Overview
Kathryn (Katie) Dickerson completed her B.A. in Brain and Cognitive Sciences from the University of Rochester in 2006. She then joined Dr. Mauricio Delgado's lab at Rutgers University-Newark earning her Ph.D. in Behavioral and Neural Sciences in 2011. She moved to Durham and joined the lab of Dr. Alison Adcock at Duke University where she was a post-doc from 2011-2016. She received a KL2 award in 2016 and was promoted to Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Duke University.
Katie is interested in how reward and motivation influence what we learn and remember. She focuses on studying the dopamine system in healthy humans and clinical populations using a combination of behavioral, functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), and real-time fMRI methods.
Katie is interested in how reward and motivation influence what we learn and remember. She focuses on studying the dopamine system in healthy humans and clinical populations using a combination of behavioral, functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), and real-time fMRI methods.
Current Appointments & Affiliations
Associate Professor in Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
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2025 - Present
Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Behavioral Medicine & Neurosciences,
Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences
Member of the Center for Cognitive Neuroscience
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2018 - Present
Center for Cognitive Neuroscience,
Duke Institute for Brain Sciences
Faculty Network Member of the Duke Institute for Brain Sciences
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2018 - Present
Duke Institute for Brain Sciences,
University Institutes and Centers
Recent Publications
Advancing workforce diversity by leveraging the Clinical and Translational Science Awards (CTSA) program.
Journal Article J Clin Transl Sci · 2023 Clinical trials continue to disproportionately underrepresent people of color. Increasing representation of diverse backgrounds among clinical research personnel has the potential to yield greater representation in clinical trials and more efficacious medi ... Full text Open Access Link to item CiteWhole-Brain Networks Support Activation of the Ventral Tegmental Area During Motivational Thinking With Real-Time fMRI Neurofeedback
Conference NEUROPSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY · 2023 CitePredictors of real-time fMRI neurofeedback performance and improvement - A machine learning mega-analysis.
Journal Article Neuroimage · August 15, 2021 Real-time fMRI neurofeedback is an increasingly popular neuroimaging technique that allows an individual to gain control over his/her own brain signals, which can lead to improvements in behavior in healthy participants as well as to improvements of clinic ... Full text Link to item CiteRecent Grants
Instructed Activation of the Human Dopaminergic Midbrain Using Real-Time fMRI in Nicotine-Dependent Individuals
ResearchPostdoctoral Associate · Awarded by Brain and Behavior Research Foundation · 2016 - 2022Duke CTSA (KL2)
ResearchScholar · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2013 - 2018Instructed Activation of the Human Dopaminergic Midbrain using Real-Time fMRI
FellowshipPI-Fellow · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2014 - 2016View All Grants
Education, Training & Certifications
Rutgers University ·
2011
Ph.D.