Bryan Batch Named Faculty Director of Duke-NCCU Bridge Office
Duke CTSI welcomes Bryan Batch, MD, as faculty director of the Duke-NCCU Bridge Office.
AME Zion HEAL Partnership Creates Model to Address Advance Care Planning
Duke investigators and research staff have worked with AME Zion HEAL clergy and health ministry leaders to create Equal SPACE, a national model to increase awareness and access to information and resources related to serious illness and end-of-life care.
Duke Career Day for HBCUs Earns High Marks
Students and recent graduates from North Carolina Central University (NCCU) and other historically Black colleges and universities attended the daylong event at the JB Duke Hotel. Attendees gave the event high marks — 87% said they were now more likely to consider a career in neuroscience, and 93% said they would recommend the event to their colleagues.
Brain and Behavior Publishes NCSP Scholar Carri Polick's MS Research
Carri Polick, PhD, RN, postdoctoral fellow and VA scholar in the Duke National Clinician Scholars Program (NCSP), published a research paper in Brain and Behavior based on her research on multiple sclerosis (MS).
Devon Noonan Earns Mid-Career Scientist Award from Duke School of Nursing
Devon Noonan, PhD, MPH, co-director of the Duke site of the National Clinician Scholars Program (NCSP), received the 2023 Mid-Career Scientist Award from the Duke School of Nursing.
Svati Shah Awarded Distinguished Professorship
Svati H. Shah, MD, MHS, director of CTSI's research site at Duke Kannapolis, has been awarded a Distinguished Professorship.
SEED Atlas Offers Duke Researchers Access to Social Drivers of Health Data
The Social, Environmental, and Equity Drivers (SEED) of Health Atlas is a publicly available platform and tool for researchers and community members to learn more about SDOH in Durham and surrounding counties, access local data, and promote research in health disparities and equity.
Kimberly Johnson Presents on Advance Care Planning at Dean's Distinguished Research Series
Kimberly Johnson, MD, director of the Duke CTSA KL2 Program, presented her research on equity in serious illness care for African Americans during the final installment of Duke School of Medicine’s Dean’s Distinguished Research Series.
Duke NCSP Scholars Named Finalists for Bass Connections Leadership Award
Duke National Clinician Scholars Program (NCSP) participants Kamal Golla, MD, MPH, and Melissa Harris-Gersten, PhD, RN, are finalists for the 2023 Bass Connections Leadership Award for their research project, “Financial Burden in Patients with Health Disparities.”
Group to Launch for Duke Evaluators
A new group is forming for those who work in evaluation and evaluation-aligned research, hosted by the Office of Evaluation and Applied Research Partnership at Duke University. The office is a collaboration with Duke CTSI and the Duke Social Science Research Institute.