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Kafui Dzirasa

A. Eugene and Marie Washington Presidential Distinguished Professor
Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Behavioral Medicine & Neurosciences
Box 3209 Medctr, Durham, NC 27710
Bryan Research Bldg, Room 361, Durham, NC 27710

Current Appointments & Affiliations


A. Eugene and Marie Washington Presidential Distinguished Professor · 2023 - Present Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Behavioral Medicine & Neurosciences, Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences
Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences · 2023 - Present Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Behavioral Medicine & Neurosciences, Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences
Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering · 2014 - Present Biomedical Engineering, Pratt School of Engineering
Professor in Neurosurgery · 2023 - Present Neurosurgery, Neurosurgery
Professor in Neurobiology · 2023 - Present Neurobiology, Basic Science Departments
Investigator in the Duke Institute for Brain Sciences · 2013 - Present Duke Institute for Brain Sciences, University Institutes and Centers

Previous Appointments & Affiliations


Associate Professor in Neurobiology · 2017 - 2023 Neurobiology, Basic Science Departments
Associate Professor in Neurosurgery · 2019 - 2023 Neurosurgery, Neurosurgery
Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences · 2021 - 2023 Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Behavioral Medicine & Neurosciences, Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences
Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences · 2019 - 2020 Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Clinical Science Departments
Assistant Professor in Neurosurgery · 2017 - 2019 Neurosurgery, Neurosurgery
Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences · 2017 - 2019 Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Clinical Science Departments
Assistant Professor in Neurobiology · 2013 - 2017 Neurobiology, Basic Science Departments
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences · 2013 - 2017 Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Clinical Science Departments
Assistant Research Professor in Neurobiology · 2012 - 2013 Neurobiology, Basic Science Departments
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences · 2013 - 2013 Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Clinical Science Departments
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences · 2009 - 2013 Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Clinical Science Departments
Instructor, Temporary in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences · 2009 - 2009 Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Clinical Science Departments