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
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 CiteAttention-deficit hyperactivity disorder
Journal Article The Lancet · February 2020 Full text CiteThe association between antidepressant treatment and brain connectivity in two double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical trials: a treatment mechanism study
Journal Article The Lancet Psychiatry · August 2019 Full text CiteRecent Grants
Advancing Identification of Circadian Delay in ADHD Youth: Associations with Clinical Heterogeneity and Cognition
ResearchCollaborator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2025 - 2029Duke-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 - 2029NCCU Duke - Substance Use Research & Education (ND-SURE)
ResearchMentor · Awarded by North Carolina Central University · 2024 - 2029View All Grants