Research Society (SNRS) "Challenges Faced by Nurse Researchers During COVID-19 Pandemic: Turning Crisis into Opportunity" virtual event on June 17. Cary presented "Lean In during COVID-19: Managing Self, Family and…
AMOS Health & Hope, a global clinical partner of OGACHI, has been hosting a Global Health Summer Webinar Series since June 10. The series will conclude with "Faith, Hope, and Love: 50 Years of Practicing CBPHC in Nicaragua" at 11 a.m. on June 29. Sign up to receive more…
PhD student Jacqueline Vaughn has received a post-doctoral fellowship position at UNC Chapel Hill School of Nursing. She will be funded by their NIH National Institute of Nursing Research T32 grant (T32NR007091).
Since 1996, the UNC School of Nursing has been recipient of an Institutional…
Kudos to Sophia Smith, associate professor, Eric Elbogen with the Duke Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences and their entire team for the submission of their multi-PI NIH R21 application entitled: “Integrating Digital Health Approaches for Pain Management in Breast Cancer Patients." This…
It was a busy week as MSN students virtually engaged in their summer on campus intensive (OCI).
Around 275 students attended the first OCI on June 10. Anne Derouin, MSN program director and associate professor, gave a welcome presentation, and Sean Convoy, assistant professor, presented his…
Rosa Gonzalez-Guarda, associate professor, participated in a three-person panel for a virtual media briefing addressing the "Effects of COVID-19 on Spanish-speaking communities." The brief occurred via Zoom and YouTube on Wednesday, June 10.
The presentation has been covered by numerous media…
Ryan Shaw, associate professor, will be a part of an online presentation about CovIdentify, a Duke project that's studying whether or not smartphones and smartwatches can detect COVID symptoms in the wearer. The presentation will be June 17 from 10 to 11 a.m. Visit EventBrite to register.…
Duke will host a special online event, Living While Black, on June 16 from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Black faculty scholars will present on the background, dimensions and impact of racism and racist policies and structures, while black students and staff…
Members of the School of Nursing community were among the hundreds of Duke health care workers and leaders to march through the medical campus on June 10. The march ended in remarks being made by individuals including Dean Marion Broome. President Vincent E. Price and Chancellor for Health…
Tech Tip of the Week
We’ve all been there – so many windows and apps open on your laptop that you can’t find the one you need.
Quickly jumping between applications on your Windows PC or Mac is simple. To quickly go to another app, hold down the Alt and Tab keys at…
Patient Preferred Physicians and Practitioners has named Lisa McIver, MSN '06, a Patient Preferred Family Nurse Practitioner representing the state of California. Patients and peers rate her five stars for her expertise, compassion and bedside manner, according to a news release.…
Anna Fraifeld, DNP student, has received a $3000 scholarship from the American Association of Nurse Anesthetists (AANA) Foundation. The AANA Foundation received 2,288 competitive student scholarship applications this year, and 71 scholarships were awarded totaling $181,000, according to…
Tracey Yap, associate professor, will join the Nursing and Related Clinical Sciences Study Section (NRCS) standing panel. Yap's term will last four years starting in July, and she is required to annually attend three in-person review meetings during her term.
Kudos to Karin Reuter-Rice, associate professor, and her entire team for the submission of her NIH/NINR R01 application entitled “Risk Stratification of Postconcussive Symptoms in Children to Promote Health Outcomes and Academic Performance." This proposal requests funding for a five-year…
Abstracts are now being accepted for poster and podium presentations for the 8th Annual Advanced Practice Provider Veteran’s Health Symposium, coordinated in partnership between DUSON and the Durham VA.
The theme for this year's health symposium is “Innovation and Leadership in Health Care."…
Rob Odom will join Duke Health as Chief Marketing & Communications Officer (CMCO) and Vice President, Duke University Health System (DUHS), effective July 6, 2020. Rob is a highly accomplished executive adept at heightening an organization’s brand reputation and fostering effective…
Ryan Shaw, associate professor, and Jackie Vaughn, PhD student, were mentioned in an news article about their contributions to a project led by a Duke engineering student to design and build an isolation chamber for COVID-19 patients. The article was featured on the Duke Pratt School of…
Congratulations to Dr. Valerie Howard, associate dean for Academic Affairs, and her team on her recent HRSA award for the Nurse Faculty Loan Program (NFLP) for $1,198,473.00. The purpose of this program is to increase the number of qualified nursing faculty by operating a…
Congratulations to Chris Muckler, associate professor, and her team on her recent HRSA award for the Nurse Anesthetist Traineeship (NAT) Program for $35,618. The purpose of this project is to reduce health disparities in the treatment of surgical and non-surgical pain by increasing…
I am very pleased to announce John Myers, PhD, MSPH, will join DUSON’s faculty as the new Director of the Research Design and Statistics Core in the school’s Center for Nursing Research, effective September 1, 2020. He will be a member of the Health Systems and Analytics Division.
Dr. Myers earned…
Tech Tip of the Week
Here are some interesting facts about your Duke email account. Ever wondered what your limits are?
You can send 100,000 email messages per day
You can send an individual email with up to 500 recipients
You can…
Jennie C. De Gagne, professor, PhD students Yesol Yang and Paula Koppel, Sharron Rushton, assistant professor, and Katherine Hall, '17 MSN alumna, recently published an article entitled “Email Use Reconsidered in Health Professions Education: Viewpoint” in JMIR Medical Education. …
Congratulations to PhD student Jiepin Cao for being selected as The Melissa Institute candidate for the Belfer-Aptman Scholars Award. The scholarship is for graduate students who address issues of violence prevention and/or treatment. Associate Professors Rosa Gonzalez-Guarda and…
PhD student Brian Douthit and Rachel Richesson, associate professor, contributed to the "Real World Evidence: Clinical Decision Support" chapter of the NIH Collaboratory Living Textbook of Pragmatic Clinical Trials.
According to the Living Textbook's web page, the chapter…