Advancing Behavioral Health Together
Greetings from Department Chair Dr. Moira Rynn
Thanks for checking out our 2024 digital annual report—we appreciate your interest and support! The stories and stats below provide a glimpse into the myriad ways our exceptional faculty, staff, and trainees are advancing behavioral health in our various communities, from the Duke campus to the Triangle, across the state, and beyond.
The report highlights just a few examples of how our clinicians are providing innovative, compassionate care; how our education programs are helping to develop adaptable, highly skilled psychiatrists and psychologists; and how our researchers are investigating critical questions and addressing pressing behavioral health challenges. And this year, Duke’s Centennial celebration gave us the opportunity to showcase our historical leadership in several key areas—don’t miss the Centennial section at the bottom of this page!
We also have some exciting initiatives on the horizon, including the recently-announced partnership between UNC Health and Duke Health to create the state’s first freestanding children’s hospital, including a much-needed behavioral health center that will offer both inpatient and outpatient care.
I hope you’ll stay in touch by browsing our website, following us on social media, and reaching out to us anytime.
— Moira Rynn, MD, department chair
Clinical Highlights
Duke Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences offers a range of evidence-based, patient-centered outpatient and inpatient clinical services to meet the behavioral health care needs of patients and their families. Faculty and staff provide a variety of assessment and treatment services, including psychiatric consultation, medication therapies, and individual, family and group psychotherapy.
Education Highlights
In Duke Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, we’re passionate about training future leaders in psychiatry and clinical psychology. Our trainees benefit from a well-rounded cadre of faculty members who are committed to their development, numerous clinics and labs in a world-class medical institution, and a community of fellow learners who share their ambition to improve people’s mental health and quality of life.
Research Highlights
Duke Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences is an internationally recognized leader in laboratory and clinical research across a spectrum of areas in mental and behavioral health. Our faculty members’ grants from federal and other external sources support a diverse range of work that spans the translational continuum from bench to bedside and beyond.
Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Highlights
Duke Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences is committed to a diverse, inclusive, equitable, and just environment where all faculty, staff and trainees feel respected and valued regardless of gender, age, race, ethnicity, national origin, sexual orientation or identity, disability, education, discipline, or any other bias. We’ve launched a range of equity, diversity, and inclusion initiatives to bring this vision to fruition.
Learn more about our equity, diversity, and inclusion efforts
“[Restorative justice] is a way of being. It’s a new way of interacting with each other that is authentic, courageous, and vulnerable and that creates the community of trust that’s needed to face the big problems we encounter.”
— Angela Tunno, PhD, assistant professor
