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Moira Ann Rynn

J.P. Gibbons Distinguished Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Psychiatry, Child & Family Mental Health & Community Psychiatry
2400 Pratt St 7th Floor, Box 102508, Durham, NC 27710

Current Appointments & Affiliations


J.P. Gibbons Distinguished Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences · 2025 - Present Psychiatry, Child & Family Mental Health & Community Psychiatry, Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences
Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences · 2024 - Present Psychiatry, Child & Family Mental Health & Community Psychiatry, Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences
Chair of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences · 2017 - Present Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Clinical Science Departments

Previous Appointments & Affiliations


Interim Co-Division Director of Behavioral Medicine and Neurosciences · 2020 - 2025 Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Behavioral Medicine & Neurosciences, Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences
Consulting Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences · 2017 - 2024 Psychiatry, Child & Family Mental Health & Community Psychiatry, Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences
Interim Co-Division Director of General Psychiatry · 2019 - 2020 Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Clinical Science Departments
Interim Division Director of Brain Stimulation and Neurophysiology · 2019 - 2020 Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Clinical Science Departments

Professional Training and Employment


Postdoctoral Research Fellow · 1997 - 1998 National Institutes of Health, Psychiatry
Resident, Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry · 1995 - 1997 Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Psychiatry
Chief Resident, Psychiatry · 1994 - 1995 University of Pennsylvania, School of Medicine, Psychiatry
Resident, Adult Psychiatry · 1992 - 1995 University of Pennsylvania, School of Medicine, Psychiatry
Intern in Psychiatry · 1991 - 1992 University of Pennsylvania, School of Medicine, Psychiatry

Leadership & Clinical Positions at Duke


Chair, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences