In addition to our Director and Associate Directors, the Duke Institute for Brain Sciences is fortunate to have a talented cadre of faculty and external advisers who lead and support our activities.
External Advisory Board
DIBS receives guidance and vital funding support from our External Advisory Board (EAB), a group of volunteers with strong ties to Duke and the neurosciences.
Currently, the EAB includes 16 members from across fields including medicine, science and technology, and business, and two recent Duke undergrads.
- Chip Newton, chair
- James Barrett
- Scott Barton
- Alice Bender
- Stacey Coulter, MD
- Jack Dale, MD
- Andrew Feinberg, MD
- Alex Geier
- Bethann Horey
- Kyra Hoskin
- George Lamb
- Caroline Martinez, MD
- Robert Penn, chair emeritus
- Harry Stylli, PhD
- Sonya Wakil, MD
NEW ADVISORY BOARD MEMBERS
We're always eager to welcome new members to our EAB. If you're interested in joining the team, please contact Morgan Pope, the Director of Interdisciplinary Development: morgan.pope@duke.edu
Goals for new EAB members at DIBS
- Passionate about STEM education, workforce development, and inspiring the next generation of neuroscientists, psychiatrists, surgeons, engineers, policy makers and poets.
- Contribute to the board's diversity.
- Willing to contribute intellectually and philanthropically.
- Exemplify and support a range of career trajectories for our students, including industry, nonprofits, government service.