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Check out Duke By Many Duke employees Help reduce Duke’s
The Numbers, a new use the Duke library carbon footprint by
feature that highlights system, which saw a participating in a new
workplace facts and borrowing increase of “to-go” food container
figures. This month, 16 percent from 2008 program through
we cover the tenure to 2009. Dining Services.
of Duke employees.
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better than many because we have people who
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but she’s fighting it. are capable of asking rigorous questions and
After the death of four I participate designing a carefully structured research
grandparents from cancer and her in clinical study.”
mother’s breast cancer diagnosis, trials not only for my To attract participants, many clinical trials
Anderson enrolled in clinical trials at offer payment for participation-related
Duke to help researchers find better ways own health, but to expenses, but most individuals volunteer
to diagnose and cure the deadly disease. provide help to others. because trials may benefit their own health
Determined to do all she could to If I could have done it and allow them to participate in scientific
help, she participated in a study to learn discovery at Duke.
when I was younger,
how women respond to the drug
Tamoxifen to treat breast cancer and has who knows how many Committed to Research
rolled up her sleeves each year to give more lives might be Elaine Ray, a staff specialist at Duke, has
blood for research studies. saved?” exercised every day for more than a year as
“I participate in clinical trials not part of a long-term study of cardiovascular
— Lisa Anderson Lisa Anderson, left, with mother
only for my own health, but to provide Barbara Waters benefits of aerobic and weight training exercise.
Clinical trials assistant II
help to others,” said Anderson, 48, Ray enrolled in the study to get a leg up on
a clinical trials assistant II in the exercise. “There is no way I’d be exercising at
Department of Anesthesiology. “If I this intensity if it hadn’t been for the clinical
could have done it when I was younger, trial,” she said.
who knows how many more lives might be saved?” During the initial yearlong study, Ray reported each morning to the
Anderson is one of hundreds of Duke employees who take time from Center for Living, where she lifted weights or walked briskly on the
their private lives to participate in Duke clinical trials, rigorous scientific treadmill to boost her heart rate.
studies that use volunteers to test treatments, drugs and devices to As she walked, a small wrist monitor collected data on how fast her
improve patient care. Duke is a powerhouse for clinic trials research and heart pumped. At each weight machine, she punched in a personal code
is home to the Duke Clinical Research Institute, the world’s largest to track how much, how often and how fast she lifted.
academic clinical research organization that coordinates large, multi-site Periodically, she reported for stress tests, blood draws or other simple
trials. Duke researchers offer more than 4,000 clinical trials at Duke every tests for the study called STRRIDE (Studies Targeting Risk Reduction
year. Trials span scores of specialties, from cancer services and sleep Interventions through Defined Exercise).
disorders to diet and fitness, mental health and more. “There isn’t a lot of data about the benefits of resistance training and
“The only way to know if a new idea in healthcare is better than the whether it provides any benefits related to cardiovascular health,” said
current approach is to study that idea in people,” said Dr. John Falletta, Leslie Willis, an exercise physiologist who has tracked STRRIDE
senior chair of the Institutional Review Board, which reviews Duke’s participants for five years. “Our ability to collect actual, detailed data on
clinical trials. “If we do this carefully, we can build on the answer as a the exercise routines of our participants will allow us to better understand
firm foundation for the next set of questions. Duke is poised to do this how exercise affects the body.”
Top Photo: Jennifer Wilson, who works in the Department of Biological Psychiatry, points to
>> See VOLUNTEERING FOR SCIENCE, PAGE 5
a scan of her brain. The image was captured when she volunteered for a Duke clinical trial.
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Fight back against cancer April 10 Kim Price, director of academic services for Duke’s Summer Session.
Relay for Life, the American Cancer Society's largest annual fundraiser, Applications are due by April 15 for Session I (May/June) and by
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e value hearing from you. June 1 for Session II (July/August). Applications must include a high
will be held April 10 on Duke’s Main Quad on West Campus. Relay for
It means you’re reading the school transcript, two letters of recommendation and scores from the
Life celebrates the community's cancer survivors, remembers loved
publication – thank you. SAT or ACT. If accepted, students will commute to Duke and take
ones who have passed and fights back against the disease.
Feedback helps improve Working@Duke, courses with undergraduates. Tuition per course is $2,568 to $3,424,
Over 12 hours – from 12 p.m. to 12 a.m. – teams take turns
now in its fifth year. with a maximum of two courses per session.
walking or running, and each team is asked to have a representative
After the February issue hit For more information, visit summersession.duke.edu.
mailboxes and news racks, we got a on the path around the quad at all times during the event. In
note from Sue Johnson, a registered addition to the relay, there will be food and other activities.
dietician whom we featured in an To donate or to start or join a team, visit dukerelay.org. U.S. Archivist to speak at Duke
David Ferriero, archivist of the United States and former vice provost
article about nutrition consultations.
for library affairs at Duke, will speak at Duke on March 22 as part of
Sue thanked us for doing the Stay connected with Duke’s response in Haiti this year’s Duke Provost’s Lecture Series on
story, which highlighted a benefit Duke continues to find ways to support the people of Haiti as they
available to all Duke faculty and staff: “The Historical Record in the Digital Age.”
rebuild following the Jan. 12 earthquake that killed more than
two free nutrition consults a year. “I am Ferriero, who worked at Duke from 1996
200,000 Haitians and devastated their country.
sure that it will raise awareness of to 2004, was sworn in as the tenth Archivist
To help the Duke community stay informed about relief efforts, a
these benefits which Duke offers and of the United States late last year. His talk,
website has been developed: duke.edu/haiti.
will encourage more people to take “Are We Losing Our Memory? The View from
Here, individuals can find the latest news
advantage of the Life for Life the National Archives,” is at 5 p.m. March 22
about Duke efforts, special events and
programs,” Sue said. in room 130 of the Sociology-Psychology
volunteer opportunities.
In this sense, mission Building on West Campus. The lecture is free
“We know that the assistance required
accomplished. A primary goal of and open to the public.
in this situation will certainly span many David Ferriero
Working@Duke is connecting Duke As the nation's top archivist, Ferriero
months and, most likely, years,” said Duke
faculty and staff with resources and oversees the activities of the National
University President Richard H. Brodhead.
benefits that help them in work and life. Archives and Records Administration and ensures that highly
In February, a team of medical professionals from Duke
But sometimes, we miss things. In sensitive presidential papers and electronic records are saved and
University Medical Center traveled to Haiti to provide medical support
February, we accidentally left off made available to the public.
at a Partners In Health (PIH) hospital in Cange, a city about two hours
credits for people who helped us with For more information, visit provost.duke.edu/speaker_series.
from Port au Prince.
information and illustration.
“Given the chaos on the ground and the need for coordination
Matthew Shangler, an intern in
there, we made a decision to work through a trusted partner in PIH, Duke pharmacies offer mail order discount
University Archives, researched and Effective March 1, employees under Duke’s medical insurance plans
which was already in Haiti and who we know would identify the urgent
compiled information that helped us have a new walk-in option for filling prescriptions for maintenance
medical needs and provide the specific logistics support for our relief
construct the “Duke Through the medications prescribed for 90 days at a time.
effort," said Victor J. Dzau, MD, Chancellor for Health Affairs at Duke
Digital Years” timeline. We regret that Participating pharmacies in Duke Clinic, the Children’s Hospital
and CEO, Duke University Health System.
we did not include a source attribution and Duke Raleigh Hospital now offer 90-day prescriptions under the
Meanwhile, the Duke community’s local efforts include collecting
to University Archives. same guidelines as Medco Mail Order. The pharmacy coverage for
and shipping surplus medical supplies, gathering shoes and clothing and
We also inadvertently left out a these prescriptions includes a lower co-payment than retail
credit for Barbara Puccio, art director planning events to raise money and awareness of the needs of Haitians.
pharmacies and waives the $100 pharmacy deductible for brand/non-
for Duke Web Services. She created the formulary drugs (except for employees covered by Duke Basic).
cover illustration for “Employees Tune Summer classes at Duke for high school seniors For more information, visit hr.duke.edu/pharmacy.
in to Digital Duke.” Duke employees with children who are high school seniors can offer
Thank you, Matthew and Barbara, them a taste of Duke academics during Blue Devil Summer.
for your valuable contributions to the Since Duke no longer offers a pre-college residential camp, Blue
publication. Devil Summer provides high school seniors the opportunity to explore Letters to the Editor must include name and contact information.
And readers, please continue college-level courses by enrolling in Duke’s summer sessions. E-mail letters to working@duke.edu or mail them to Working@Duke
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VIDEO: Auditorium, where 100 gathered, and another 205 appreciated hearing from the president. Doris Jordan, a
participated through live webcast. program coordinator for the Kenan Institute for Ethics,
Questions from employees centered on whether they won a drawing for lunch with Brodhead. “I’ve attended a
Missed Brodhead’s lot of Primetimes,” she said, “but this will be even better.”
will receive pay raises this year, whether employee benefits
talk? Watch the video: would be changed and whether there would be large-scale — By Marsha A. Green
hr.duke.edu/ layoffs. Senior Writer, Office of Communication Services
primetime
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Tenure of Current DUKE By
The Numbers
W O R K P L A C E FA C T S A N D F I G U R E S
Duke Employees
20,000
hen Abby Krichman arrived at Duke in 1979, she wasn’t
18,000 17,364
W planning to stay long.
“I came for a post-graduate internship in respiratory therapy,
and I expected to leave when it was done,” she said.
Thirty one years later, she’s still at Duke.
16,000 Krichman is part of a unique segment of Duke’s population: she is
among the nearly 1,400 faculty and staff at the University and Health
Number of Employees
N message.
That’s one of the reasons
Jameca Dupree, a financial analyst in
$2 million annually.
The transition to VoIP, which
sends voice calls over existing data
VoIP’s Top Features Duke Libraries, likes the new VoIP networks, allows Duke to retire
(Voice over Internet Protocol) phone outdated phone switches that are
1. Access to online Duke service in her office. costly to maintain and difficult to
directory. One-touch access to call logs and upgrade, said Michael LaGoy, a
2. One-button access to phone integration with Duke’s online senior OIT analyst who has been
voicemail. directory make her work, which often working with departments across
3. Easier access to logs of involves calling vendors and payroll campus to review their telephone
missed, received and placed representatives, a little easier. service needs.
calls, with details including “I like to see the calls I’ve missed,” “We’re saving money on the
call length and date/time Dupree said. “I also love the infrastructure by piggybacking on Diann King, clinical trials assistant at Duke, likes the new
stamp. customized ringtones. When I have to the data network,” LaGoy said. VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) phone service in her
step away from my desk to go to the “The upgrades – changing out office because, among other features, it lets her set
4. Customizable ringtones: file room, I can always recognize my old network switches, adding new images like the Duke Chapel on the phone display.
Choose from more than 30 phone when it rings.” battery backups – mean the data
and set up different ones for Dupree is among thousands network is much more reliable and “I like how easy it is to set your
different lines. of university employees who have robust.” user preferences,” said Diann King, a
5. Background images: Select transitioned to VoIP service in the VoIP also can enable increased clinical trials assistant in hematology
one of five images: West past year. By the end of March, Duke’s mobility for users – from moving a research. She spends about 20 percent
Campus, Duke Chapel, Duke Office of Information Technology will phone (and phone number) to another of her workweek conducting phone
Marine Lab, the School of have completed the conversion of location without paying for a service interviews. “There’s better sound
Nursing or Duke Hospital. 11,000 university lines and 8,000 call, to linking voicemail with other quality, more functionality, better
health system lines, with the goal services such as e-mail and instant usability, and I love the Duke Chapel
of converting another 14,000 health messaging. image display choice.”
system lines by the end of 2011. For many employees, the new — By Cara Bonnett
When completed, the two-year service means one thing: phones that Managing Editor, News & Information
project will reduce phone service costs help them work more efficiently. Office of Information Technology
visit the clinic five times over six weeks to receive different doses of the
vaccine and have their blood tested for antibodies.
The study team posted fliers and listed the study online, “but after
the local media interviewed Dr. Chip Walter, the principal investigator,
the floodgates opened,” said Kathy Lattimore, a clinical trials assistant on
the study team.
Among the 100 volunteers who enrolled in eight days was Falletta,
the senior chair of the Duke Institutional Review Board.
“I volunteered because I didn’t want an upcoming trip to China
disrupted by the flu,” he said.
As someone who reviews clinical trial protocols on a daily basis,
Falletta appreciated seeing first-hand how the study team treated each
individual. “Doing research on people is a privilege,” he said, “not an
inalienable right.”
Common Ground
Employees participate in research on their own time, but
their involvement in scientific discovery often affects their job
at Duke.
Lisa Anderson, the clinical trials assistant who
Elaine Ray, right, receives tips from Center for Living participated in a study to learn how women respond to the
exercise physiologist Leslie Willis. Ray, a financial analyst at
Duke, worked out daily for a year at the Center for Living as
breast cancer treatment drug Tamoxifen, said that being a
part of a clinical study on exercise and wore a heart rate participant helps in her work with patients.
monitor, right. Routines like having blood drawn and completing long
questionnaires enhance understanding and remind Anderson
Ray’s dedication to the study was intense. why she continues to volunteer for trials: maybe, just maybe,
She had a near perfect attendance record, and even took her monitoring she can help defeat the cancer that killed her mother 10 years ago.
equipment on vacation, most recently to Las Vegas. “I just strapped on “I sometimes tear up when I describe the importance of clinical
the monitor and walked up and down the strip,” said Ray, who is 60. trials,” Anderson said. “It brings back memories of my mother. But every
For completing the trial, Ray received $300 and an additional year’s once in a while, a patient will mention that they, or someone they know,
free membership to the Center for Living fitness club. has had their breast cancer treated with Tamoxifen. And I think, ‘Hey, I
“I enjoyed the original study so much that I enrolled in several sub- helped make that happen.’ ”
studies,” Ray said. “Being involved in studies helps keep me looking and
— By Marsha A. Green
feeling young.” Senior Writer, Office of Communication Services
䡵 Dukehealth.org
Source: dukehealth.org
䡵 Clinicaltrials.gov, a national registry of all clinical trials
in the U.S.
䡵 Check newspapers or campus bulletin boards
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Duke police to bike 250 miles
in honor of fallen officer
CHARLES CALLEMYN SERVED THE DUKE AND DURHAM POLICE DEPARTMENTS
sk Duke police Sgt. to Washington, D.C., during National Police Week in May.
lawenforcementunited.org
How It Works
1 Visit a cashier at the
Great Hall on West
Campus, pay $5 and
Junior Kirsten Moy, left, hands her “Eco-Clamshell” to-go container to Thurman Walker, a Dining Services employee in the Great Hall. The reusable containers can
receive an “Eco-
be used at stations in the Great Hall on West Campus.
Clamshell” key ring
token.
T
in the Great Hall, they’re still using them instead of plates container.
Allen Building to the Great Hall for lunch. and trays,” Myrick said. “If that’s the preference, then we
Sometimes, she carries food back with her in a plastic needed to see what we could do to get rid of the waste.” 3 After using the
container. The new clamshells are like current to-go containers container, rinse it out,
She felt guilty throwing away the plastic container. Not used at the West Campus eatery, except they’re made of bring it back and leave
anymore. environmentally-friendly polypropylene, a type of hard it in the drop station
Meek and more than 300 other Duke community plastic. The containers can be washed and reused, as to be cleaned and
members recently made a change to reusable to-go opposed to being thrown away. After use, diners drop off sanitized.
containers, which allow Duke to reduce waste because the container at a station near the cashier. The containers 4 Once your container
fewer plastic containers are thrown away. With these new are then run through the same sanitizing process as other is in the drop station,
“Eco-Clamshell” containers – which get their name because plates and utensils. head over to the
they open and close like a clam – Duke saves money and Students and employees who want to participate pay cashier to pick up a
helps the environment. $5 to join the program with cash, credit, food points or the replacement token.
“There are a lot of things I can’t change, and I can’t Flexible Spending Account accessed with a DukeCard. The The token can be
influence, but I completely believe that every little bit containers are only available and used in the Great Hall on turned in for a
helps,” said Meek, an administrative assistant for Trinity West Campus. container for another
College of Arts and Sciences. “As everyone becomes more The start-up cost of the container program is funded meal.
aware of the environment and what it means to add to the through the Sustainable Duke Green Grant Fund
trash, little things like using a reusable to-go container can established by Executive Vice President Tallman Trask.
add up to a big difference.” It supports projects that yield environmental, social and
That was the idea when a group of undergraduate economic benefits to Duke and the Durham community.
students studied reusable to-go containers last spring. In Kirsten Moy, a junior active in several student-run
addition to looking at how similar programs have fared at sustainability groups, said that using a new container is a
other places like University of Florida and University of comfort she’s happy to have – knowing that she’s doing her
North Carolina-Chapel Hill, students studied behaviors part to make Duke greener. VIDEO:
at the Great Hall, where they found almost half of the “I’m excited for the awareness that it’s bringing because
customers used plastic to-go containers that can rarely it shows we’re excited to do our part to help the See how the “Eco-
be recycled because of sanitary specifications.
Clamshell” works
environment,” she said. “Hopefully this will get people
When students shared their report with Andrea thinking about reassessing how much waste they contribute
Myrick, Duke’s green purchasing program coordinator during the day.” at dining.duke.edu
for Procurement Services, the decision was easy.
“There’s so much waste that’s being created with to-go — By Bryan Roth
containers because even if students or employees are dining Writer, Office of Communication Services
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