Emily Cherenack
Assistant Research Professor, Global Health
Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Appointment:
Emily Cherenack
Assistant Research Professor, Global Health
Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Emily M. Cherenack, PhD, is a clinical psychologist with a primary appointment as Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and a secondary appointment as Assistant Research Professor of Global Health in the Duke Global Health Institute. She is also an affiliate of the Duke Center for Global Mental Health. Dr. Cherenack earned her PhD in psychology from Duke University in 2021, which included a clinical internship in behavioral medicine at Brown University. Before joining the Duke faculty, she completed an NIH-funded postdoctoral fellowship (F32) at the University of Miami focused on psychoneuroimmunology. Her mixed-methods research integrates self-report measures, qualitative approaches, and biomarkers to examine how individuals cope with unchangeable stressors and explore how adaptive coping can mitigate the negative effects of stress on immune functioning, reproductive health, and cardiovascular health. Dr. Cherenack is particularly interested in how acceptance-based coping, self-compassion, and exercise can be used to promote mental and physical health. Her prior global health research has included a focus on menstrual health among adolescent girls in Tanzania and depression among men living with HIV in Brazil.
Publications
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Cherenack EM, Larson ME, Roach ME, Feaster DJ, Friedman RK, Safren SA, et al. Longitudinal associations between depression, substance use, and immune activation and inflammation: A secondary analysis of men who have sex with men living with HIV in Brazil (HPTN 063). Brain Behav Immun. 2026 Jan 21;106300.Broedlow CA, McGaugh A, Glynn TR, Cherenack EM, Miller C, Alcaide ML, et al. Douching Is Associated With Dysregulated Rectal Mucosal Immunity in Sexual Minority Men. J Infect Dis. 2026 Jan 6;Swanson E, Broedlow C, Cherenack E, Fonseca Nogueira N, Basting C, Sanchez A, et al. Elevated expression of inflammation and wound healing pathways in recurrent BV 3988. In: The Journal of Immunology. Oxford University Press (OUP); 2025.Kaminsky CJ, Cherenack EM, Fernandez-Nocito S, Biondo J, Pan Y, Dauria EF, et al. Psychosocial, Behavioral, and HIV-Related Health Among Men Living with HIV Who Have a History of Incarceration. AIDS Behav. 2025 Oct 14;
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