Upcoming Events

All Duke faculty, students, and staff are invited to join this participatory, interactive workshop and discussion co-facilitated by Duke faculty, staff, and graduate students who embrace dance and movement as a mode of individual and collective discovery. Participants can move or join as engaged witness however they are comfortable. Event Co-facilitators each value dance as a mode of health, healing, empowerment, and knowledge production. Presenters include: Cuquis Robledo ('17, Health Humanities Lab Manager), Sarah Wilbur (Faculty, Duke Dance), Connie Zhou…

Every Thursday evening (January 23 - April 16) 6:00 – 7:30 PM Perkins LINK 059, Seminar 1 Supper provided by Guasaca The Duke Health Humanities Lab seeks participants for its third annual offering of the Chronic Health Conditions Storytelling (CHCS) group. Facilitated by Duke medical students Sam Hofacker, Megha Gupta, and Sarah Hodges, advised by faculty member Deborah Jenson, and assisted by Health Humanities Lab Manager and former Duke Disability Alliance president Cuquis Robledo, the group uses short excerpts of…

Every Thursday evening (January 23 - April 16) 6:00 – 7:30 PM Perkins LINK 059, Seminar 1 Supper provided by Guasaca The Duke Health Humanities Lab seeks participants for its third annual offering of the Chronic Health Conditions Storytelling (CHCS) group. Facilitated by Duke medical students Sam Hofacker, Megha Gupta, and Sarah Hodges, advised by faculty member Deborah Jenson, and assisted by Health Humanities Lab Manager and former Duke Disability Alliance president Cuquis Robledo, the group uses short excerpts of…

Location: Great Hall, Trent Semans Center for Health Education, Duke University Date: February 7, 2020 Time: 7:00 pm Reception to follow | Free and Open to the Public | Parking at the Bryan Research Building Garage on Research Drive About: A part of The Anxiety Project, Frozen In The Toilet Paper Aisle Of Life combines stories and drawings in a very personal and in depth look at the complex ways we understand anxiety and depression. A mix of comedy and drama with a dash of…

Every Thursday evening (January 23 - April 16) 6:00 – 7:30 PM Perkins LINK 059, Seminar 1 Supper provided by Guasaca The Duke Health Humanities Lab seeks participants for its third annual offering of the Chronic Health Conditions Storytelling (CHCS) group. Facilitated by Duke medical students Sam Hofacker, Megha Gupta, and Sarah Hodges, advised by faculty member Deborah Jenson, and assisted by Health Humanities Lab Manager and former Duke Disability Alliance president Cuquis Robledo, the group uses short excerpts of…

What makes a good physician? A person who properly diagnoses and then cures their patients? What if we told you that there's a third vital characteristic of good physicians -- physicians who listen to -- and attempt to understand their patients' stories. Similar observations have been made about clinical encounters between health care providers and patients. In medical environments, "Narrative Medicine" --clinical engagement with patients' stories, and care for equity and responsiveness in the clinical narrative-- developed as a remedy.…

Every Thursday evening (January 23 - April 16) 6:00 – 7:30 PM Perkins LINK 059, Seminar 1 Supper provided by Guasaca The Duke Health Humanities Lab seeks participants for its third annual offering of the Chronic Health Conditions Storytelling (CHCS) group. Facilitated by Duke medical students Sam Hofacker, Megha Gupta, and Sarah Hodges, advised by faculty member Deborah Jenson, and assisted by Health Humanities Lab Manager and former Duke Disability Alliance president Cuquis Robledo, the group uses short excerpts of…

Every Thursday evening (January 23 - April 16) 6:00 – 7:30 PM Perkins LINK 059, Seminar 1 Supper provided by Guasaca The Duke Health Humanities Lab seeks participants for its third annual offering of the Chronic Health Conditions Storytelling (CHCS) group. Facilitated by Duke medical students Sam Hofacker, Megha Gupta, and Sarah Hodges, advised by faculty member Deborah Jenson, and assisted by Health Humanities Lab Manager and former Duke Disability Alliance president Cuquis Robledo, the group uses short excerpts of…