A. Eugene and Marie Washington Presidential Distinguished Professor
Appointments and Affiliations
- A. Eugene and Marie Washington Presidential Distinguished Professor
- Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
- Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering
- Professor in Neurobiology
- 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
- BME 791: Graduate Independent Study
- 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
- First Presidential Distinguished Chair Named in Honor of Chancellor Washington,…
- Dzirasa Elected Member of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Eng…
- Two Duke Faculty Have Won the NIH’s Prestigious Pioneer Award (Oct 3, 2022)
- Duke Scientists Find Brain Network That Makes Mice Mingle (Mar 15, 2022)
- Kafui Dzirasa Elected to National Academy of Medicine (Oct 19, 2021 | School of…
- Two Duke Brain Scientists Named Howard Hughes Investigators (Sep 17, 2021)
- A Call for Action on Structural Racism in Scientific Funding (Oct 30, 2020 | Sc…
- For Black Scientists, the Sorrow Is Also Personal (Jul 21, 2020)
- Dr. Kafui Dzirasa: For Black Scientists, the Sorrow Is Also Personal (Jul 21, 2…
- Graduate School Inducts Three into Outstanding Alumni Society (Aug 30, 2019 | G…
- General Anesthesia Hijacks Sleep Circuitry to Knock You Out (Apr 18, 2019)
- Dzirasa and Cook Named to American Society for Clinical Investigation (Dec 14, …
- Building a Better Brain (Aug 6, 2018 | Duke Medicine Alumni Magazine)
- Networks of Brain Activity Predict Vulnerability to Depression (Mar 1, 2018 | D…
- Chatter in the Deep Brain Spurs Empathy in Rats (Jun 23, 2017)
- Inspiring the Young African-American Physician-Scientist (Feb 15, 2017)
- Dr. Kafui Dzirasa Discusses the Next Big Idea in Brain Research (Oct 18, 2016)
- Duke Brain Researchers Receive Award From Keck Foundation (Aug 9, 2016)
- Control Of A Timekeeping Circuit In The Brain Alters Mood (Jun 23, 2016)
- Neuroscientist Kafui Dzirasa Honored at White House (May 9, 2016)
- Dr. Kafui Dzirasa: A look at mania (Apr 14, 2016 | PBS “Ride the Tiger” documen…
- Neuroscientist Kafui Dzirasa Earns Presidential Early Career Award (Feb 19, 201…
- Allen Song Named Interim Director of Brain Institute (Jun 26, 2015)
- New study identifies why some deal with stress better (Jul 30, 2014 | USA Today)
- A New Brain-Based Marker of Stress Susceptibility (Jul 29, 2014)
Representative Publications
- Widge, Alik S., Ayana Jordan, Nina V. Kraguljac, Christi R. P. Sullivan, Saydra Wilson, Tami D. Benton, Jonathan E. Alpert, et al. “Structural Racism in Psychiatric Research Careers: Eradicating Barriers to a More Diverse Workforce.” Am J Psychiatry 180, no. 9 (September 1, 2023): 645–59. https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.20220685.
- Mays, Alfred, Angela Byars-Winston, Antentor Hinton, Andrea G. Marshall, Annet Kirabo, Avery August, Bianca J. Marlin, et al. “Juneteenth in STEMM and the barriers to equitable science.” Cell 186, no. 12 (June 8, 2023): 2510–17. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cell.2023.05.016.
- 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.” J Clin Transl Sci 7, no. 1 (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.