The Horn Award: Apply by Nov 15th to Support Your Career + Your Role at Home
One day each week, I am home with kids. I get lunches made, send the older ones off on the bus, get my younger child through his morning routine, then bring him along as I do groceries and get the routine household chores done, making snacks, cleaning up, shuttling kids back and forth to practices and activities. It puts me in an active role with my kids that I always want
O'Brien takes home 2nd place at IDWeek
The Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) held their annual IDWeek October 2-6 in Washington, DC.
Jackson receives Article of the Year award from PAEA
The Physician Assistant Education Association (PAEA) held their national conference this week in Washington, DC. During the event, George Jackson, PhD, was honored with the Article of the Year Award, which recognizes a single peer-reviewed publication related to the training and educational direction of future generations of PAs.
Glass + team receive funding for Acupuncture in the ED project
Dr. Oliver Glass is a co-investigator on a research project that just received funding from The Duke Endowment (TDE) for a project entitled, "Emergency Department Acupuncture to Reduce Acute Pain and Opioid Use."
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Women in Medicine: Dr. Sata's twitter series
Dr. Sata recognizes women across the department for Women In Medicine month!
Lantos trains students in Mongolia + China
A few years ago, Dr. Paul Lantos received a Duke Education and Research in China (ERIC) grant to train students in Geographic Information Systems (GIS), which are digital tools for disease mapping.
Caputo leads "Teaching the Teacher"
After Laura Caputo, MD, completed her Internal Medicine residency at Duke and became an attending physician at the Durham VA, she realized transitioning from learner to teacher was difficult and required a different skill set.
"I knew I could benefit from learning from those more experienced in teaching, and I figured if I felt that way, other people might as well."
- Laura Caputo, MD, GIM Assistant Professor of Medicine
DGIM faculty members in the VA – 3 steps to reach Duke online resources
New to Duke? But, you work across the street in the Durham VA? We believe there are online Duke resources you may be missing.
Julia Gamble named Practice Nurse of the Year by NCNA
Julia Gamble, NP, an Advance Practice Provider at the Duke Outpatient Clinic was named Practice Nurse of the Year by the North Carolina Nurses Association (NCNA).