Check out our news archive below to learn more about what’s happening in Duke Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences!
Duke Psychiatry Faculty Members Selected for Duke-NUS Travel Grants
Maragatha (Maggie) Kuchibhatla, PhD, and Katherine Ramos, PhD, received Duke-NUS travel grants in support of academic visits to Singapore, deepening the long-standing partnership between the two institutions. The initiative aims to foster cross-campus collaboration in research, education and innovation in academic medicine.
Scientists Can Tell How Fast You’re Aging From a Single Brain Scan
Imagine a tool to measure how fast you’re aging — while you’re still reasonably healthy. From a single MRI of your head, researchers can measure your aging rate and predict your risk of dementia and disability years into the future, while you might still have an opportunity of improving your health. Duke Psychiatry's Terrie Moffitt, PhD, and Avshalom Caspi, PhD, were co-authors on the study.
Duke Psychiatry Honors Professors and Residents with 2025 Awards
Congratulations to our Duke Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences trainees and faculty members who received these year-end awards.
Three Duke Psychiatry Faculty Members Retire with Emeritus Status
Three faculty members who have retired from the Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences this year have been honored with emeritus/emerita status: Robin H. Gurwitch, PhD, David J. Madden, PhD, and Robert A. Murphy, PhD.
How to Turn Down the Noise and Turn Up Your Well-Being
Silence can have a profound effect on mental and physical health. Intentionally adding silence to your day by purposefully stepping away and tuning out the cacophony of physical and digital noise that surrounds can have great benefits. Duke Psychiatry's Moria Smoski, PhD, shared her expertise in this Working@Duke story.
Court-Ordered Assisted Outpatient Treatment Improved Outcomes in People with ‘Serious Mental Illness’
A recent study suggests court-ordered Assisted Outpatient Treatment (AOT) programs for people with serious mental illness are associated with better treatment adherence, less violent and suicidal behavior, and reduced hospitalization and homelessness. The study was co-authored by Jeff Swanson, PhD, and Marvin Swartz, MD, of Duke Psychiatry.
R. Alison Adcock Receives SOM Professionalism Award
R. Alison Adcock, MD, PhD, associate professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences, received the Duke University School of Medicine’s Excellence in Professionalism Award. This award recognizes faculty members who exemplify professionalism and personify Duke’s guiding principles of respect, trustworthiness, diversity, teamwork, and learning.
Helping Young Adults Move Forward After Cancer
At 34, Iris Bugbee juggled cancer treatment, work, and motherhood—leaving little time to heal. A support program at Duke Cancer Institute is changing that, helping young cancer survivors regain strength, and reclaim their future.
Duke Psychiatry Faculty Research Highlighted in Million Veteran Program Video Series
Thanks to 1,000,000+ veterans in the Million Veteran Program (MVP), Veterans Affairs (VA) researchers—including Duke Psychiatry's Jean Beckham, PhD, and Nathan Kimbrel, PhD—are helping to change the future of mental health care for veterans. Beckham and Kimbrel recently contributed to a video series that highlighted personal stories and experiences from veterans and how researchers are using MVP's data to advance mental health research.
NCCU Students Describe Duke Internships as Empowering, Inspiring
As part of the thriving collaboration between Duke University and North Carolina Central University, three NCCU students recently completed internships facilitated and managed by the Duke-NCCU Bridge Office, housed within Duke CTSI. The scholars, who made up the fourth cohort of NCCU students to intern with Duke Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, presented on their internship experiences during the program’s closing ceremony in April.