Hispanic Heritage and Language Influence COVID-19 Testing and Vaccination
From Dominican and Puerto Rican to Mexican heritage, the choices made in confronting the virus are as diverse as the cultures represented in a new national study of COVID-19 patterns led by Duke University School of Medicine.
Learn What it Takes to be an OT Social Entrepreneur at OT SEE Oct. 13-14
The countdown is on! Are you ready to dive into OTSEE, the OT Social Entrepreneur Extravaganza on Oct. 13-14, 2024?
Registration is open through Oct. 11, register here.
From Warm Welcome to the Desire to Expel: New Book from Historian Cecilia Márquez Examines the Racialization of Latinos in the U.S. South
The book's trajectory examines the racialization of non-Black Latinos in the U.S. South from the 1940s to the early 2000s. Márquez explores big questions like “How is race made?” and “How do we make meaning from race?”
Singapore Health Minister’s Visit Highlights Duke-NUS Partnership
Singapore Minister for Health Ong Ye Kung led a delegation from the Ministry of Health, National University of Singapore (NUS), and Duke-NUS Medical School on a visit to Duke.
Fieldwork Insights: Checking in with OTD Student Sydney Ross
What kind of work are you doing?
At this site, I am engaging in course instruction, via co-instructing two courses, Capstone and APEx. I am also helping to revamp our APEx course to ensure we are meeting the course aim. I am working with Dr. Mikush on a research project focused on completing a mapping review on capstone methods used across disciplines including occupational therapy.
Meet the Class of 2026: Mylee and Brian
In August, the Duke Occupational Therapy Doctorate program welcomed 45 new students who entered the three-year program. Members of the Class of 2026 bring a wide range of lived experiences contributing to a rich learning environment. They hail from states across the nation and represent a wide range of cultures and backgrounds. Here are just a few:
New Program! CTSI - Facilitated Collaboration Planning
Team Science Core's newest programmatic offering
Using Gene Therapy to Treat Brain Disease
Doug Marchuk and Aravind Asokan have been awarded a three-year $1.9 million grant from the Department of Defense to develop less invasive treatment options for familial cerebral cavernous malformations (CCM).
The Long and the Short of It: New sequencing capabilities in the Sequencing & Genomic Technologies Core Facility
The Sequencing and Genomic Technologies (SGT) core facility has added two new sequencers to the lab: the PacBio Revio long-read sequencer and the Illumina NovaSeq X Plus short-read sequencer.
'OneDukeGen' DNA study involves 150,000 Duke patients with a 'precision health' approach
Duke Health has begun major research to find out why some people stay healthy while others develop diseases. The 6-year study will gather DNA data from 150,000 Duke patients.