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Kelly Reynolds, PT, DPT, NCS, received the Jan K Richardson Award for Excellence in Teaching at the Duke DPT Hooding and Recognition Ceremony held on May 13, 2023.

The Accreditation Council for Occupational Therapy Education (ACOTE) has granted the Doctorate of Occupational Therapy program Pre-Accreditation status. In a letter to the department, ACOTE states the program “would appear to meet the 2018 ACOTE Accreditation Standards if fully implemented by the plans.” 

On May 5, the OTD 2024 inaugural class was commissioned into service as fieldwork and capstone students. Thirty-eight OTD 2024 students were joined by family, friends, faculty, and staff at the Grand Hall of the Trent Semans Center. Students will spend the next year completing two 12-week fieldwork assignments and 14 weeks executing capstone projects. 

From interacting with visiting professor, Shawn Roll, OTR/L, RMSKS, FAOTA, FAIUM, to poster and podium presentations, the Occupational Therapy Doctorate program infused vital topics into Departmental Research Day conversations. Emily D’Agostino, DrPH, MS, Med, MA, presented “Feasibility of Going Places: A Park‐based Active Transportation Toolbox to Promote Youth Physical Activity and Access to Healthy Community Spaces.”

Denise Nepveux, Ph.D. has been named one of 12 Climate and Sustainability Teaching Fellows. Led by the Nicholas School of the Environment and Duke Learning Innovation, the program supports a peer learning community for faculty and other instructors who are interested in redesigning an existing course to substantively engage with issues of climate and sustainability, to be taught in fall 2023 or spring 2024.

Duke Next Generation Leaders is an initiative at Duke aimed at bringing together cohorts of talented postdoctoral scientists and mentoring them on academic faculty careers.

The ACAPT National Student Honor Society announced the slate of new members from the Class of 2023. From left to right, beginning from the top row are Amanda Clarke, Sarah Dolinger, Alexis Franks, Morria Heilman, Nicholle Lewis, Sarah Martin, Cindy Pan, Julianne Peters, Frances Sariego, Charlotte Selters and Melissa Trujilio.   . 

Professor Svati H. Shah, MD, MHS, Cardiology Ursula Geller Distinguished Professor of Research in Cardiovascular Diseases Tell us about your clinical, academic, or research interest and why you are passionate about this topic or area of focus.

This spring, five faculty members in the Precision Genomics Collaboratory have been awarded distinguished professorships. The new distinguished professors were honored at the annual distinguished professorship event on May 4.   In total, Duke University awarded distinguished professorships to 44 faculty members from seven Duke colleges and schools this year.   Distinguished professorships are awarded to faculty who have demonstrated extraordinary scholarship in advancing science and improving human health.