Check out our news archive below to learn more about what’s happening in Duke Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences!
Centennial Spotlight: MaryAnn Black
MaryAnn Black, a former Duke Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences faculty member, wore many hats during her lifetime: state representative, commissioner, social worker and eventually she took on the role of associate vice president for community relations for Duke Health.
Black Adults at Risk for Alzheimer’s Disease Live in More Polluted Areas, U.S. Study Finds
A study by Duke and Columbia Universities finds older, non-white adults are more likely to live in areas with higher air pollution and near toxic disposal sites, among other environmental injustices, potentially undermining their cognitive health. Duke Psychiatry's P. Murali Doraiswamy, MBBS, FRCP, was the senior author.
Three Duke Psychiatry Faculty Members Win School of Medicine Awards
Three Duke Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences faculty members—Melanie Bonner, PhD, David Madden, PhD, and Joseph McClernon, PhD—have won 2024 School of Medicine awards.
Five Residents Awarded American Psychiatric Association Fellowships
Each spring, the American Psychiatric Association (APA) and American Psychiatric Association Foundation (APAF) award fellowships to a select group of psychiatry residents. We’re excited to share that this year, five Duke Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences residents were awarded APA/APAF fellowships.
Planting the Seeds for a Care Farm to Help People with Mental Health Needs
Nora Dennis, MD, a psychiatrist and adjunct assistant professor in Duke Psychiatry, is building a retreat in rural Orange County between Chapel Hill and Hillsborough where people with serious mental illness can nurture plants and animals while being nurtured by behavioral health professionals. Dennis is an alumna of Duke Psychiatry's residency program.
Staff Spotlight: Roberta Demery Smiles through it All
Roberta Demery, an administrative assistant in the Division of Behavioral Medicine & Neurosciences, works to ensure that lab personnel using the Buy@Duke purchasing system complete their purchase requisitions accurately. She also processes p-card transactions for several faculty members. Her Duke career has spanned nearly four decades.
NCCU Students Reflect on Duke Internship Experiences
Three North Carolina Central University (NCCU) students and one UNC-Charlotte student completed internships in Duke Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences this year as part of the Duke-NCCU Bridge Office Internship Program. The scholars presented on their internship experiences during the program’s closing ceremony in April.
Angel Peterchev: Leading at the Intersection of Engineering and Psychiatry
Duke Psychiatry's Angel Peterchev, PhD, who holds a doctoral degree in electronic engineering, combines his passions in electronics, physics, and the brain to study transcranial magnetic stimulation, or TMS. He stresses the importance of a multidisciplinary approach in solving weighty problems.
Centennial Spotlight: Jean Spaulding
The first Black woman to graduate from the Duke School of Medicine in 1972, Jean Spaulding, MD, went on to help lead Duke Health as an administrator, making primary health care accessible to low-wealth residents across Durham and beyond. Spaulding is a Duke Psychiatry alumna and a former Duke Psychiatry consulting professor.
Peer Support Pilot Program for Health Professions Students Coming Soon
The Office of Learning Environment and Wellbeing will launch a pilot project to investigate the feasibility and impact of a cross-disciplinary peer support program on connectedness, burnout, and wellness for students in health professions education programs. Created by McLean Pollock, PhD, assistant professor in psychiatry and behavioral sciences, and Jane Gagliardi, MD, MHS, associate dean for learning environment and wellbeing and professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences, the collaborative peer support and coaching project is being funded by Duke AHEAD.