Check out our news archive below to learn more about what’s happening in Duke Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences!
Dzirasa Named to the National Academy of Medicine
Kafui Dzirasa, MD, PhD, the K. Ranga Rama Krishnan Associate Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, has been elected to the prestigious National Academy of Medicine.
Colin Smith’s “Why” Is Social Justice
Helping people — whether it be at a makeshift COVID-19 field hospital in New York City or through the Healthcare for the Homeless volunteer psychiatry clinic in Durham — is what drives internal medicine-psychiatry resident Colin Smith, MD, in his work as a physician.
Hormone Widely Used as an Autism Treatment Shows No Benefit
Oxytocin, a naturally occurring hormone that acts as a chemical messenger in the brain, showed no evidence of helping children with autism gain social skills, according to a large national study published in the New England Journal of Medicine.
Beth Glascock, MPA, Joins Duke Psychiatry as Vice Chair for Administration & Finance
Beth Glascock, MPA, joined the Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences as our new Vice Chair for Administration and Finance on October 1.
TEDx Talk: How Racism Gets Under the Skin
In this TEDx Talk, Duke clinical psychology intern Briana Brownlow discusses the unique ways Black Americans often cope with chronic racial stress and how this coping strategy may serve as a potential mechanism through which racism impacts their physical and mental health.
Two Duke Brain Scientists Named Howard Hughes Investigators
Kafui Dzirasa, MD, PhD, the K. Ranga Rama Krishnan Associate Professor in the Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, has been named a Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) investigator.
The Helpful Qualities of Quick Doses of Quiet
Duke Psychiatry's Dr. Jason Cho says we need to be intentional about creating opportunities to be quiet and still, especially in the Zoom era. Check out the great tips in this article for both relaxing and energizing ourselves.
Q&A with Shelley Holmer on the New Behavioral Health Center
In this Q&A, Duke Psychiatry's Shelley A. Holmer, MD, explains how the new behavioral health center meets a critical population health need in the region, the unique benefits to patients, and how providers can best refer their patients for assessment and treatment.
Smoking Abstinence Could Lower Effects of Cannabis on Sperm
While marijuana use may impact some genes linked to autism in men’s sperm, abstaining from cannabis consumption over time may significantly lower many of those effects, according to a study by Duke Health researchers.
Duke and UCLA Investigators Approved for Study on Youth Suicide Prevention
A team co-led by David Goldston, PhD, Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Duke University, and Joan Asarnow, PhD, Professor of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences at UCLA, has been approved for a $13 million award by the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute.