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Kafui Dzirasa

Kafui Dzirasa

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

Academic Honors

College of Fellows

Other American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering · 2023 More about this honor

HHMI Investigator

Scholarly Society Howard Hughes Medical Institute · 2021 More about this honor

Elected Member

National National Academy of Medicine · 2021 More about this honor

News Items

Published May 22, 2026
New ‘Wire’ Points to New Treatment Approach for Neurological Disorders
Published August 26, 2024
Duke 100 Trailblazer: Kafui Dzirasa
Published March 19, 2024
Duke Awards 32 New Distinguished Professorships for 2024
Published June 15, 2023
First Presidential Distinguished Chair Named in Honor of Chancellor Washington, Awarded to Dzirasa
Published March 29, 2023
Dzirasa Elected Member of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering
Published October 3, 2022
Two Duke Faculty Have Won the NIH’s Prestigious Pioneer Award
Published March 15, 2022
Duke Scientists Find Brain Network That Makes Mice Mingle
Published October 19, 2021
Kafui Dzirasa Elected to National Academy of Medicine
Published September 17, 2021
Two Duke Brain Scientists Named Howard Hughes Investigators
Published October 30, 2020
A Call for Action on Structural Racism in Scientific Funding
Published July 21, 2020
For Black Scientists, the Sorrow Is Also Personal
Published July 21, 2020
Dr. Kafui Dzirasa: For Black Scientists, the Sorrow Is Also Personal
Published August 30, 2019
Graduate School
Graduate School Inducts Three into Outstanding Alumni Society
Published April 18, 2019
General Anesthesia Hijacks Sleep Circuitry to Knock You Out
Published December 14, 2018
Dzirasa and Cook Named to American Society for Clinical Investigation
Published August 6, 2018
Building a Better Brain
Published March 1, 2018
Duke University
Networks of Brain Activity Predict Vulnerability to Depression
Published June 23, 2017
Chatter in the Deep Brain Spurs Empathy in Rats
Published February 15, 2017
Inspiring the Young African-American Physician-Scientist
Published October 18, 2016
Dr. Kafui Dzirasa Discusses the Next Big Idea in Brain Research
Published August 9, 2016
Duke Brain Researchers Receive Award From Keck Foundation
Published June 23, 2016
Control Of A Timekeeping Circuit In The Brain Alters Mood
Published May 9, 2016
Neuroscientist Kafui Dzirasa Honored at White House
Published April 14, 2016
PBS “Ride the Tiger” documentary
Dr. Kafui Dzirasa: A look at mania
Published February 19, 2016
Neuroscientist Kafui Dzirasa Earns Presidential Early Career Award
Published June 26, 2015
Allen Song Named Interim Director of Brain Institute
Published July 30, 2014
USA Today
New study identifies why some deal with stress better
Published July 29, 2014
A New Brain-Based Marker of Stress Susceptibility