Le Well HPE Upcoming Events

Le Well was excited to kick off the Lunar New Year with a celebration replete with boba tea and dumplings along with festive decorations, music, paper-cutting and education courtesy of Joy Xiao (DKU ’23, DPT ’26), Vivian Apple (T ’26) and me

With generous support from the Duke Endowment, Le Well is working to provide identification and intervention with appropriate resources to facilitate thriving of students in SOM HPE programs. We welcome Jeanine Bandini, LCSW, to serve as Le Well’s Well-Being Navigator for the remainder of the project.

^{Scenes from the Town Hall on Well-Being}

Bestselling author Jessica Lahey spoke to a group of students, staff and faculty interested in wellbeing on September 26, 2024, toward the end of National Suicide Prevention Month.  Espousing a “deep disdain for euphemisms,” Lahey spent an hour sharing her own personal experiences – ranging from growing up in the secrecy of a family afflicted by disordered alcohol use to confronting her own alcohol use disorder to challenging implicit and explicit consider

When second-year MD program student Lindsay Riley learned that MD program administrative coordinator Kamara Carpenter not only runs a tight ship with respect to compliance, clinical education and community-building but also is a certified massage therapist with over 20 years of experience, she had an idea. Noting that she had tried in her previous institution to create a massage interest group to receive instruction from local massage therapists, Riley approached Le Well’s Dr.

“Choose happiness.” 

^{Amanda Kahn with a journal at the start of the Happiness Journal session 7/24/2024}

The Office of Le Well, led by Drs.

With instructions, encouragement, and materials generously provided by Dr.

Students had just returned from a week-long break and the long holiday weekend, and they were seriously busy studying for an exam the next day.  Nevertheless, the arrival of Locopops and a friendly dog (courtesy of Pet Partners, whose organizer and champion Judi came through with her lovely dog) were met with enthusiastic and gracious students, faculty (and another lovely dog and adorable children!) and staff at the PA Program Building. 

Excellence in Professionalism Award

Melanie Bonner, PhD
Professor in Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences
Assistant Dean of Student Services in the School of Medicine
 
The Excellence in Professionalism Award recognizes a faculty member who exemplifies professionalism and personifies Duke’s guiding principles of respect, trustworthiness, diversity, teamwork, and learning.