Debra Huffman Brandon
Associate Professor in the School of Nursing, with tenure

Debra Brandon, Associate Professor and Director of the PhD in Nursing Program, joined the faculty of the Duke University School of Nursing in 1999. She has practiced as a Neonatal Clinical Nurse Specialist in the Intensive Care Nursery of Duke University Medical Center since 1994. She has extensive clinical experience in neonatology, pediatrics, and child development. She received her BSN and MSN from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and earned her PhD in Nursing at UNC-Chapel Hill in 2000.

Before joining the Duke faculty, Dr. Brandon was a pediatric clinical nurse specialist at the Mary Imogene Bassett Hospital in Cooperstown, NY, and a developmental clinical nurse specialist at the Center for Development and Learning in Chapel Hill, NC. She was also on the faculty in the nursing and medical schools of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Dr. Brandon is an active member of the National Association of Neonatal Nurses (NANN) and the International Society for Infant Studies ISIS), and is a co-editor for the journal Advances in Neonatal Care. Her research interests include the effects of the health care environment on the growth and development of high-risk infants and their families.

Current Appointments & Affiliations

Contact Information

  • Box 3322, 307 Trent Drive, School Of Nursing, Durham, NC 27710
  • School Of Nursing Room 3077A, Pearson Building, Durham, NC 27710

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