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Johnson Delivers Invited Presentation at SPRING Singapore Education Innovation Seminar

June 24, 2012

Assistant Professor Constance Johnson presented, by invitation, "When Teachers and Students Became Avatars" at the SPRING Singapore Education Innovation Seminar at Duke on May 25. The theme of the corporate education seminar was "Vision 2020 - Extending Classroom Reach and Enhancing the Learning Experience."

Pereira Presents Poster at American Diabetes Association Annual Scientific Sessions

June 24, 2012

Assistant Professor Katherine Pereira presented a poster co-authored with assistant professors Allison Vorderstrasse and Deidre Thornlow entitled "Collaborative Diabetes Care between a Primary Care Practice and Insurance Company Case Managers" on June 10 at the American Diabetes Association 72th Annual Scientific Sessions in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Four Duke Students Named Jonas Scholars

June 24, 2012

Four School of Nursing doctoral students have been named Jonas Scholars by the Jonas Center for Nursing Excellence.

PhD students Courtney Caiola, MSN, MPH, RN, and D. Dennis Flores, MSN, ACRN, have been selected to receive grants from the Jonas Nurse Leaders Scholar Program, which aims to increase the number of doctorally prepared faculty available to teach in nursing schools nationwide.

Castleberry Attends Health IT Town Hall Meeting at the White House

June 24, 2012

Tony Castleberry, a student in the Graduate Certificate in Health Informatics program and Fuqua's MMCI program, attended by invitation a June 19 White House-sponsored town hall meeting focused on health IT. He was selected to help showcase the successes of the University-Based Training (UBT) program.

DUSON Posters Receive Awards at International Nursing Simulation Conference

June 24, 2012

At the 11th annual International Nursing Simulation/Learning Resources Centers Conference, June 20-23, in San Antonio, Texas, Clinical Instructor Kathleen Conn received first place in the education tract for a poster she presented and co-authored with Center for Nursing Discovery Coordinator Margie Molloy and Assistant Professor Terry Ward entitled "Using Technology as an Innovative Approach to Enhance Intellectual Empathy in Nursing Students." Associate Consultant Rosa Solórzano received third prize in the education tract for a poster she presented and co-authored with Clinical Instructor

Docherty Publishes in Journal of Adolescent Health

June 24, 2012

Associate Professor Sharron Docherty published an article entitled "Parental perspectives on a behavioral health music intervention for adolescent/young adult resilience during cancer treatment: Report from the Children’s Oncology Group" in the Journal of Adolescent Health.

Davis Named Professor Emerita of Nursing at Duke

June 17, 2012

Linda L. Davis, Ann Henshaw Gardiner Professor of Nursing at Duke University School of Nursing, has been named Professor Emerita of Nursing at Duke University. She will retire in July 2012 but will continue work on a grant to help the U.S. Army develop a data collection instrument to identify emergence delirium in wounded warriors. Dr.

Seven Faculty Members Awarded Doctor of Nursing Practice Degrees

June 17, 2012

Seven Duke University School of Nursing (DUSON) faculty graduated from doctor of nursing (DNP) degree programs this spring, bringing the number of doctorally-prepared full-time regular-rank faculty to seventy-two out of a total of seventy-nine. This represents an increase of doctorally-prepared faculty from seventy-seven percent in 2010 to ninety-one percent in 2012.

Aselage Receives John A. Hartford Foundation BAGNC Award to Study Hand-Feeding Techniques for Older Persons With Dementia

June 17, 2012

Melissa Aselage received an award for her John A. Hartford Foundation BAGNC proposal entitled "Comparison of Careful Hand-Feeding Techniques for Older Persons With Dementia.” This $60,000 award is for a two-year period from July 1, 2012, to June 30, 2014.

Kitzmiller, Anderson Present at Health Organizational Research Association Annual Meeting

June 17, 2012

Rebecca Kitzmiller, PhD ’12, MSN ‘97, and Ruth Anderson, Virginia Stone Professor of Nursing, presented a poster entitled "Facilitating Sensemaking: HIT Interaction, Identity, Attention, and Summarizing” at the Health Organizational Research Association annual meeting in June at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor.