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Duke Psychiatry's Bryan Sexton, PhD, led a study involving more than 30,000 health care workers to track the emotional impact of the pandemic. The researchers found increases in emotional exhaustion from about 32% in 2019, before COVID hit, to 40% by January 2022. The study was published in JAMA Network Open on Sept. 21.

Joseph McClernon, PhD, Co-Director of the CTSI’s Integration and Strategic Partnerships Pillar, has been named the Interim Co-Director for the Duke CTSA Team Science Core. Dr. McClernon is a professor in Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences.

The Office for Research & Innovation has awarded funding to eight, interdisciplinary projects as part of the inaugural Duke Science and Technology (DST) Launch Seed Grant Program. Duke Psychiatry assistant professor Yun Wang, PhD, was among the awardees.

Since 2020, the Developing Best Practices for Trauma-Informed Teaching and Learning project team, led by team leaders Jan Holton, PhD, and Warren Kinghorn, MD, DTh, and project manager Stephanie Hargrove, PhD, has been exploring the ways that trauma impacts students’ experiences in higher education.

The Duke Center for Autism and Brain Development has been awarded a $12 million federal grant to develop artificial intelligence tools for detecting autism during infancy and identifying brain-based biomarkers of autism.

What is a community-centered, equitable, and trauma-informed community? And how does it support children impacted by trauma? Seven North Carolina counties have deeply engaged with these questions via the Trauma-Informed Communities (TIC) Project co-led by Dr. Angela Tunno of Duke Psychiatry and the Center for Child & Family Health. Community members, advocates and providers from across NC gathered with national thought leaders to discuss trauma-informed care earlier this summer at the TIC Project’s final summit.

Duke experts and colleagues, including Duke Psychiatry's Sushrusha Arjyal, PhD, share ways to get the right amount of sleep, which can boost your physical and mental health.

Karim Abdelaal, a PhD student in neurobiology, has been awarded a Howard Hughes Medical Institute Gilliam Fellowship for Advanced Study. The fellowship program aims to build a community committed to advancing science through diversity and inclusion. Duke Psychiatry's Kafui Dzirasa, MD, PhD, is Abdelaal’s advisor.

In honor of National Minority Mental Health Awareness Month—also known now as Black, Indigenous and People of Color (BIPOC) Mental Health Month—Duke Psychiatry's Jane Gagliardi, MD, MHS, shares a brief summary of racism in mental health care and talks with Spencer Simon, a physician assistant who provides overnight psychiatric care in the Duke University Hospital Emergency Department, about his work in behavioral health.

In this Working@Duke article, Duke Psychiatry's Laura Weisberg, PhD, provides insights on the value of giving praise in the workplace, and employees share their strategies and experiences with creating a positive culture on their teams.