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Kristen Shirey

Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Adult Psychiatry & Psychology
Box 3670 Med Ctr, Durham, NC 27710
Dept of Psychiatry, Durham, NC 27710

Current Appointments & Affiliations


Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences · 2021 - Present Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Adult Psychiatry & Psychology, Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences
Assistant Professor in Medicine · 2020 - Present Medicine, General Internal Medicine, Medicine

Recent Publications


"Read One, Write One": Improving Medical Student Clinical Documentation on the Psychiatry Clerkship Using Example Notes.

Journal Article Acad Psychiatry · August 2025 OBJECTIVE: The authors examined the effectiveness of an educational intervention aimed at improving psychiatry clerkship student clinical documentation skills. METHOD: A 1-h didactic and "gold standard" sample writings of clinical documentation were provid ... Full text Link to item Cite

Guillain-Barré Syndrome in a Psychiatric Patient: Diagnostic Pitfalls.

Journal Article Prim Care Companion CNS Disord · July 1, 2025 Full text Link to item Cite
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Recent Grants


Improving HAART Adherence in Depressed HIV Clinic Patients: A Real-World RCT

ResearchInvestigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2009 - 2015

Duke CTSA-KL2

ResearchScholar · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2006 - 2012

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Education, Training & Certifications


Ohio State University · 2005 M.D.

External Links


Psychiatry Profile