Andrea Van Beek, MSN'16 and DNP'19, had to rethink patient care in the past two weeks with the COVID-19 quarantine. Van Beek works in an Anticoagulation Clinic and the recent pandemic had her patients hesitant to come to the lab and clinic. Several of her patients called worried and tried to delay…
Carolina "Callie" Tennyson, clinical instructor who will be joining DUSON Faculty this summer, recently presented an electronic poster entitled "The Shock Team: A Powerful Interdisciplinary Approach For Timely Management Of A Patient With Cardiogenic Shock" at the American College of Cardiology…
We're on our third week of working off-site. Based on the support requests our Information Technology team has received, we're getting closer to everyone having the tech they need at home. Zoom is now our most-used application. Now that you're all settled in, make sure your home environment is…
In wake of the recent changes in response to COVID-19, the Duke-UNC Tobacco Treatment Specialist Training Program, a comprehensive training for healthcare professionals and the public health sector, will be a blended format of pre-recorded video modules and live, interactive training via Zoom on…
For those members of our community that are interested in donating personal protective equipment (PPE) donations to Duke University Health System, a coordinated effort has been established through Duke Procurement. Please be aware that at this time, the health system is not accepting hand-sewn…
PhD student Yesol Yang; Sharron Rushton, assistant professor; Hyeyong Park, PhD alumni; Heeyeon Son, PhD student, Eleanor McConnell, associate professor; and Cristina Hendrix, associate professor; publish an article entitled "Understanding the Associations between Caregiver Characteristics and…
Karin Reuter-Rice, associate professor, recently presented a webinar entitled "Concussion/mTBI in NC Children & Youth" for the Brain Injury Association of North Carolina. The presentation reviewed concussion in children, with a focus on children in North Carolina as well as included identifying…
Kudos to Xiao Hu, professor, and his entire team for the submission of their subcontract application to Neural Analytics, Inc. on a DOD award entitled "A Prospective Non-Invasive Study of Cerebral Blood Flow Velocity Morphology for Quantification of Intracranial Pressure." This proposal requests…
Four teams of researchers and their collaborators have been awarded new funding for pilot projects beginning this spring. Awardees include Associate Professors Debra Brandon, PhD, RN, CCNS, FAAN; Hyeoneui Kim, PhD, MPH, RN, FAAN; Wei Pan, PhD; and Medical Instructor Hanzhang Xu, PhD.
The Center…
Laureen Lopez-Berry, DNP student, recently published an op-ed entitled "Be guided by facts, not emotion, about coronavirus during this time" in the VC Star in California. Lopez-Berry is a nurse practitioner. View the full article here.
Duke University Hospital has joined the first national study to test a potential therapy for COVID-19, giving hospitalized adult patients with significant symptoms an option to participate.
The investigational treatment, known as remdesivir, is an antiviral agent that was previously tested in…
People and Environment and the Office of Diversity and Inclusion would like to encourage faculty and staff to engage in activities designed to help support our community while we are physically away from DUSON.
Our DUSON Community Fitness Expert Christian Kennicott has provided several different…
Duke University has curated a collection of Duke images to "duke-ify" your Zoom background. You can download the images from Webdam using your Duke NetID and password.
Pictured to the right is a guide with instructions on how to log on and download the images.
View instructions for adding images…
Classes via Zoom - this is new territory for most DUSON faculty, staff and students. Last week, our message featured best practices for Zoom meetings - view our SON-IT Top 10 Zoom Tips. This week by special request we're taking a look at Zoom specifically for the classroom. Here's what you need to…
Michael Cary, associate professor, was recently featured in a Duke Today article entitled "A Community That Writes Together" which discusses how black faculty create an effective structure to boost productivity and support each other's scholarship. View full article here.
Kathy Trotter, associate professor, published an article entitled "A Tale of Two Sisters: Breast Reconstruction Options for Women With or at High Risk of Breast Cancer" in the Journal of the Advanced Practitioner in Oncology. Co-authors include Jennifer PlichtaMD, MS, FACS, Duke University Medical…
Marta Mulawa, assistant professor, recently published an article entitled "Results from a cluster-randomized trial to evaluate a microfinance and peer health leadership intervention to prevent HIV and intimate partner violence among social networks of Tanzanian men" in PLOS One. Co-authors include…
We have another opportunity to learn more about our staff who help to make DUSON the destination for outstanding talent. In this issue, we're getting to know Nanika Rhodes, building support coordinator, who has been with Duke for 15 years.
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Are you a Duke faculty member interested in getting involved with the Disability & access Initiative? Then attend the Disability & Access Initiative meeting on April 2 from 12 to 1:30 p.m. via Zoom (https://duke.zoom.us/j/916592301).
Through readings and discussions, participants with DAI…
Are you stressed and frustrated with the recent events of COVID-19? Feeling depressed, anxious or scared? Join Expressive Writing Coach, John Evans, and the Duke Health Humanities Lab in a special online six-week online workshop series of Expressive Writing every Friday from March 27 - May 1 from…
It’s common for kids to injure themselves while playing—a fall off a bike, scooter or wagon, an errant toy to the head or even a bodily collision with a friend. In most cases, the injury is minor, but Karin Reuter-Rice, PhD, MSN, BSN, associate professor, suspects that many times—more than commonly…
I am pleased to announce Allison Stafford, PhD, RN, will join DUSON’s faculty on July 1, 2020 and will be a member of the Healthcare of Women, Children and Families Division. Some of you may know Allison who is in her second year of a post doc at DUSON.
Dr. Stafford earned her BS in Nursing and…
PhD student Eunji Cho was recently featured in a Duke Today article entitled "How Duke Spent Spring Break Preparing For Whatever Comes Next." The article looks back at a hective week and how how faculty, staff and students pivot to remote learning. View this link to read more.
MSN student Jennifer Stewart was recently featured in a NBC news story entitled "Hospitals facing critical supply shortage and flood of patients." She is working on the COVID-19 unit at Brigham and Women's Hospital. View this link to view story.
PhD alumni Dalmacio Dennis Flores was recently featured in a Duke Graduate School blog that profiles alumni. In the blog, he discusses his career path and his award-winning advocacy for LGBTQ adolescents. View this link to read more.