The Duke Center for Global Mental Health is a hub to connect people at Duke engaged in research, teaching, or practice related to understanding or reducing mental health disparities globally and locally. Through this broad understanding of global mental health, we bring together members of the Duke community that represent a range of disciplines, perspectives, and topics of interest.
Our faculty include psychologists, psychiatrists, nurses, policy experts, epidemiologists, biostatisticians, and physicians across multiple specialties integrating mental health into their research and clinical work. Our research spans mental health problems, populations, and contexts, and we conduct work that spans the prevention to treatment continuum. As a group, we are dedicated to conducting collaborative research and to providing experiential training opportunities in global mental health for students and early career researchers and practitioners.
Global Mental Health Faculty
Global mental health is a truly interdisciplinary field with expertise across Duke University and the Duke Health system. Here are some of the core faculty working on global mental health research, training and outreach.
Faculty
![Eve Puffer](/sites/default/files/styles/person_headshot_archive_card/public/people/eve-photo-300x249.jpg?itok=aSx-7T8C&h=211b3c5b)
Eve Puffer
Director, Duke Center for Global Mental Health
![Brandon Knettel](/sites/default/files/styles/person_headshot_archive_card/public/people/img_0292_headshot.jpeg?itok=4ZSrCum3&h=84e7d7d0)
Brandon Knettel
Associate Director, Duke Center for Global Mental Health
![Sumi Ariely](/sites/default/files/styles/person_headshot_archive_card/public/faculty/sumi-ariely.jpg?itok=nEOVK2ua&h=3a678a1d)
Sumedha Ariely
Associate Professor of the Practice of Global Health
![Suur Ayangeakaa](/sites/default/files/styles/person_headshot_archive_card/public/2023-10/image_5956763.jpeg?itok=Y6kz0f6y&h=6e780d22)
Suur Ayangeakaa
Assistant Professor in Population Health Sciences
![Nima Bassiri](/sites/default/files/styles/person_headshot_archive_card/public/2024-02/nb.jpeg?itok=5OpmfCNX)
Nima Bassiri
Assistant Professor of Literature
![Gary G. Bennett, Ph.D.](/sites/default/files/styles/person_headshot_archive_card/public/people/c8205bab-ae6b-4a92-b70c-0e65ad7d8863.jpeg?itok=Rs3xpj9_&h=0e911602)
Gary Bennett
Dean of Trinity College of Arts & Sciences
![Keisha Bentley-Edwards](/sites/default/files/styles/person_headshot_archive_card/public/faculty/keisha-bentley-edwards.jpg?itok=W9e-b3cc&h=5d382225)
Keisha Bentley-Edwards
Associate Professor of Medicine
![Jane Bo-Hyeong Lee](/sites/default/files/styles/person_headshot_archive_card/public/2024-03/jbhl_headshot.png?itok=HtHoZ-X0)
Jane Bo-Hyeong Lee
Senior Research Analyst
![Melanie Bonner](/sites/default/files/styles/person_headshot_archive_card/public/2024-02/mb.png?itok=21rMqxoR)
Melanie Bonner
Professor in Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
![Hayden Bosworth](/sites/default/files/styles/person_headshot_archive_card/public/2023-05/hayden-bosworth-headshot.jpg?itok=gS0fRYhq&h=ffba7bc9)
Hayden Bosworth
Professor in Population Health Sciences
![Ernestine Briggs-King](/sites/default/files/styles/person_headshot_archive_card/public/2023-05/ernestine-briggs-king-headshot.jpg?itok=jSQrnBg6&h=1f90c345)
Ernestine Briggs-King
Associate Professor in Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
![Karen Appleyard Carmody](/sites/default/files/styles/person_headshot_archive_card/public/2024-03/kac_headshot.jpg?itok=CeeqJNW_)
Karen Appleyard Carmody
Associate Professor in Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and Psychology and Neuroscience
![Rushina Cholera](/sites/default/files/styles/person_headshot_archive_card/public/2023-05/rushina-cholera.jpg?itok=8fgsq4df&h=cae6939f)
Rushina Cholera
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
![Amy Corneli](/sites/default/files/styles/person_headshot_archive_card/public/people/amy-corneli.jpg?itok=Zcb1KEyW&h=9bd9dbe3)
Amy Corneli
Associate Professor in Population Health Sciences
![Dirk Davis](/sites/default/files/styles/person_headshot_archive_card/public/people/dirk.jpg?itok=6xFLh-YW&h=87418660)
Dirk A. Davis
Global Health Instructor
![Felipe De Brigard](/sites/default/files/styles/person_headshot_archive_card/public/2024-02/fb.jpeg?itok=WkeifqBj)
Felipe De Brigard
Fuchsberg-Levine Family Associate Professor
![Andrea Diaz Stransky](/sites/default/files/styles/person_headshot_archive_card/public/2023-05/andrea-diaz-stransky.jpg?itok=JvVN5OXu&h=ffba7bc9)
Andrea Diaz Stransky
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
![Dorothy Dow](/sites/default/files/styles/person_headshot_archive_card/public/faculty/dorothy-dow.jpg?itok=5zwxXJmO&h=58b728b3)
Dorothy Dow
Associate Professor in Pediatrics: Infectious Diseases
![David Eagle](/sites/default/files/styles/person_headshot_archive_card/public/faculty/david-eagle.png?itok=9eUEe_wx&h=ee32accc)
David Eagle
Assistant Research Professor of Global Health
![Joe Egger](/sites/default/files/styles/person_headshot_archive_card/public/faculty/joe-egger2.jpg?itok=xZ1vjDMM&h=6f3db870)
Joseph Egger
Director of Academic Programs, Duke Global Health Institute
![Irene Felsman](/sites/default/files/styles/person_headshot_archive_card/public/faculty/irene-felsman.jpg?itok=n_AQktTm&h=63037d44)
Irene Felsman
Assistant Professor
![Lauren Franz](/sites/default/files/styles/person_headshot_archive_card/public/faculty/lauren_franz_2017.jpg?itok=qKO8rluq&h=b1304713)
Lauren Franz
Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Global Health
![David Goldston](/sites/default/files/styles/person_headshot_archive_card/public/2023-05/david-brian-goldston.jpg?itok=FQE9OxR8&h=ffba7bc9)
David Goldston
Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
![Rosa Gonzalez-Guarda](/sites/default/files/styles/person_headshot_archive_card/public/2024-02/rg.jpeg?itok=3c4qO3oY&h=e3d39606)
Rosa Gonzalez-Guarda
Associate Professor in the School of Nursing
![Christine Gray](/sites/default/files/styles/person_headshot_archive_card/public/faculty/grayc_pic.jpg?itok=utVQYW5G&h=fe55bc62)
Christine Gray
Assistant Research Professor of Global Health
![Eric Green](/sites/default/files/styles/person_headshot_archive_card/public/faculty/eric_green-duke_global_health_institute-4083.jpg?itok=Rn6jbrtM&h=b0b018fa)
Eric Green
Director of Undergraduate Studies, Duke Global Health Institute
![Jan Holton](/sites/default/files/styles/person_headshot_archive_card/public/2024-03/jh_headshot_0.jpg?itok=C11WoCnG)
Jan Holton
Associate Professor of the Practice of Pastoral Theology and Care
![Dr. Hy Huynh Photo](/sites/default/files/styles/person_headshot_archive_card/public/people/2.-hy_huynh_portrait_ref_8.jpeg?itok=pXCgykFm&h=7570ea34)
Hy V. Huynh
Research Scholar of Global Health
![Wei Jiang](/sites/default/files/styles/person_headshot_archive_card/public/people/wei-jiang.jpg?itok=jERuuxs5&h=33a9e8a9)
Wei Jiang
Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
![Nathan Kimbrel](/sites/default/files/styles/person_headshot_archive_card/public/2023-10/image_2282402.jpg?itok=48IQ_CtT&h=d428caad)
Nathan Kimbrel
Associate Professor in Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
![Warren Kinghorn](/sites/default/files/styles/person_headshot_archive_card/public/2024-02/wk.jpeg?itok=nSCLqGsL)
Warren Kinghorn
Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
![Deborah Koltai](/sites/default/files/styles/person_headshot_archive_card/public/2023-09/koltai.jpeg?itok=co1RcY3g&h=20f133bd)
Deborah Koltai
Associate Professor in Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
![Jen Landsford](/sites/default/files/styles/person_headshot_archive_card/public/2023-09/jennifer-lansford.jpg?itok=REZtCrlY&h=bfced127)
Jen Lansford
S. Malcolm Gillis Distinguished Research Professor of Public Policy
![LeGrand DGHI](/sites/default/files/styles/person_headshot_archive_card/public/faculty/73-sara_legrand-duke_global_health_institute_dghi_center_for_health_policy_and_inequalities_research_chpir-2029_1_1.jpg?itok=i4xp4pEs&h=73592418)
Sara LeGrand
Associate Research Professor of Global Health
![Marta Mulawa](/sites/default/files/styles/person_headshot_archive_card/public/faculty/marta-mulawa.jpg?itok=8kcI1JZa&h=37cb5414)
Marta Mulawa
Assistant Professor of Nursing and Global Health
![Nosayaba Osazuwa-Peters](/sites/default/files/styles/person_headshot_archive_card/public/people/nosayaba-osazuwa-peters.jpg?itok=qKaNrYmb&h=79d6b2ce)
Nosayaba Osazuwa-Peters
Assistant Research Professor of Global Health
![Truls Ostbye](/sites/default/files/styles/person_headshot_archive_card/public/faculty/truls2.png?itok=Cl_B40Wt&h=15651fab)
Truls Ostbye (Østbye)
Vice Chair (Research), Family Medicine and Community Health
![Aunchalee Palmquist](/sites/default/files/styles/person_headshot_archive_card/public/people/dsc_0037.jpg?itok=-YrlYyB9&h=b279f718)
Aunchalee E.L. Palmquist
Director of Graduate Studies, Duke Global Health Institute
![Jonathan Posner](/sites/default/files/styles/person_headshot_archive_card/public/2023-05/jonathan-posner.jpg?itok=C8bxMYZE&h=6747d8c9)
Jonathan Posner
Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
![Rae Jean Proeschold-Bell](/sites/default/files/styles/person_headshot_archive_card/public/people/09823_dchi140.jpg?itok=vAeV83PA&h=5880e3e7)
Rae Jean Proeschold-Bell
Research Professor, Global Health
![Michael Reif](/sites/default/files/styles/person_headshot_archive_card/public/faculty/michael_relf-small.jpg?itok=HyeucNIn&h=c0d006ad)
Michael Relf
Professor of Nursing and Global Health
![Sharla Rent](/sites/default/files/styles/person_headshot_archive_card/public/faculty/sharla-rent-md.jpg?itok=Guv-tHt-&h=3a4f73f9)
Sharla Rent
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
![Drew Rothenberg](/sites/default/files/styles/person_headshot_archive_card/public/2023-09/andrew-rothenberg.jpg?itok=PWWuOKXd&h=0663d1f4)
Drew Rothenberg
Research Scientist
![Cristina Salvador](/sites/default/files/styles/person_headshot_archive_card/public/2023-05/cristina-salvador.jpeg?itok=_JXtzPFM&h=ffba7bc9)
Cristina Salvador
Assistant Research Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience
![Ann Skinner](/sites/default/files/styles/person_headshot_archive_card/public/2023-09/ann-skinner.jpg?itok=3RhjaYic&h=bfced127)
Ann Skinner
Research Scientist
![Allison Stafford](/sites/default/files/styles/person_headshot_archive_card/public/2023-05/allison-stafford.jpg?itok=wwpUd8Ef&h=ffba7bc9)
Allison Stafford
Assistant Professor in the School of Nursing
![Catherine Staton](/sites/default/files/styles/person_headshot_archive_card/public/faculty/lynchcatherine.jpg?itok=zDOMjodB&h=9b497df2)
Catherine Staton
Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine
![Alma Tinoco Ruiz](/sites/default/files/styles/person_headshot_archive_card/public/2024-03/atr_headshot.jpeg?itok=aFYrb3uw)
Alma Tinoco Ruiz
Assistant Professor of the Practice of Homiletics and Evangelism
![Liz Turner](/sites/default/files/styles/person_headshot_archive_card/public/faculty/turner_from_scholars_duke.jpg?itok=TFBl-4z3&h=3f6c03ac)
Elizabeth Turner
Director, DGHI Research Design and Analysis Core
![João Ricardo Vissoci](/sites/default/files/styles/person_headshot_archive_card/public/faculty/joao-vissoci.jpg?itok=DAn0oD9W&h=441d4b1c)
João Ricardo Vissoci
[ Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine, Global Health and Neurosurgery
![Kathryn Whetten](/sites/default/files/styles/person_headshot_archive_card/public/faculty/kate-whetten.jpg?itok=Zv3ZCmOI&h=87e40e18)
Kathryn Whetten
Professor, Public Policy, Nursing, Community and Family Medicine and Global Health
![Sarah Wilson](/sites/default/files/styles/person_headshot_archive_card/public/2024-02/sw.jpeg?itok=eDew_SEd&h=9652498a)
Sarah Wilson
Assistant Professor in Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Trainees
Duke students pursue global mental health research at the undergraduate, master’s and doctoral levels. Here are a few of our current trainees.
Post-Graduate Trainees
![Rick Peter Fritz Wolthusen](/sites/default/files/styles/person_headshot_archive_card/public/2023-05/wolthusen-photo.jpeg?itok=pKvEkWeB&h=9a9f9da8)
Rick Peter Fritz Wolthusen
Psychiatry Resident, Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences
Graduate Students
![Gayane Baziyants](/sites/default/files/styles/person_headshot_archive_card/public/2023-05/gayane-baziyants_2026.jpg?itok=jSBS3kx7&h=018e84fc)
Gayane Baziyants
Doctoral Student, Joint Public Policy and Psychology Program, Sanford School of Public Policy, Department of Psychology & Neuroscience
![Gabriela Fernandez](/sites/default/files/styles/person_headshot_archive_card/public/2024-02/gf.jpeg?itok=l7zy3vQZ)
Gabriela Fernandez
Doctoral Student, Psychology & Neuroscience
![Savannah Johnson](/sites/default/files/styles/person_headshot_archive_card/public/2023-05/sjohnson_headshot12341.jpg?itok=kDPh-5LS&h=e5a00004)
Savannah Johnson
Doctoral Student, Clinical Psychology, Department of Psychology & Neuroscience; DGHI Doctoral Scholar
![Natan Nascimento de Oliveira](/sites/default/files/styles/person_headshot_archive_card/public/2023-05/natan.jpg?itok=oPlulz_a&h=5f64a6f5)
Natan Nascimento de Oliveira
Doctoral Student, Nursing, State University of Maringá, city of Maringá, Brazil
![Yvonne Ochieng](/sites/default/files/styles/person_headshot_archive_card/public/2024-02/yo_headshot.jpeg?itok=kr00GM8y)
Yvonne Ochieng
Doctoral Student, Clinical Psychology, Department of Psychology & Neuroscience
![Justin Rasmussen](/sites/default/files/styles/person_headshot_archive_card/public/2023-05/headshot_rasmussen.jpg?itok=dka4TJNv&h=bd907a81)
Justin Rasmussen
Doctoral Student, Clinical Psychology, Department of Psychology & Neuroscience; DGHI Doctoral Scholar
![Brianda Barrera](/sites/default/files/styles/person_headshot_archive_card/public/2023-05/brianda_barrera_headshot.jpg?itok=aW7a1sae&h=e6a1eefc)
Brianda Barrera
Master of Science in Global Health Student
![Elcy Birgen](/sites/default/files/styles/person_headshot_archive_card/public/2023-06/ebirgen-image-4.jpeg?itok=sTf7w5xa&h=3c80370a)
Elcy Birgen
Master of Science in Global Health Student
![Nikhita Gopisetty](/sites/default/files/styles/person_headshot_archive_card/public/2023-05/nikhita-gopisetty.jpg?itok=HUO1GNvT&h=78bb10a4)
Nikhita Gopisetty
Master of Science in Global Health Student
![Ashita Nazareth](/sites/default/files/styles/person_headshot_archive_card/public/2023-10/img_4295.jpg?itok=O9ZCTQKo&h=14543117)
Ashita Nazareth
Master of Science in Global Health Student
![Paul Ngangula](/sites/default/files/styles/person_headshot_archive_card/public/2023-10/paul-id-photo_0.jpg?itok=_Y6rKAaD)
Paul Ngangula
Master of Science in Global Health Student
![Ismail Shekibula](/sites/default/files/styles/person_headshot_archive_card/public/2023-05/ismail-amiri-shekibula.jpg?itok=v4_71NAu&h=6f826b88)
Ismail Shekibula
Master of Science in Global Health Student
Undergraduates
![Ashley Alcantar Magana](/sites/default/files/styles/person_headshot_archive_card/public/2023-05/ashley-alcantar_headshot.jpg?itok=lUdYgyS-&h=1e3e1f2c)
Ashley Alcantar Magana
Class of 2025
![Madalyn Bielskis](/sites/default/files/styles/person_headshot_archive_card/public/2023-05/madalyn-bielskis_2025.jpg?itok=RnF1V0Js&h=50982aa9)
Madalyn Bielskis
Class of 2025
![Jeslyn Brouwers](/sites/default/files/styles/person_headshot_archive_card/public/2023-05/jeslyn-brouwers-2025.jpg?itok=l5-N4Dr4&h=835b94a8)
Jeslyn Brouwers
Class of 2025
![Umang Dhingra](/sites/default/files/styles/person_headshot_archive_card/public/2023-05/dhingra_umang_2026.jpg?itok=TzIHHIx4&h=356eecfb)
Umang Dhingra
Class of 2026
![Allison Falls](/sites/default/files/styles/person_headshot_archive_card/public/2023-05/allison-falls_2024.jpg?itok=yB5O1qYF&h=683ce882)
Allison Falls
Class of 2024
![Paridhi Goel](/sites/default/files/styles/person_headshot_archive_card/public/2023-05/parigoel_classof2024.jpg?itok=XmOl2BZ_&h=0400d84d)
Paridhi Goel
Class of 2024
![Brendan Kellerher](/sites/default/files/styles/person_headshot_archive_card/public/2023-05/brendan-kelleher.jpg?itok=TCtCBHmJ&h=bf33622f)
Brendan Kellerher
Class of 2024
![Rushil Knagaram](/sites/default/files/styles/person_headshot_archive_card/public/2023-06/pfp.png?itok=p0zYLDPy&h=9fad8043)
Rushil Knagaram
Class of 2024
![Lauren Lloyd](/sites/default/files/styles/person_headshot_archive_card/public/2023-06/lauren-lloyd-_-2024-picture-1.jpg?itok=3KXKeqFu&h=cda432a0)
Lauren Lloyd
Class of 2024
![Njoki Mwangi](/sites/default/files/styles/person_headshot_archive_card/public/2023-05/njoki.jpg?itok=5U9OO84i&h=604a9c97)
Njoki Mwangi
Class of 2025
![Vanessa Santini Gomes](/sites/default/files/styles/person_headshot_archive_card/public/2023-06/vanessasantinigomes_class26-1.jpeg?itok=kilSoN2L&h=2b8a6cd2)
Vanessa Santini Gomes
Class of 2026
![Isha Shah](/sites/default/files/styles/person_headshot_archive_card/public/2023-06/isha-shah-headshot.jpg?itok=DdVRu_Bf&h=27cb8718)
Isha Shah
Class of 2024
![Laura Wang](/sites/default/files/styles/person_headshot_archive_card/public/2023-05/laura-wang.jpg?itok=j9esthVp&h=e5dcb6e2)
Laura Wang
Class of 2024
![Melat Woldetensae](/sites/default/files/styles/person_headshot_archive_card/public/2023-05/melat-woldetensae_2025.png?itok=cElDYvfy&h=04fc233e)
Melat Woldetensae
Class of 2025
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