Duke PA Students Travel to Raleigh to Meet With State Legislators
When asked why speaking directly to legislature regarding these bills is so important, Hillman said, “The most crucial tool for change that we have is our voice; it is up to us as future health care leaders to speak up and advocate for the patients who will trust and rely on us.”
Swain Lenz to Speak at Large Genomic Conference
Sequencing and Genomic Technologies Director, Devjanee (Devi) Swain Lenz, will be one of the invited panel speakers at the Festival of Genomics and Biodata conference
Outsmarting Superbugs, One Germ at a Time
It’s an old story: Pathogen sickens humans. Humans create medicine. Pathogen evolves a way around the medicine. Humans are back to square one.
Commissioning Ceremony Set for May 5
The Class of 2024 Commissioning Ceremony is set for 6 p.m., Friday, May 5 in the Great Hall of the Trent Semens Center.
As they wrap up their didactic instruction, members of the Class of 2024 are preparing to begin their full-time fieldwork experiences over the next year.
OTD Student Scholarship Showcase Set for May 5
Join us for the Student Scholarship Showcase set for 4 to 6 p.m., Friday, May 5 at the Trent Semens Center, 8 Searle Street, Durham, N.C.
As many as 50 projects will be on display. Class of 2024 students will present their capstone project proposals while Class of 2025 students will share the results of their year-long community partner projects.
Light refreshments will be served.
Special thanks to the following partners:
Atrium Health
Camp Attitude
Coastal Kids Therapy
Sarah Barton Named a Duke AHEAD Fellow
Sarah Barton, BCP, MS, OTR/L, ThD, has been named a Duke AHEAD Fellow. The Duke AHEAD fellow program identifies education leaders who demonstrate the potential for major and ongoing contributions to health professions education within Duke or the overall profession. Fellows are early and mid-career educators with leadership roles within an educational program and/or have developed courses, curricula, and innovative educational materials and methods.
Outsmarting Superbugs, One Germ at a Time
It’s an old story: Pathogen sickens humans. Humans create medicine. Pathogen evolves a way around the medicine. Humans are back to square one.
Blood May Hold the Key to Cheating Father Time
James White, PhD, Gurpreet Baht, PhD, and team show that biological age is fluid, and while it can age faster under stress, it can also be restored once those stressors are eliminated.
DPT White Coat Ceremony Set for June 6
The DPT Class of 2024 will soon leave campus to begin their final year of clinical experiences. Ninety-five DPT students will mark this milestone by donning their brand new white coats in a ceremony set for 11 a.m., Tuesday, June 6, at Duke Chapel.
New Cause Identified for Metabolic Disease that Strikes Native Americans
Duke Health researchers have identified the cause of an inherited metabolic disease common among people with Lumbee and other Native American heritage.