Tyson Brown Named Director of Cook Center

The Cook Center on Social Equity at Duke University and the Duke Center for Community-Engaged Scholarship (DCCES) have awarded three 12-month grants for community-engaged research on housing and economic well-being in Durham and the surrounding region.

Medical education has to prepare healthcare practitioners to use new, constantly evolving technologies. A Cook Center team is investigating how nursing programs in the US are integrating education on healthcare technologies into their curricula.

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine (NASEM) consensus study report, co-written by Cook Center director Tyson Brown, develops a framework for ongoing research to understand and expand opportunities for economic and social mobility.