Michelle Scotton Franklin, PhD, RN, PMHNP, FNP
@michellescotton.bsky.social
Scientist, Nurse Practitioner, and Assitant Professor @DukeUniversity committed to improving the health and well-being of the disability community and other marginalized communities through community-engaged research, education, and clinical practice.
This week I am in Buxton, on Hatteras Island, North Carolina—a place that invites me to slow all the way down.
As the year closes, I’m taking time to reflect on what’s been, thoughtfully plan for what’s ahead, and get quiet enough to hear myself again.
As the year closes, I’m taking time to reflect on what’s been, thoughtfully plan for what’s ahead, and get quiet enough to hear myself again.
December 29, 2025 at 9:43 PM
This week I am in Buxton, on Hatteras Island, North Carolina—a place that invites me to slow all the way down.
As the year closes, I’m taking time to reflect on what’s been, thoughtfully plan for what’s ahead, and get quiet enough to hear myself again.
As the year closes, I’m taking time to reflect on what’s been, thoughtfully plan for what’s ahead, and get quiet enough to hear myself again.
Sunday ritual:
Local bookstore. Writing. One beautiful home design book to slow my mind.
Today it was The Principles of Pretty Rooms—and suddenly I was dreaming up the living room of my future beach house 🌊
What inspires or relaxes you?
And can you give yourself a few minutes of it today?
Local bookstore. Writing. One beautiful home design book to slow my mind.
Today it was The Principles of Pretty Rooms—and suddenly I was dreaming up the living room of my future beach house 🌊
What inspires or relaxes you?
And can you give yourself a few minutes of it today?
December 14, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Sunday ritual:
Local bookstore. Writing. One beautiful home design book to slow my mind.
Today it was The Principles of Pretty Rooms—and suddenly I was dreaming up the living room of my future beach house 🌊
What inspires or relaxes you?
And can you give yourself a few minutes of it today?
Local bookstore. Writing. One beautiful home design book to slow my mind.
Today it was The Principles of Pretty Rooms—and suddenly I was dreaming up the living room of my future beach house 🌊
What inspires or relaxes you?
And can you give yourself a few minutes of it today?
Thrilled to share that I co-authored “A Roadmap for Accelerating Research in Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities using PCORnet” with an incredible group of experts from across the US. And I’ll be able to share another update on this work soon!!!
📄 www.pcori.org/sites/defaul...
📄 www.pcori.org/sites/defaul...
September 4, 2025 at 3:40 AM
Thrilled to share that I co-authored “A Roadmap for Accelerating Research in Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities using PCORnet” with an incredible group of experts from across the US. And I’ll be able to share another update on this work soon!!!
📄 www.pcori.org/sites/defaul...
📄 www.pcori.org/sites/defaul...
4 years ago today, I shared this image of Hatteras OBX and wrote:
“No rain, no rainbows.
Cloudy days always close and lead to sun-filled tomorrows.
So I will continue to practice sitting in the present with all it includes… so I can see tomorrow even more
clearly and fully alive.”
💜
Still true.
“No rain, no rainbows.
Cloudy days always close and lead to sun-filled tomorrows.
So I will continue to practice sitting in the present with all it includes… so I can see tomorrow even more
clearly and fully alive.”
💜
Still true.
September 2, 2025 at 1:36 AM
4 years ago today, I shared this image of Hatteras OBX and wrote:
“No rain, no rainbows.
Cloudy days always close and lead to sun-filled tomorrows.
So I will continue to practice sitting in the present with all it includes… so I can see tomorrow even more
clearly and fully alive.”
💜
Still true.
“No rain, no rainbows.
Cloudy days always close and lead to sun-filled tomorrows.
So I will continue to practice sitting in the present with all it includes… so I can see tomorrow even more
clearly and fully alive.”
💜
Still true.
Please join us next Tuesday to hear our PCORI project finding and learn from incredible North Carolina and National Disability Advocates about advancing health research with the IDD community. It is free and open to everyone. Register here duke.is/7/nr6b
June 4, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Please join us next Tuesday to hear our PCORI project finding and learn from incredible North Carolina and National Disability Advocates about advancing health research with the IDD community. It is free and open to everyone. Register here duke.is/7/nr6b
It’s a beautiful, quiet night on campus. And this view of the #dukechapel never grows old. #foreverduke
April 29, 2025 at 1:30 AM
It’s a beautiful, quiet night on campus. And this view of the #dukechapel never grows old. #foreverduke
My design inspo for today. #sabbathrest #knowandbeknown
February 9, 2025 at 10:00 PM
My design inspo for today. #sabbathrest #knowandbeknown
This is a nightmare.
NEW: My staff has confirmed reports that Medicaid portals are down in all 50 states following last night's federal funding freeze. This is a blatant attempt to rip away health care from millions of Americans overnight and will get people killed.
Illinois shut out of Medicaid after Trump administration halts federal grants and loans chicago.suntimes.com/politics/don...
January 29, 2025 at 12:03 AM
This is a nightmare.
This!!!! 👇👇👇
Extraordinarily cruel
People will get sick
Drug resistance will spike
It sounds as if PEPFAR could be terminated (not just “paused”)
Until now, PEPFAR enjoyed bipartisan support & has arguably been one of the most effective bilateral health aid programs ever
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/27/h...
People will get sick
Drug resistance will spike
It sounds as if PEPFAR could be terminated (not just “paused”)
Until now, PEPFAR enjoyed bipartisan support & has arguably been one of the most effective bilateral health aid programs ever
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/27/h...
Trump Administration Halts H.I.V. Drug Distribution in Poor Countries (Gift Article)
PEPFAR’s computer systems also are being taken offline, a sign that the program may not return, as Republican critics had hoped.
www.nytimes.com
January 29, 2025 at 12:01 AM
This!!!! 👇👇👇
Check out our new publication describing these important findings! @brystana.bsky.social breaks things down 👇👇👇#academicsky #vbp #econsky #healthpolicy
New study in @jama.com @duke-population.bsky.social: We found relative increases in Medicaid personal care services for dual-eligible beneficiaries newly enrolled in D-SNPs vs other MA #econsky #academicsky #VBP @chvanhoutven.bsky.social @valeriesmith.bsky.social @michellescotton.bsky.social
January 23, 2025 at 4:29 AM
Check out our new publication describing these important findings! @brystana.bsky.social breaks things down 👇👇👇#academicsky #vbp #econsky #healthpolicy
So proud of my friends Terri Moffitt and Avshalom Caspi!!! They have conducted incredible research for many years to build to this.
How old are you, really?
#aging #healthpolicy #humandevelopment #biomarkers #science #technology
How old are you, really?
#aging #healthpolicy #humandevelopment #biomarkers #science #technology
How old are you, really? Biological aging tech from Duke inventors spotlighted on TV
Duke professors Terrie Moffitt and Avshalom Caspi invented technology that measures aging based on biomarkers from a person’s organ systems.
dupri.duke.edu/news-events/...
Duke professors Terrie Moffitt and Avshalom Caspi invented technology that measures aging based on biomarkers from a person’s organ systems.
dupri.duke.edu/news-events/...
How old are you, really? Biological aging tech from Duke inventors spotlighted on TV | DUPRI
dupri.duke.edu
January 22, 2025 at 5:26 PM
So proud of my friends Terri Moffitt and Avshalom Caspi!!! They have conducted incredible research for many years to build to this.
How old are you, really?
#aging #healthpolicy #humandevelopment #biomarkers #science #technology
How old are you, really?
#aging #healthpolicy #humandevelopment #biomarkers #science #technology