Duke Bass Connections

Meet Julia Gambino, a junior biology and global health major in her second year with the Developing a Roadmap for Goals of Care Conversations at Duke Health Bass Connections team--also known as REGAIN.

This team has been researching the importance and the difficulty of talking to seriously ill patients about what they really want from their treatment. Read Julia's insightful reflection on the Student Stories page of our website!

https://bassconnections.duke.edu/student-stories/julia-gambino

Lots of people will use physiotherapy in their lives. But can you imagine learning how to function again after brain surgery? Many patients around the world face that challenge, and continuing to receive care after discharge can be crucial to their success.

Members of a Bass Connections team just returned from Uganda, where they worked with their collaborators at Mbarara University of Science and Technology to research physiotherapy care plans for patients leaving the hospital after neurosurgery. They also took in some gorgeous views!