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.

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We are all now more aware than ever that mental health is an essential part of human health, and that this is one of the most underserved domains in health care. DGHI is already a leader in global mental health, and we are committed to expanding vital work in this area and to using innovation to address these enormous unmet needs.

Chris Beyrer, MD, MPH — Director, Duke Global Health Institute

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

Director, Duke Center for Global Mental Health

Brandon Knettel

Associate Director, Duke Center for Global Mental Health

Sumedha Ariely

Associate Professor of the Practice of Global Health

Suur Ayangeakaa

Assistant Professor in Population Health Sciences

Nima Bassiri

Assistant Professor of Literature

Gary Bennett

Dean of Trinity College of Arts & Sciences

Keisha Bentley-Edwards

Associate Professor of Medicine

Jane Bo-Hyeong Lee

Senior Research Analyst

Melanie Bonner

Professor in Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

Hayden Bosworth

Professor in Population Health Sciences

Ernestine Briggs-King

Associate Professor in Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

Karen Appleyard Carmody

Associate Professor in Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and Psychology and Neuroscience

Rushina Cholera

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics

Amy Corneli

Professor in Population Health Sciences

Dirk A. Davis

Adjunct Assistant Professor of Global Health

Felipe De Brigard

Fuchsberg-Levine Family Associate Professor

Andrea Diaz Stransky

Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

Dorothy Dow

Associate Professor of Pediatrics

David Eagle

Assistant Research Professor of Sociology

Joseph Egger

Director of Academic Programs, Duke Global Health Institute

Irene Felsman

Assistant Clinical Professor in the School of Nursing

Lauren Franz

Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

David Goldston

Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

Rosa Gonzalez-Guarda

Associate Professor in the School of Nursing

Christine Gray

Assistant Research Professor of Global Health

Eric Green

Director of Undergraduate Studies, Duke Global Health Institute

Jan Holton

Associate Professor of the Practice of Pastoral Theology and Care

Hy V. Huynh

Assistant Professor of the Practice, Global Health & Public Policy

Nathan Kimbrel

Associate Professor in Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

Warren Kinghorn

Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

Deborah Koltai

Associate Professor in Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

Jen Lansford

S. Malcolm Gillis Distinguished Research Professor of Public Policy

Marta Mulawa

Assistant Professor in the School of Nursing

Nosayaba Osazuwa-Peters

Associate Professor in Head and Neck Surgery & Communication Sciences

Truls Ostbye (Østbye)

Professor of Family Medicine and Community Health

Aunchalee E.L. Palmquist

Director of Graduate Studies, Duke Global Health Institute

Jonathan Posner

Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

Rae Jean Proeschold-Bell

Research Professor of Global Health

Michael Relf

Associate Dean, Global and Community Health Affairs, School of Nursing

Sharla Rent

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics

Drew Rothenberg

Research Scientist

Cristina Salvador

Assistant Research Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience

Ann Skinner

Research Scientist

Allison Stafford

Assistant Professor in the School of Nursing

Catherine Staton

Professor of Emergency Medicine

Alma Tinoco Ruiz

Assistant Professor of the Practice of Homiletics and Evangelism

Elizabeth Turner

Associate Professor of Biostatistics & Bioinformatics

João Ricardo Vissoci

Assistant Professor in Emergency Medicine

Kathryn Whetten

Director, Center for Health Policy and Inequalities Research

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

Psychiatry Resident, Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences

Graduate Students

Gayane Baziyants

Doctoral Student, Joint Public Policy and Psychology Program, Sanford School of Public Policy, Department of Psychology & Neuroscience

Gabriela Fernandez

Doctoral Student, Psychology & Neuroscience

Savannah Johnson

Doctoral Student, Clinical Psychology, Department of Psychology & Neuroscience; DGHI Doctoral Scholar

Natan Nascimento de Oliveira

Doctoral Student, Nursing, State University of Maringá, city of Maringá, Brazil

Yvonne Ochieng

Doctoral Student, Clinical Psychology, Department of Psychology & Neuroscience

Justin Rasmussen

Doctoral Student, Clinical Psychology, Department of Psychology & Neuroscience; DGHI Doctoral Scholar