Kafui Dzirasa

K. Ranga Rama Krishnan Associate Professor

Appointments and Affiliations

  • K. Ranga Rama Krishnan Associate Professor
  • Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
  • Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering
  • Associate Professor in Neurobiology
  • Associate Professor in Neurosurgery
  • Investigator in the Duke Institute for Brain Sciences

Contact Information

  • Office Location: Bryan Research Bldg, Room 361, Durham, NC 27710
  • Office Phone: (919) 681-7371
  • Email Address: kafui.dzirasa@duke.edu

Education

  • Ph.D. Duke University, 2007
  • M.D. Duke University School of Medicine, 2009
  • Duke University School of Medicine, 2016

Courses Taught

  • NEUROBIO 393: Research Independent Study
  • NEUROBIO 793: Research in Neurobiology
  • NEUROSCI 493: Research Independent Study 1
  • NEUROSCI 494: Research Independent Study 2

In the News

Representative Publications

  • Nguyen, Mytien, Sarwat I. Chaudhry, Mayur M. Desai, Kafui Dzirasa, Jose E. Cavazos, and Dowin Boatright. “Gender, Racial, and Ethnic and Inequities in Receipt of Multiple National Institutes of Health Research Project Grants.” Jama Netw Open 6, no. 2 (February 1, 2023): e230855. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.0855.
  • Locklear, Tracie, Roslyn Lewis, Faye Calhoun, Andy Li, Kathryn C. Dickerson, Amanda McMillan, Lisa Davis, Kafui Dzirasa, Kevin P. Weinfurt, and Steven C. Grambow. “Advancing workforce diversity by leveraging the Clinical and Translational Science Awards (CTSA) program.” Journal of Clinical and Translational Science 7, no. 1 (January 2023): e30. https://doi.org/10.1017/cts.2022.489.
  • Block, Carina L., Oznur Eroglu, Stephen D. Mague, Caroline J. Smith, Alexis M. Ceasrine, Chaichontat Sriworarat, Cameron Blount, et al. “Prenatal environmental stressors impair postnatal microglia function and adult behavior in males.” Cell Rep 40, no. 5 (August 2, 2022): 111161. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.celrep.2022.111161.
  • Caron, Kathleen M., and Kafui Dzirasa. “Marc G. Caron (1946-2022).” Neuron 110, no. 13 (July 6, 2022): 2050–51. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuron.2022.06.012.
  • Mague, Stephen D., Austin Talbot, Cameron Blount, Kathryn K. Walder-Christensen, Lara J. Duffney, Elise Adamson, Alexandra L. Bey, et al. “Brain-wide electrical dynamics encode individual appetitive social behavior.” Neuron 110, no. 10 (May 18, 2022): 1728-1741.e7. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuron.2022.02.016.