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Lauren Franz

Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Psychiatry, Child & Family Mental Health & Community Psychiatry
Box 3837 Med Ctr, Durham, NC 27710
Dept of Psychiatry, Durham, NC 27710

Current Appointments & Affiliations


Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences · 2023 - Present Psychiatry, Child & Family Mental Health & Community Psychiatry, Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences
Associate Research Professor of Global Health · 2023 - Present Duke Global Health Institute, University Institutes and Centers
Faculty Network Member of the Duke Institute for Brain Sciences · 2019 - Present Duke Institute for Brain Sciences, University Institutes and Centers

Previous Appointments & Affiliations


Assistant Research Professor of Global Health · 2014 - 2023 Duke Global Health Institute, University Institutes and Centers
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences · 2021 - 2023 Psychiatry, Child & Family Mental Health & Community Psychiatry, Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences · 2014 - 2020 Psychiatry, Child & Family Mental Health & Community Psychiatry, Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences

Leadership & Clinical Positions at Duke


Interim Director, Duke Center for Autism and Brain Development


Academic Positions Outside Duke


Honorary Associate Professor in the Division of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry · 2023 - Present University of Cape Town