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Dr. Tomeico Faison is an assistant professor and director of innovation in professional pathways for the OTD program.  She earned a bachelor's and a master's from UNC-Chapel Hill in radiologic science and occupational therapy, respectively. She earned a clinical doctoral degree in occupational therapy with an emphasis on social entrepreneurship from Boston University.

The Student Occupational Therapy Association (SOTA) has had a busy fall connecting students with each other and the OT profession. Earlier this month, SOTA hosted a successful Friendsgiving in partnership with the Coalition of Occupational Therapy Advocates for Diversity (COTAD).

Mentors make a difference! The Summer Scholars Program is looking for more mentors to help provide first- and second-year students from across the country opportunities to gain valuable experience in the lab.

Cultural psychology — the field of study that examines the influence of culture on how people think, feel and act — includes decades of research, but the sample of participants in those studies is narrow.

Big thank you to all our students for completing the Independent Student Analysis survey!

Lynette Staplefoote-Boynton, MD is seeking two students in the state of North Carolina who have completed a portion of their clerkship requirements to be involved in building a curriculum for graduate medical trainees.  You can learn more here or by reaching out to Dr. Staplefoote-Boynton.

If you missed the informational session regarding the Albert Schweitzer Fellowship opportunity, please reach out to Ms. Barbara Heffner.  The application deadline is February 1, 2024.

Two Duke School of Medicine faculty are among the 25 physician scientists who have received the Paragon Award for Research Excellence from the Doris Duke Foundation.   Rasheed Gbadegesin, MD, Wilburt C. Davison Distinguished Professor of Pediatrics; and Andrew Landstrom, MD, PhD, associate professor of pediatrics, were honored during a ceremony that occurred on October 26.  

Join us for our next Research Careers Ahead virtual session!  How to Budget and Manage Grant Finances 4pm, Wednesday, December 13, 2023 The purpose of this session is to provide an overview of how to budget for a grant applications and manage finances once the project is awarded.

The Duke University School of Medicine Office of Biomedical and Graduate Education (OBGE) and Precision Genomics Collaboratory awarded 7 pilot grants of $2,000 each to SOM Biomedical PhD students. The goal of these grants is to support our students in scientific and educational efforts to bolster their graduate training experiences. These awards will help further research in a broad array of topics including cancer, gut microbes, RNA and DNA sequencing, neurons and astrocytes, developing new methods.