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Jonathan Posner

J. P. Gibbons Distinguished Professor of Psychiatry
Psychiatry, Child & Family Mental Health & Community Psychiatry
North Pavilion Building, 2400 Pratt Street, Room 7021, Durham, NC 27705

Overview


Dr. Jonathan Posner, a child and adolescent psychiatrist, joined Duke University in 2021 as the Vice Chair for Research in the Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences. Prior to coming to Duke, Dr. Posner directed a pediatric brain imaging laboratory at Columbia University, where he was the Suzanne Crosby Murphy Professor of Psychiatry. Dr. Posner completed his adult psychiatry training at Columbia University and his child and adolescent psychiatry training at the Oregon Health & Sciences University.

Dr. Posner’s research focuses on neurodevelopment with an emphasis on MRI approaches to studying neurobiological correlates of mental illness and cognitive development. He is a principal investigator on three longitudinal, family-based studies aimed at understanding the influence of family history, psychosocial adversity and prenatal exposures on the development of neural circuits involved in executive functions and emotion regulation. 

His work has been published in several leading journals including JAMA Psychiatry, JAMA Pediatrics, Lancet Psychiatry and the Lancet.  Dr. Posner also has extensive experience as an educator and has served as a mentor to numerous junior faculty, post-doctoral fellows, psychiatric residents and medical students. 

Current Appointments & Affiliations


J. P. Gibbons Distinguished Professor of Psychiatry · 2024 - Present Psychiatry, Child & Family Mental Health & Community Psychiatry, Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences
Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences · 2023 - Present Psychiatry, Child & Family Mental Health & Community Psychiatry, Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences
Vice-Chair for Research in Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences · 2021 - Present Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Clinical Science Departments
Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience · 2023 - Present Psychology & Neuroscience, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences

In the News


Published March 19, 2024
Duke Awards 32 New Distinguished Professorships for 2024

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Recent Publications


Structural brain measures among children with and without ADHD in the Adolescent Brain and Cognitive Development Study cohort: a cross-sectional US population-based study.

Journal Article Lancet Psychiatry · March 2022 BACKGROUND: Structural neuroimaging research has identified a variety of abnormalities in cortical and subcortical structures in children with ADHD. However, studies to date have not employed large, non-referred samples, complete with data on potential con ... Full text Link to item Cite

Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder

Journal Article The Lancet · February 2020 Full text Cite
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Recent Grants


Advancing Identification of Circadian Delay in ADHD Youth: Associations with Clinical Heterogeneity and Cognition

ResearchCollaborator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2025 - 2029

Duke-NCCU Interdisciplinary Postdoctoral Training Program in Child Psychiatric and Neurodevelopmental Conditions Program (DN-IPT)

Inst. Training Prgm or CMEPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2024 - 2029

NCCU Duke - Substance Use Research & Education (ND-SURE)

ResearchMentor · Awarded by North Carolina Central University · 2024 - 2029

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Education, Training & Certifications


State University of New York, Downstate Medical Center · 2001 M.D.