Nursing Professor Iris Padilla Named Presidential Fellow

The first challenge for nursing professor Iris Padilla after she was named Duke’s Presidential Fellow for the academic year was deciding what areas of the university she wanted to learn more about.

“After they selected me as fellow, the president’s office sent me a list of university units,” said Padilla, an associate professor of nursing. “It was easy to see which ones I wanted to learn about. All of it looked interesting.”

That curiosity