Why do people vote the way they do?
D. Sunshine Hillygus, professor of political science at Duke and director of the Duke Initiative on Survey Methodology at SSRI, is studying voter surveys in […]
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Projects
The Durham Arts Council has become a special place
Over the summer, Dr. Jessica Sperling’s 10-year-old daughter, Eve Smokoski, wanted to write a song. Using Taylor Swift music as the backdrop, Eve began researching
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Reclaiming Southern History and Narrative
Have you registered for MDC’s State of the South series, True South: Reclaiming Southern History and Narrative at Durham’s Hayti Heritage Center and at NC
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DPI and NC Collaboratory address COVID’s impact on Student Learning
Teachers decide to leave the classroom for a multitude of reasons (e.g., low pay, teacher working conditions, lack of career advancement, stress/burnout, etc.). Following the
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Improving Workplace Well-being among Pediatric Physicians
Reports of physician burnout have reached alarming rates, and most interventions focus on the individual. Emphasis on burnout distracts from consideration of workplace environment and
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Advancing Care for Children with Medical Complexity
Children with medical complexity (CMC) often receive fragmented care. Comprehensive care plans are frequently recommended; however, no gold standards exist to guide implementation. Mobile health
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Evaluation to Advance Healthcare Innovation
The mission of the Duke Institute for Health Innovation (DIHI) is to catalyze transformative innovations in health and healthcare, and to help cultivate a community
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Support Diversity in Biomedical Careers via new Post-Bac Supports
Scientists from under-represented minorities (URM) are more likely to conduct research with significant public health implications in diseases that disproportionately affect minority populations. While ample
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Racial difference in shared decision-making in emergency visit care planning
Working with patients and families to incorporate their values and preferences into treatment decisions, or shared decision-making (SDM),is essential for person-centered care in the intensive
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Building a new generation of interdisciplinary health researchers
NIH funds numerous institutional initiatives to develop early career researchers; this includes the BIRCWH program, focused on interdisciplinary women’s health researchers, and the KURe program,
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