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OTD Notes checked in with OTD student Karol Guerrero (CO 2024) who is completing her first Level II fieldwork experience, mentored by Barb Hooper, PhD, OTR/L, FAOTA, founding director and division chief. The purpose is to provide an academic occupational therapy experience.

Jennifer Li Neurobiology Lindsey Glickfeld 6/1/2023 Synaptic Mechanisms Underlying Sensory Processing in Visual Cortex

Jameson Blount, a second year student in Duke's Computational Biology & Bioinformatics program, presented his research to North Carolina legislators during Graduate Education Day.

Before starting at Duke’s Physician Assistant Program (DPAP) in August of 2022, I had never seen a health care provider who looked like me. As a pansexual transgender man, I have experienced discrimination from physicians, nurses and health insurance companies. Now, as a PA student, I have the opportunity to share a little piece of my journey into the health care field.

The Exploring Healthcare Interoperability podcast series is presented by Dr Ed Hammond and Diego Kaminker. You can now listen to the latest episode where they interview Paula Braun, the first Entrepreneur-in-Residence at the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. She has been recognized as one of the top 50 Influencers in the Federal government on artificial intelligence and helped to launch the Helios FHIR Accelerator for public health. All Episodes

More than 100 Duke Physician Assistant (PA) Program faculty, students, and alumni attended the 2023 American Academy of Physician Associates' (AAPA) conference in Nashville, Tenn.   (For more information about AAPA's name change, click here)

A diverse team of Duke faculty and community advocates created LATIN-19 (Latinx Advocacy Team and Interdisciplinary Network for COVID-19) in March 2020 to advocate for and bring awareness to the needs of the Latinx community in North Carolina during the COVID-19 crisis.

The LEADER 2023 program has concluded. Congratulate this years cohort!

Ninety-five Doctor of Physical Therapy students received their new crisp white coats in a ceremony at the Duke Chapel today.  The Class of 2024 White Coat Ceremony marked a milestone for the students who have finished the didactic portion of the program and set out to begin a year of clinical experiences before graduating next May. Watch the archived ceremony.