Duke Institute for Brain Sciences

Name/Title	Department/School	Research Interests
Aballay, Alejandro - Ph.D. Assistant Professor	Molecular Genetics & Microbiology, School of Medicine	Neuroimmunology Neural regulation of immunity Neural circuits
Adcock, R. Alison - M.D., Ph.D. Assistant Professor	Psychiatry& Behavioral Sciences, School of Medicine Neurobiology, School of Medicine	Neuromodulation of long term memory Neuroimaging as a tool for enhancing cognitive and behavioral change Schizophrenia & Depression
Alberts, Susan - Ph.D. Jack H. Neely Professor of Biology	Biology, Arts & Sciences Evolutionary Anthropology	Behavioral ecology Evolution of behavior Genetics and behavior
Ariely, Dan - Ph.D. James B. Duke Professor of Behavorial Economics	Business, Fuqua School of Business Economics, Arts & Sciences	Irrationality Behavioral economics
Arshavsky, Vadim - Ph.D. Professor	Ophthalmology, School of Medicine Pharmacology & Cancer Biology	Vision G protein signaling
Ashley-Koch, Allison - Ph.D. Associate Professor	Medicine, Division of Medical Genetics, School of Medicine Biostatistics & Bioinformatics	Genetic basis of neurological and neuropsychiatric disorders Bipolar disorder
Augustine, George J. - Ph.D. Professor	Neurobiology, School of Medicine	Synaptic circuitry Neural signaling Imaging technologies
Barr, Roger - Ph.D. Anderson-Rupp Professor of Biomedical Engineering	Biomedical Engineering, Pratt School of Engineering Pediatrics, School of Medicine	Action potential initiation Cell to cell connections Models of active membrane
Bedlack, Richard - M.D., Ph.D. Associate Professor	Medicine, Division of Neurology, School of Medicine	Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Motor Neuron Diseases
Bettman, James R. - Ph.D. Burlington Industries Professor of Business Administration	Marketing, Fuqua School of Business Psychology & Neuroscience, Arts & Sciences	Emotion and Decision Making Contingent Strategy Selection in Choice
Bilbo, Staci - Ph.D. Assistant Professor	Psychology & Neuroscience, Arts & Sciences	Neuroimmune interactions and behavior Cytokines and Cognition Early-life origins of Risk and Resilience
Blazer II, Dan G. - M.D., M.P.H., Ph.D. J.P. Gibbons Professor	Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Division of Community and Family Medicine, School of Medicine Community and Family Medicine	Depression Epidemiology Late Life
Brannon, Elizabeth - Ph.D. Associate Professor	Psychology & Neuroscience, Arts & Sciences Evolutionary Anthropology	Cognitive development & developmental cognitive neuroscience Numerical cognition Comparative psychology
Browndyke, Jeffrey - Ph.D. Assistant Professor	Psychiatry & Behavorial Sciences, Division of Medical Psychology, School of Medicine	Mild Cognitive Impairment & Dementia Functional & Structural Imaging in Elder Populations Omics of Memory Function & Decline
Cabeza, Roberto - Ph.D. Professor	Psychology & Neuroscience, Arts & Sciences	Memory Emotion Aging
Calakos, Nicole - M.D., Ph.D. Assistant Professor	Medicine, Division of Neurology, School of Medicine Neurobiology	Synaptic plasticity Basal Ganglia function Dystonia Tourette's and Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
Cant, Nell - Ph.D. Associate Professor	Neurobiology, School of Medicine	Auditory system Neuroanatomy
Caron, Marc G. - Ph.D. James B. Duke Professor of Cell Biology	Cell Biology, School of Medicine Neurobiology	Signal transduction in the brain Schizophrenia and Depression Monoamine related behavioral dysfunctions
Cayirlioglu Volkan, Pelin - Ph.D. Assistant Professor	Biology, Arts & Sciences	Sensory circuit assembly Olfactory system Epigenetics
Collins, Leslie - Ph.D. Professor and Chair	Electrical and Computer Engineering, Pratt School of Engineering Biomedical Engineering; Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, School of Medicine	Signal Processing Brain Computer Interfaces Cochlear Implants
Colton, Carol - Ph.D. Research Professor	Medicine, Division of Neurology, School of Medicine	Neuroimmunology Alzheimer's disease Brain redox balanve
Cooper, Harris - Ph.D. Professor and Chair	Psychology & Neuroscience, Arts & Sciences	Research Methodology Education
Costello, E. Jane - Ph.D. Professor; Associate Director for Research, Center for Child & Family Policy	Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Division of Medical Psychology, School of Medicine	Mental Illness Childhood and Adolescence Epidemiology
Curry, John - Ph.D. Professor; Director of Clinical Psychology	Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, School of Medicine Psychology & Neuroscience, Arts & Sciences	Adolescent depression Substance abuse cognitive behavior therapy
Dodge, Kenneth - Ph.D. William McDougall Professor of Public Policy Studies; Director, Center for Child and Family Policy	Public Policy Studies, Sanford School of Public Policy Psychology & Neuroscience, Arts & Sciences	Violence Social information processing Developmental psychopathology
Donald, Bruce - Ph.D. William and Sue Gross Professor of Computer Science and Biochemistry	Computer Science, Arts & Sciences Biochemistry, School of Medicine	Nanotechnology for Neurobiology protein:protein interactions Computer-Aided Drug Design
Doraiswamy, P. Murali - M.D. Professor; Head, Division of Biological Psychiatry	Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, School of Medicine Medicine, Division of Geriatrics	Memory Emotion imaging
Drea, Christine - Ph.D. Associate Professor	Evolutionary Anthropology, Arts & Sciences Biology	Behavioral ecology Sexual differentiation Social behavior
Egner, Tobias - Ph.D. Assistant Professor	Psychology & Neuroscience, Arts & Sciences	Cognitive Control Selective Attention Visual Cognition
Ehlers, Michael - M.D., Ph.D. Professor and Wakeman Scholar; Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute	Neurobiology, School of Medicine	Synapse and circuit plasticity Neuronal cell biology Neural development
Eroglu, Çagla - Ph.D. Assistant Professor	Cell Biology, School of Medicine Neurobiology	Synaptogenesis Astrocytes Extracellular Matrix
Feng, Gary - Ph.D. Assistant Professor	Psychology & Neuroscience, Arts & Sciences	Reading Development eye movements
Feng, Guoping - Ph.D. Associate Professor	Neurobiology, School of Medicine Pathology	Synapse formation Obsessive-compulsive disorder Bipolar disorder
Ferrari, Silvia - Ph.D. Assistant Professor	Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science, Pratt School of Engineering	approximate dynamic programming systems and control theory machine learning
Finkelstein, Gleb - Ph.D. Associate Professor	Physics, Arts & Sciences	Developing intracellular probes
Fischer, Martin - Ph.D. Assistant Research Professor	Chemistry, Arts & Sciences	Neuroimaging
Fitzpatrick, David - Ph.D. James B. Duke Professor of Neurobiology	Neurobiology, School of Medicine	Functional Organization of Visual Cortex Development of Cortical Circuits In vivo imaging of neural structure and function
Goldstein, David B. - Ph.D. Professor; Director, Center for Population Genomics & Pharmacogenetics	Molecular Genetics & Microbiology, School of Medicine	Genetics of neurological disease pharmacogenetics HIV host genetics and human genetic diversity
Greenside, Henry - Ph.D. Professor	Physics, Arts & Sciences	Theoretical neurobiology How brains generate Recognize and store temporal sequences
Grill, Warren - Ph.D. Professor	Biomedical Engineering, Pratt School of Engineering Neurobiology; Surgery, School of Medicine	Electrical stimulation of the nervous system for restoration of function Neural control of bladder and autonomic function Computational neuroscience
Groh, Jennifer M. - Ph.D. Associate Professor	Psychology & Neuroscience, Arts & Sciences Neurobiology, School of Medicine	Multisensory processing Audition Motor control and visual processing
Hamoudi, Amar - Ph.D. Assistant Professor	Public Policy Studies, Sanford School of Public Policy	Executive Functioning Cognitive Economics Reward Processing
Hare, Brian - Ph.D. Assistant Professor	Evolutionary Anthropology, Arts & Sciences	Human Cognitive Evolution Social Cognition Domestication
Hariri, Ahmad - Ph.D. Professor	Psychology & Neuroscience, Arts & Sciences	Corticolimbic Circuit Function Neuromodulators Trait Anxiety
Harris, Lasana - Ph.D. Assistant Professor (beginning 2010)	Psychology & Neuroscience, Arts & Sciences	Social Cognition Emotion Decision Making
Hartemink, Alexander - Ph.D. Associate Professor; Associate Director of Duke Center for Systems Biology	Computer Science, Arts & Sciences	neural information flow neuro-electrical circuits vocal learning
Huettel, Scott - Ph.D. Associate Professor; Director, Center for Neuroeconomic Studies	Psychology & Neuroscience, Arts & Sciences	Neuroeconomics Functional Neuroimaging Cognition
Izatt, Joseph - Ph.D. Professor	Biomedical Engineering, Pratt School of Engineering Ophthalmology, School of Medicine	Imaging technology
Jarvis, Erich - Ph.D. Associate Professor; Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator	Neurobiology, School of Medicine	Origin and Mechanisms of Language Neuroethology Systems Neurobiology
Jiang, Yong-hui - M.D., Ph.D. Assistant Professor	Pediatrics, Division of Medical Genetics, School of Medicine	Genetics and epigenetics of neurodevelopmental disorders Angelman and Prader-Willi Syndrome and Autism Gene targeting and mouse models
Johnsen, Sönke - Ph.D. Associate Professor	Biology, Arts & Sciences Marine Lab, Nicholas School of the Environment & Earth Sciences	Vision Magnetoreception Diffuse sensory systems
Keefe, Richard - Ph.D. Professor; Director, Schizophrenia Research Group	Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Division of Medical Psychology, School of Medicine Psychology & Neuroscience, Arts & Sciences	Schizophrenia Cognitive function High-risk
Kollins, Scott - Ph.D. Associate Professor; Director, Duke University ADHD Program	Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, School of Medicine	ADHD Smoking and Nicotine
Kuhn, Cynthia - Ph.D. Professor	Pharmacology & Cancer Biology, School of Medicine Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences	Animal models of drug addiction Ontogeny of neural circuit activation by rewarding and aversive stimuli Gonadal steroid hormone action in brain
Kuo, Chay - M.D., Ph.D. Assistant Professor	Cell Biology; Pediatrics, School of Medicine Neurobiology	Circuitry integration Postnatal neurogenesis Stem cell niche function in health and disease
LaBar, Kevin - Ph.D. Associate Professor	Psychology & Neuroscience, Arts & Sciences	Affective and social neuroscience Memory systems Fear and anxiety disorders
LaBean, Thomas - Ph.D. Associate Research Professor	Computer Science, Arts & Sciences Chemistry; Biomedical Engineering, Pratt School of Engineering	self-assembly molecular recognition artificial neurons
Lawson, Dewey - Ph.D. Adjunct Professor	Physics, Arts & Sciences Otolaryngology, School of Medicine	auditory prostheses music perception
Lee, Tong - M.D., Ph.D. Associate Professor	Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, School of Medicine	Psychostimulant abuse Novel treatment development Translational clinical trials
Levin, Edward - Ph.D. Professor	Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, School of Medicine Psychology and Neuroscience, Arts & Sciences	Addiction Cognition Neurotoxicology
Liedtke, Wolfgang - M.D., Ph.D. Assistant Professor	Medicine, Division of Neurology, School of Medicine Neurobiology	Pain TRP channel Neurosensory transduction and transmission
March, John - M.D., M.P.H. Professor	Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, School of Medicine Psychology & Neuroscience, Arts & Sciences	biomarker/biosignature discovery and validation imaging genomics in pediatric psychiatry Phase I-IV clincial trials / outcomes research
Matsunami, Hiroaki - Ph.D. Associate Professor	Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, School of Medicine Department of Neurobiology	Olfaction Pheromone Chemical Senses
McClernon, Francis (Joe) - Ph.D. Associate Professor and Director	Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, School of Medicine	Smoking Nicotine Dependence Neuroimaging
McNamara, James - M.D. Carl R Deane Professor and Chairman; Director, Center for Translational Neuroscience	Neurobiology, School of Medicine Medicine, Division of Neurology; Pharmacology & Cancer Biology	Epileptogenesis Signaling Neurotrophins
Meade, Christina - Ph.D. Assistant Professor	Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Division of Medical Psychology, School of Medicine	Drug Addiction HIV/AIDS Mental Health
Mikati, Mohamad - M.D. Professor; Chief, Division of Pediatric Neurology	Pediatrics, School of Medicine Neurobiology	Epilepsy Imaging Genetics
Mitroff, Stephen - Ph.D. Assistant Professor	Psychology & Neuroscience, Arts & Sciences	Visual cognition Enhancing and modifying cognitive abilities Development of visual cognition
Moffitt, Terrie E. - Ph.D. Knut Schmidt Nielsen Professor	Psychology & Neuroscience, Arts & Sciences Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, School of Medicine	Gene-environment interplay in mental disorders Psychiatric Epidemiology Cognitive ability assessment
Mooney, Richard - Ph.D. Professor	Neurobiology, School of Medicine	Sensorimotor integration and imitative learning Audition Music and speech
Moore, Scott - M.D., Ph.D. Associate Professor	Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, School of Medicine	Neuropharmacology Substance abuse Amygdala circuitry
Nadler, J. Victor - Ph.D. Professor	Pharmacology & Cancer Biology, School of Medicine Neurobiology	Epilepsy Synaptic Transmission Synaptic Plasticity
Nowicki, Stephen - Ph.D. Professor; Dean and Vice Provost of Undergraduate Education	Biology, Arts & Sciences Psychology & Neuroscience; Neurobiology, School of Medicine	neuroethology animal communication
Payne, John W. - Ph.D. Joseph J. Ruvane Professor of Management	Management and Marketing, Fuqua School of Business Psychology & Neuroscience; Statistics & Decision Sciences, Arts & Sciences	Decision making
Pitt, Geoffrey S. - M.D., Ph.D. Associate Professor; Director, Ion Channel Research Unit	Medicine, Division of Cardiology, School of Medicine Neurobiology; Pharmacology & Cancer Biology	Ion channel physiology Epilepsy Synaptic plasticity
Platt, Michael - Ph.D. Professor; Director, Center for Cognitive Neuroscience	Neurobiology, School of Medicine Evolutionary Anthropology, Arts & Sciences	Neural basis of decision-making Neural basis of social behavior Evolution of cognition
Premont, Richard - Ph.D. Associate Research Professor	Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, School of Medicine	Post-traumatic stress disorder Parkinson's disease Anxiety/Depression
Provenzale, James - M.D. Professor	Radiology, Divison of Neuroradiology, School of Medicine	nanotechnology tumors brain development
Purves, Dale - M.D. George Barth Geller Professor for Research in Neurobiology	Neurobiology, School of Medicine Psychology & Neuroscience; Philosophy, Arts & Sciences	Music Vision Audition
Rezvani, Amir - Ph.D. Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences	Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Division of Biological Psychiatry, School of Medicine	Alcoholism Cognition Drug Addiction
Rubin, David C. - Ph.D. Juanita M. Kreps Professor of Psychology & Neuroscience	Psychology & Neuroscience, Arts & Sciences	Autobiographical memory Post-traumatic stress disorder
Schmajuk, Nestor - Ph.D. Professor	Psychology & Neuroscience, Arts & Sciences	Neural Network Models Classical Conditioning Causak Learning
Schramm-Sapyta, Nicole - Ph.D. Assistant Professor	Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Division of Medical Psychology, School of Medicine	Drug Addiction Adolescence Stress
Seaman, William - Ph.D. Professor	Art, Art History & Visual Studies, Arts & Sciences	Neosentience Electrochemical Computer Generative Technology
Sherwood, Nina - Ph.D. Assistant Research Professor	Biology, Arts & Sciences	Neuronal cytoskeleton Synapse formation/maintenance Hereditary Spastic Paraplegia
Simon, John - Ph.D. George B. Geller Professor/Vice Provost for Academic Affairs	Chemistry, Arts & Sciences Biochemistry; Ophthalmology, School of Medicine	Neuromelanin Amyloid
Simon, Sidney - Ph.D. Professor	Neurobiology, School of Medicine Biomedical Engineering, Pratt School of Engineering	Gustation Membrane biophysics
Skene, J. H. Pate - Ph.D. Associate Professor	Neurobiology, School of Medicine	Neurogenomics
Song, Allen - Ph.D. Professor and Director, BIAC	Radiology, School of Medicine Biomedical Engineering, Pratt School of Engineering	MRI acquisition methodology Brain function MRI contrast mechanisms
Stacy, Mark - M.D. Associate Professor	Medicine, Division of Neurology, School of Medicine	Impulse Control Disorder in Parkinson's Disease Placebo Effect PD drug development
Steffens, David - M.D., M.H.S. Professor	Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, School of Medicine Medicine	Depression Dementia Neuroimaging
Strauman, Timothy - Ph.D. Professor	Psychology & Neuroscience, Arts & Sciences Psychiatry and Behavioral Science, School of Medicine	Depression Addiction Psychotherapy
Strittmatter, Warren - M.D. Professor and Chief	Medicince, Division of Neurology, School of Medicine Neurobiology	Alzheimers Disease Huntington's Disease
Swartzwelder, Scott - Ph.D. Professor	Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, School of Medicine Psychology and Neuroscience, Arts & Sciences	Cellular Neurophysiology Neural Mechanisms of Drug Effects and Addiction Neural Mechanisms of Learning and Memory
Tomasi, Carlo - Ph.D. Professor	Computer Science, Arts & Sciences	Computer vision
Tracey, W. Daniel - Ph.D. Assistant Professor	Anesthesiology, School of Medicine Cell Biology; Neurobiology	Nociception and pain Mechanotransduction Perception of temperature
Tucci, Debara - M.D. Associate Professor	Surgery, Division of Otolaryngology, School of Medicine	Central auditory system Auditory system plasticity Auditory system prostheses
Vidmar, Neil - Ph.D. Russell M. Robinson II Professor of Law	Law, Law School Psychology & Neuroscience, Arts & Sciences	Legal decision-making Medical malpractice wrongful convictions
Voyvodic, James - Ph.D. Assistant Professor	Radiology, School of Medicine Neurobiology	Vision Brain imaging Brain Tumors
Wang, Fan - Ph.D. Assistant Professor	Cell Biology, School of Medicine Neurobiology	Mammalian touch sensory system Regulation of neuronal endomembrane system
Wang, Lihong - M.D, Ph.D. Assistant Professor	Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, School of Medicine	Depression Interaction of emotion with cognition Mild cognitive impairment
Warner, David - M.D. Professor	Anesthesiology, School of Medicine Neurobiology; Surgery	Stroke Traumatic brain injury Cerebral vasospasm
Wechsler-Reya, Robert - Ph.D. Associate Professor	Pharmacology & Cancer Biology, School of Medicine Neurobiology	Cerebellar Development Stem Cells Brain Tumors
West, Anne - M.D., Ph.D. Assistant Professor	Neurobiology, School of Medicine	Epigenetics Activity-regulated transcription Synapse development and plasticity
White, Leonard - Ph.D. Assistant Professor	Community & Family Medicine, Doctor of Physical Therapy Division, School of Medicine Neurobiology	Sensory experience and brain development Cortical maps Human brain anatomy
Whitfield, Keith - Ph.D. Professor	Psychology & Neuroscience, Arts & Sciences Medicine	Aging Minorities genetics
Williams, Christina L. - Ph.D. Professor	Psychology & Neuroscience, Arts & Sciences	Development Hormones and Nutrients Neural Plasticity
Yasuda, Ryohei - Ph.D. Assistant Professor	Neurobiology, School of Medicine Physics, Arts & Sciences	Memory Cellular and molecular neurobiology
Yin, Henry - Ph.D. Assistant Professor	Psychology & Neuroscience, Arts & Sciences	Goal-directed actions Decision making Reward
Yoder, Anne - Ph.D. Professor; Director, Duke Primate Center	Biology, Arts & Sciences Evolutionary Anthropology	evolution genetics and genomics
Zucker, Nancy - Ph.D. Assistant Professor	Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, School of Medicine Psychology & Neuroscience, Arts & Sciences	Anorexia Nervosa Interoception Social Cognition

Aballay, Alejandro - Ph.D.
Assistant Professor

Molecular Genetics & Microbiology, School of Medicine

Neuroimmunology
Neural regulation of immunity
Neural circuits

Adcock, R. Alison - M.D., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor

Psychiatry& Behavioral Sciences, School of Medicine

Neurobiology, School of Medicine

Neuromodulation of long term memory
Neuroimaging as a tool for enhancing cognitive and behavioral change
Schizophrenia & Depression

Alberts, Susan - Ph.D.
Jack H. Neely Professor of Biology

Biology, Arts & Sciences

Evolutionary Anthropology

Behavioral ecology
Evolution of behavior
Genetics and behavior

Ariely, Dan - Ph.D.
James B. Duke Professor of Behavorial Economics

Business, Fuqua School of Business

Economics, Arts & Sciences

Irrationality
Behavioral economics

Arshavsky, Vadim - Ph.D.
Professor

Ophthalmology, School of Medicine

Pharmacology & Cancer Biology

Vision
G protein signaling

Ashley-Koch, Allison - Ph.D.
Associate Professor

Medicine, Division of Medical Genetics, School of Medicine

Biostatistics & Bioinformatics

Genetic basis of neurological and neuropsychiatric disorders
Bipolar disorder

Augustine, George J. - Ph.D.
Professor

Neurobiology, School of Medicine

Synaptic circuitry
Neural signaling
Imaging technologies

Barr, Roger - Ph.D.
Anderson-Rupp Professor of Biomedical Engineering

Biomedical Engineering, Pratt School of Engineering

Pediatrics, School of Medicine

Action potential initiation
Cell to cell connections
Models of active membrane

Bedlack, Richard - M.D., Ph.D.
Associate Professor

Medicine, Division of Neurology, School of Medicine

Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
Motor Neuron Diseases

Bettman, James R. - Ph.D.
Burlington Industries Professor of Business Administration

Marketing, Fuqua School of Business

Psychology & Neuroscience, Arts & Sciences

Emotion and Decision Making
Contingent Strategy Selection in Choice

Bilbo, Staci - Ph.D.
Assistant Professor

Psychology & Neuroscience, Arts & Sciences

Neuroimmune interactions and behavior
Cytokines and Cognition
Early-life origins of Risk and Resilience

Blazer II, Dan G. - M.D., M.P.H., Ph.D.
J.P. Gibbons Professor

Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Division of Community and Family Medicine, School of Medicine

Community and Family Medicine

Depression
Epidemiology
Late Life

Brannon, Elizabeth - Ph.D.
Associate Professor

Psychology & Neuroscience, Arts & Sciences

Evolutionary Anthropology

Cognitive development & developmental cognitive neuroscience
Numerical cognition
Comparative psychology

Browndyke, Jeffrey - Ph.D.
Assistant Professor

Psychiatry & Behavorial Sciences, Division of Medical Psychology, School of Medicine

Mild Cognitive Impairment & Dementia
Functional & Structural Imaging in Elder Populations
Omics of Memory Function & Decline

Cabeza, Roberto - Ph.D.
Professor

Psychology & Neuroscience, Arts & Sciences

Memory
Emotion
Aging

Calakos, Nicole - M.D., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor

Medicine, Division of Neurology, School of Medicine

Neurobiology

Synaptic plasticity
Basal Ganglia function
Dystonia Tourette's and Obsessive Compulsive Disorder

Cant, Nell - Ph.D.
Associate Professor

Neurobiology, School of Medicine

Auditory system
Neuroanatomy

Caron, Marc G. - Ph.D.
James B. Duke Professor of Cell Biology

Cell Biology, School of Medicine

Neurobiology

Signal transduction in the brain
Schizophrenia and Depression
Monoamine related behavioral dysfunctions

Cayirlioglu Volkan, Pelin - Ph.D.
Assistant Professor

Biology, Arts & Sciences

Sensory circuit assembly
Olfactory system
Epigenetics

Collins, Leslie - Ph.D.
Professor and Chair

Electrical and Computer Engineering, Pratt School of Engineering

Biomedical Engineering; Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, School of Medicine

Signal Processing
Brain Computer Interfaces
Cochlear Implants

Colton, Carol - Ph.D.
Research Professor

Medicine, Division of Neurology, School of Medicine

Neuroimmunology
Alzheimer's disease
Brain redox balanve

Cooper, Harris - Ph.D.
Professor and Chair

Psychology & Neuroscience, Arts & Sciences

Research Methodology
Education

Costello, E. Jane - Ph.D.
Professor; Associate Director for Research, Center for Child & Family Policy

Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Division of Medical Psychology, School of Medicine

Mental Illness
Childhood and Adolescence
Epidemiology

Curry, John - Ph.D.
Professor; Director of Clinical Psychology

Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, School of Medicine

Psychology & Neuroscience, Arts & Sciences

Adolescent depression
Substance abuse
cognitive behavior therapy

Dodge, Kenneth - Ph.D.
William McDougall Professor of Public Policy Studies; Director, Center for Child and Family Policy

Public Policy Studies, Sanford School of Public Policy

Psychology & Neuroscience, Arts & Sciences

Violence
Social information processing
Developmental psychopathology

Donald, Bruce - Ph.D.
William and Sue Gross Professor of Computer Science and Biochemistry

Computer Science, Arts & Sciences

Biochemistry, School of Medicine

Nanotechnology for Neurobiology
protein:protein interactions
Computer-Aided Drug Design

Doraiswamy, P. Murali - M.D.
Professor; Head, Division of Biological Psychiatry

Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, School of Medicine

Medicine, Division of Geriatrics

Memory
Emotion
imaging

Drea, Christine - Ph.D.
Associate Professor

Evolutionary Anthropology, Arts & Sciences

Biology

Behavioral ecology
Sexual differentiation
Social behavior

Egner, Tobias - Ph.D.
Assistant Professor

Psychology & Neuroscience, Arts & Sciences

Cognitive Control
Selective Attention
Visual Cognition

Ehlers, Michael - M.D., Ph.D.
Professor and Wakeman Scholar; Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute

Neurobiology, School of Medicine

Synapse and circuit plasticity
Neuronal cell biology
Neural development

Eroglu, Çagla - Ph.D.
Assistant Professor

Cell Biology, School of Medicine

Neurobiology

Synaptogenesis
Astrocytes
Extracellular Matrix

Feng, Gary - Ph.D.
Assistant Professor

Psychology & Neuroscience, Arts & Sciences

Reading
Development
eye movements

Feng, Guoping - Ph.D.
Associate Professor

Neurobiology, School of Medicine

Pathology

Synapse formation
Obsessive-compulsive disorder
Bipolar disorder

Ferrari, Silvia - Ph.D.
Assistant Professor

Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science, Pratt School of Engineering

approximate dynamic programming
systems and control theory
machine learning

Finkelstein, Gleb - Ph.D.
Associate Professor

Physics, Arts & Sciences

Developing intracellular probes

Fischer, Martin - Ph.D.
Assistant Research Professor

Chemistry, Arts & Sciences

Neuroimaging

Fitzpatrick, David - Ph.D.
James B. Duke Professor of Neurobiology

Neurobiology, School of Medicine

Functional Organization of Visual Cortex
Development of Cortical Circuits
In vivo imaging of neural structure and function

Goldstein, David B. - Ph.D.
Professor; Director, Center for Population Genomics & Pharmacogenetics

Molecular Genetics & Microbiology, School of Medicine

Genetics of neurological disease
pharmacogenetics
HIV host genetics and human genetic diversity

Greenside, Henry - Ph.D.
Professor

Physics, Arts & Sciences

Theoretical neurobiology
How brains generate
Recognize and store temporal sequences

Grill, Warren - Ph.D.
Professor

Biomedical Engineering, Pratt School of Engineering

Neurobiology; Surgery, School of Medicine

Electrical stimulation of the nervous system for restoration of function
Neural control of bladder and autonomic function
Computational neuroscience

Groh, Jennifer M. - Ph.D.
Associate Professor

Psychology & Neuroscience, Arts & Sciences

Neurobiology, School of Medicine

Multisensory processing
Audition
Motor control and visual processing

Hamoudi, Amar - Ph.D.
Assistant Professor

Public Policy Studies, Sanford School of Public Policy

Executive Functioning
Cognitive Economics
Reward Processing

Hare, Brian - Ph.D.
Assistant Professor

Evolutionary Anthropology, Arts & Sciences

Human Cognitive Evolution
Social Cognition
Domestication

Hariri, Ahmad - Ph.D.
Professor

Psychology & Neuroscience, Arts & Sciences

Corticolimbic Circuit Function
Neuromodulators
Trait Anxiety

Harris, Lasana - Ph.D.
Assistant Professor (beginning 2010)

Psychology & Neuroscience, Arts & Sciences

Social Cognition
Emotion
Decision Making

Hartemink, Alexander - Ph.D.
Associate Professor; Associate Director of Duke Center for Systems Biology

Computer Science, Arts & Sciences

neural information flow
neuro-electrical circuits
vocal learning

Huettel, Scott - Ph.D.
Associate Professor; Director, Center for Neuroeconomic Studies

Psychology & Neuroscience, Arts & Sciences

Neuroeconomics
Functional Neuroimaging
Cognition

Izatt, Joseph - Ph.D.
Professor

Biomedical Engineering, Pratt School of Engineering

Ophthalmology, School of Medicine

Imaging technology

Jarvis, Erich - Ph.D.
Associate Professor; Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator

Neurobiology, School of Medicine

Origin and Mechanisms of Language
Neuroethology
Systems Neurobiology

Jiang, Yong-hui - M.D., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor

Pediatrics, Division of Medical Genetics, School of Medicine

Genetics and epigenetics of neurodevelopmental disorders
Angelman and Prader-Willi Syndrome and Autism
Gene targeting and mouse models

Johnsen, Sönke - Ph.D.
Associate Professor

Biology, Arts & Sciences

Marine Lab, Nicholas School of the Environment & Earth Sciences

Vision
Magnetoreception
Diffuse sensory systems

Keefe, Richard - Ph.D.
Professor; Director, Schizophrenia Research Group

Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Division of Medical Psychology, School of Medicine

Psychology & Neuroscience, Arts & Sciences

Schizophrenia
Cognitive function
High-risk

Kollins, Scott - Ph.D.
Associate Professor; Director, Duke University ADHD Program

Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, School of Medicine

ADHD
Smoking and Nicotine

Kuhn, Cynthia - Ph.D.
Professor

Pharmacology & Cancer Biology, School of Medicine

Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences

Animal models of drug addiction
Ontogeny of neural circuit activation by rewarding and aversive stimuli
Gonadal steroid hormone action in brain

Kuo, Chay - M.D., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor

Cell Biology; Pediatrics, School of Medicine

Neurobiology

Circuitry integration
Postnatal neurogenesis
Stem cell niche function in health and disease

LaBar, Kevin - Ph.D.
Associate Professor

Psychology & Neuroscience, Arts & Sciences

Affective and social neuroscience
Memory systems
Fear and anxiety disorders

LaBean, Thomas - Ph.D.
Associate Research Professor

Computer Science, Arts & Sciences

Chemistry; Biomedical Engineering, Pratt School of Engineering

self-assembly
molecular recognition
artificial neurons

Lawson, Dewey - Ph.D.
Adjunct Professor

Physics, Arts & Sciences

Otolaryngology, School of Medicine

auditory prostheses
music perception

Lee, Tong - M.D., Ph.D.
Associate Professor

Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, School of Medicine

Psychostimulant abuse
Novel treatment development
Translational clinical trials

Levin, Edward - Ph.D.
Professor

Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, School of Medicine

Psychology and Neuroscience, Arts & Sciences

Addiction
Cognition
Neurotoxicology

Liedtke, Wolfgang - M.D., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor

Medicine, Division of Neurology, School of Medicine

Neurobiology

Pain
TRP channel
Neurosensory transduction and transmission

March, John - M.D., M.P.H.
Professor

Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, School of Medicine

Psychology & Neuroscience, Arts & Sciences

biomarker/biosignature discovery and validation
imaging genomics in pediatric psychiatry
Phase I-IV clincial trials / outcomes research

Matsunami, Hiroaki - Ph.D.
Associate Professor

Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, School of Medicine

Department of Neurobiology

Olfaction
Pheromone
Chemical Senses

McClernon, Francis (Joe) - Ph.D.
Associate Professor and Director

Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, School of Medicine

Smoking
Nicotine Dependence
Neuroimaging

McNamara, James - M.D.
Carl R Deane Professor and Chairman; Director, Center for Translational Neuroscience

Neurobiology, School of Medicine

Medicine, Division of Neurology; Pharmacology & Cancer Biology

Epileptogenesis
Signaling
Neurotrophins

Meade, Christina - Ph.D.
Assistant Professor

Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Division of Medical Psychology, School of Medicine

Drug Addiction
HIV/AIDS
Mental Health

Mikati, Mohamad - M.D.
Professor; Chief, Division of Pediatric Neurology

Pediatrics, School of Medicine

Neurobiology

Epilepsy
Imaging
Genetics

Mitroff, Stephen - Ph.D.
Assistant Professor

Psychology & Neuroscience, Arts & Sciences

Visual cognition
Enhancing and modifying cognitive abilities
Development of visual cognition

Moffitt, Terrie E. - Ph.D.
Knut Schmidt Nielsen Professor

Psychology & Neuroscience, Arts & Sciences

Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, School of Medicine

Gene-environment interplay in mental disorders
Psychiatric Epidemiology
Cognitive ability assessment

Mooney, Richard - Ph.D.
Professor

Neurobiology, School of Medicine

Sensorimotor integration and imitative learning
Audition
Music and speech

Moore, Scott - M.D., Ph.D.
Associate Professor

Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, School of Medicine

Neuropharmacology
Substance abuse
Amygdala circuitry

Nadler, J. Victor - Ph.D.
Professor

Pharmacology & Cancer Biology, School of Medicine

Neurobiology

Epilepsy
Synaptic Transmission
Synaptic Plasticity

Nowicki, Stephen - Ph.D.
Professor; Dean and Vice Provost of Undergraduate Education

Biology, Arts & Sciences

Psychology & Neuroscience; Neurobiology, School of Medicine

neuroethology
animal communication

Payne, John W. - Ph.D.
Joseph J. Ruvane Professor of Management

Management and Marketing, Fuqua School of Business

Psychology & Neuroscience; Statistics & Decision Sciences, Arts & Sciences

Decision making

Pitt, Geoffrey S. - M.D., Ph.D.
Associate Professor; Director, Ion Channel Research Unit

Medicine, Division of Cardiology, School of Medicine

Neurobiology; Pharmacology & Cancer Biology

Ion channel physiology
Epilepsy
Synaptic plasticity

Platt, Michael - Ph.D.
Professor; Director, Center for Cognitive Neuroscience

Neurobiology, School of Medicine

Evolutionary Anthropology, Arts & Sciences

Neural basis of decision-making
Neural basis of social behavior
Evolution of cognition

Premont, Richard - Ph.D.
Associate Research Professor

Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, School of Medicine

Post-traumatic stress disorder
Parkinson's disease
Anxiety/Depression

Provenzale, James - M.D.
Professor

Radiology, Divison of Neuroradiology, School of Medicine

nanotechnology
tumors
brain development

Purves, Dale - M.D.
George Barth Geller Professor for Research in Neurobiology

Neurobiology, School of Medicine

Psychology & Neuroscience; Philosophy, Arts & Sciences

Music
Vision
Audition

Rezvani, Amir - Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Division of Biological Psychiatry, School of Medicine

Alcoholism
Cognition
Drug Addiction

Rubin, David C. - Ph.D.
Juanita M. Kreps Professor of Psychology & Neuroscience

Psychology & Neuroscience, Arts & Sciences

Autobiographical memory
Post-traumatic stress disorder

Schmajuk, Nestor - Ph.D.
Professor

Psychology & Neuroscience, Arts & Sciences

Neural Network Models
Classical Conditioning
Causak Learning

Schramm-Sapyta, Nicole - Ph.D.
Assistant Professor

Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Division of Medical Psychology, School of Medicine

Drug Addiction
Adolescence
Stress

Seaman, William - Ph.D.
Professor

Art, Art History & Visual Studies, Arts & Sciences

Neosentience
Electrochemical Computer
Generative Technology

Sherwood, Nina - Ph.D.
Assistant Research Professor

Biology, Arts & Sciences

Neuronal cytoskeleton
Synapse formation/maintenance
Hereditary Spastic Paraplegia

Simon, John - Ph.D.
George B. Geller Professor/Vice Provost for Academic Affairs

Chemistry, Arts & Sciences

Biochemistry; Ophthalmology, School of Medicine

Neuromelanin
Amyloid

Simon, Sidney - Ph.D.
Professor

Neurobiology, School of Medicine

Biomedical Engineering, Pratt School of Engineering

Gustation
Membrane biophysics

Skene, J. H. Pate - Ph.D.
Associate Professor

Neurobiology, School of Medicine

Neurogenomics

Song, Allen - Ph.D.
Professor and Director, BIAC

Radiology, School of Medicine

Biomedical Engineering, Pratt School of Engineering

MRI acquisition methodology
Brain function
MRI contrast mechanisms

Stacy, Mark - M.D.
Associate Professor

Medicine, Division of Neurology, School of Medicine

Impulse Control Disorder in Parkinson's Disease
Placebo Effect
PD drug development

Steffens, David - M.D., M.H.S.
Professor

Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, School of Medicine

Medicine

Depression
Dementia
Neuroimaging

Strauman, Timothy - Ph.D.
Professor

Psychology & Neuroscience, Arts & Sciences

Psychiatry and Behavioral Science, School of Medicine

Depression
Addiction
Psychotherapy

Strittmatter, Warren - M.D.
Professor and Chief

Medicince, Division of Neurology, School of Medicine

Neurobiology

Alzheimers Disease
Huntington's Disease

Swartzwelder, Scott - Ph.D.
Professor

Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, School of Medicine

Psychology and Neuroscience, Arts & Sciences

Cellular Neurophysiology
Neural Mechanisms of Drug Effects and Addiction
Neural Mechanisms of Learning and Memory

Tomasi, Carlo - Ph.D.
Professor

Computer Science, Arts & Sciences

Computer vision

Tracey, W. Daniel - Ph.D.
Assistant Professor

Anesthesiology, School of Medicine

Cell Biology; Neurobiology

Nociception and pain
Mechanotransduction
Perception of temperature

Tucci, Debara - M.D.
Associate Professor

Surgery, Division of Otolaryngology, School of Medicine

Central auditory system
Auditory system plasticity
Auditory system prostheses

Vidmar, Neil - Ph.D.
Russell M. Robinson II Professor of Law

Law, Law School

Psychology & Neuroscience, Arts & Sciences

Legal decision-making
Medical malpractice
wrongful convictions

Voyvodic, James - Ph.D.
Assistant Professor

Radiology, School of Medicine

Neurobiology

Vision
Brain imaging
Brain Tumors

Wang, Fan - Ph.D.
Assistant Professor

Cell Biology, School of Medicine

Neurobiology

Mammalian touch sensory system
Regulation of neuronal endomembrane system

Wang, Lihong - M.D, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor

Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, School of Medicine

Depression
Interaction of emotion with cognition
Mild cognitive impairment

Warner, David - M.D.
Professor

Anesthesiology, School of Medicine

Neurobiology; Surgery

Stroke
Traumatic brain injury
Cerebral vasospasm

Wechsler-Reya, Robert - Ph.D.
Associate Professor

Pharmacology & Cancer Biology, School of Medicine

Neurobiology

Cerebellar Development
Stem Cells
Brain Tumors

West, Anne - M.D., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor

Neurobiology, School of Medicine

Epigenetics
Activity-regulated transcription
Synapse development and plasticity

White, Leonard - Ph.D.
Assistant Professor

Community & Family Medicine, Doctor of Physical Therapy Division, School of Medicine

Neurobiology

Sensory experience and brain development
Cortical maps
Human brain anatomy

Whitfield, Keith - Ph.D.
Professor

Psychology & Neuroscience, Arts & Sciences

Medicine

Aging
Minorities
genetics

Williams, Christina L. - Ph.D.
Professor

Psychology & Neuroscience, Arts & Sciences

Development
Hormones and Nutrients
Neural Plasticity

Yasuda, Ryohei - Ph.D.
Assistant Professor

Neurobiology, School of Medicine

Physics, Arts & Sciences

Memory
Cellular and molecular neurobiology

Yin, Henry - Ph.D.
Assistant Professor

Psychology & Neuroscience, Arts & Sciences

Goal-directed actions
Decision making
Reward

Yoder, Anne - Ph.D.
Professor; Director, Duke Primate Center

Biology, Arts & Sciences

Evolutionary Anthropology

evolution
genetics and genomics

Zucker, Nancy - Ph.D.
Assistant Professor

Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, School of Medicine

Psychology & Neuroscience, Arts & Sciences

Anorexia Nervosa
Interoception
Social Cognition

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