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Eve S. Puffer

Pamela and Jack Egan Associate Professor
Psychology & Neuroscience
90086, 235 Soc/Psych Building, Durham, NC 27708
417 Chapel Drive, 250, Reuben-Cooke Building, Durham, NC 27708

Overview


Dr. Puffer is a global mental health researcher and a licensed clinical psychologist. Her research focuses on developing and evaluating integrated community-based interventions to promote child mental health, improve family functioning, and prevent HIV risk behavior. Her work includes studies with families with young children through those with adolescents, as well as with couples. She has conducted much of this work in rural Kenya and is an investigator on multiple studies of child mental health, family well-being, and parenting interventions in Thailand, Ethiopia, Liberia, South Sudan, and Iraq. Among Dr. Puffer's primary collaborators are the International Rescue Committee, a humanitarian organization, the Women's Institute for Secondary Education and Research in Kenya, and AMPATH, a consortium between North American medical schools and Moi University in Kenya.

Current Appointments & Affiliations


Pamela and Jack Egan Associate Professor · 2023 - Present Psychology & Neuroscience, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences
Associate Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience · 2023 - Present Psychology & Neuroscience, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences
Associate Research Professor of Global Health · 2023 - Present Duke Global Health Institute, University Institutes and Centers
Affiliate of the Duke Initiative for Science & Society · 2014 - Present Duke Science & Society, Initiatives
Affiliate of the Center for Child and Family Policy · 2015 - Present Center for Child and Family Policy, Sanford School of Public Policy

Education, Training & Certifications


University of South Carolina, Columbia · 2008 Ph.D.
University of South Carolina, Columbia · 2005 M.A.
Furman University · 2002 B.S.