Dr. Debra Brandon

Professor

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Biography

Debra Brandon is a Professor in the School of Nursing at Duke University, a position she has held since 1999. She serves as the Director of the PhD Program in Nursing and has been the Division Chair for Women, Children, and Families. Her clinical background includes practice as a Neonatal Clinical Nurse Specialist in the Intensive Care Nursery at Duke University Medical Center from 1993 to 2012. Debra is an active member of the National Association of Neonatal Nurses (NANN) and the International Society for Infant Studies (ISIS), and she is the Co-Editor-in-Chief of the journal Advances in Neonatal Care. Her research is centered on understanding how the care environment impacts the health and development of high-risk infants and young children. Her overarching goal is to implement interventions that improve both the short- and long-term outcomes for infants and their families.

Research Interests

Experience

Professor

— Present

Duke University • Durham, NC

Serves as a faculty member and director of the PhD program in nursing.

Neonatal Clinical Nurse Specialist

— Present

Duke University Medical Center • Durham, NC

Practiced in the Intensive Care Nursery, focusing on high-risk infants.

Courses

Nursing 975: DNP Project Nursing 922: Special Readings Nursing 921: Integrated Research Practicum Nursing 914: Mixed Methods Research Nursing 910: Doctoral Seminar Nursing Science Dissertation Nursing 908A: Doctoral Seminar Health Equity Nursing 901: Philosophy of Science Nursing 574: Directed Scholarship Bioethics 700: Research Independent Study in Bioethics Science Policy

Requirements for Duke University

Master Program
Requirements
GPA Requirement
Required:3.2
TOEFL
Listening
Required:22
Reading
Required:22
Writing
Required:24
Speaking
Required:26
Total
Required:90
IELTS
Overall
Required:7
Prerequisites
Multivariable Calculus Introduction to Physics (mechanics) Introduction to Chemistry
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Specialization Notes

Department of Biomedical Engineering (MS program)