Elevate is a monthly newsletter from the Office for Culture, Engagement, and Impact that is distributed to faculty, staff, and students in the Duke University School of Medicine. In this issue, Elizabeth Ramirez-Washka, JD, associate general counsel for Duke University and Duke University Health System, shares how early lessons from her grandparents shaped her commitment to opening doors for others. We also share recent news stories, resources, and coming events.
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While growing up in Texas, Elizabeth Ramirez-Washka, JD, spent every summer with her grandparents. Those summers helped shape both her career and her life. Her grandparents were Spanish-speaking housekeepers at a local university whose hard work, commitment to education, and openness toward others greatly influenced her.
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The simple but profound lessons they taught her planted the seeds for a career in law and advocacy. Today, she is committed to helping others through her work as associate general counsel for Duke University and Duke University Health System and through her service in the community.
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For 26 years, Duke’s Exploring Medicine in Honduras program has immersed medical, nursing, and physical therapy students in collaborative, community-based care, teaching them to diagnose and treat patients in resource-limited settings while building long-term relationships with local communities. Through hands-on experiences such as treating chronic wounds with simple materials and adapting care without advanced technology, students learn clinical reasoning, teamwork, and compassion.
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What does it mean to follow a physician’s recommendations when healthy food is unaffordable, transportation is unreliable, or essential resources are out of reach? Workshops led by Linda Kerandi, MD, a recent Duke Psychiatry residency graduate, helped undergraduate and professional students explore how circumstances outside the doctor’s office can affect health and challenged them to consider care from a patient’s perspective, with particular attention to the experiences of patients facing homelessness.
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Bass Connections recently spotlighted project teams tackling real-world questions through collaboration across disciplines. One team brought together students and faculty to explore why advances in genetic testing and precision medicine have not benefited all patients with head and neck cancer equally and identify opportunities to improve access to personalized cancer care.
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September 27 • Noon-4 p.m. (Vendor & Food Truck Rodeo)
October 3 • Noon-2 p.m. (Durham Pride Parade)
All are welcome to celebrate Durham Pride Week. Show your Pride spirit on September 27 at Durham Central Park at the Vendor & Food Truck Rodeo, featuring food trucks and local vendors, including Duke Health. Also, celebrate belonging and community at the Durham Pride Parade on Duke East Campus on October 3.
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Stead Tread 5K Run/Walk
September 27 • 9 a.m.
Solite Park
4704 Fayetteville Road, Durham, NC
Join the Department of Medicine Internal Medicine Residency Program for a 5K run/walk benefiting the Lincoln Community Health Center. Open to the entire family. Pets and strollers are welcome on the course. Registration is $35 per person for participants 13 and older.
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| | DICE Book Launch and Discussion: Sick Work
October 1 • 10-11 a.m.
Rubenstein Library Holsti-Anderson Family Assembly Room 153
Join the Disability Inclusion and Community Empowerment (DICE) Affinity Group, Duke University Press, and the Department of Cultural Anthropology for the book launch of "Sick Work: Exhaustion, Labor, and Invisible Illness," by Emily Lin Rogers, PhD. This event is being held in recognition of National Disability Employment Awareness Month.
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OIE 101
October 6 • 10-11a.m.
October 29 • 2-3 p.m.
Zoom
In this interactive session, get an up-close look at the Office for Institutional Equity and its mission and programs. Come ready to engage, ask questions, and discover how to work with OIE to advance inclusive excellence across the enterprise.
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