Michele Easter

Associate Professor in Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

Psychiatry, Child & Family Mental Health & Community Psychiatry

michele.easter@duke.edu

DUMC 102505, Durham, NC 27705

6th Floor Box #11 DUMC Box 102505, Durham, NC 27705

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Involuntary inpatient and outpatient commitment in NC: exploring opportunities for reform.

ResearchInvestigator · Awarded by NC Policy Collaboratory · 2026 - 2027

Predicting firearm suicide in military veterans outside the VA health system using linked civilian electronic health record data

ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2023 - 2027

Implementation of Extreme Risk Protection Orders: Experiences of special populations

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Elizabeth K Dollard Charitable Trust · 2025 - 2026

Justice Involvement Population Training and Technical Support Scope of Work Deflection, Diversion and Reentry Community Programming

Public ServiceCo Investigator · Awarded by University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill · 2024 - 2026

Equity and effectiveness of firearm prohibitors, record-reporting, and restoration of gun rights associated with mental health adjudication

ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by Elizabeth K Dollard Charitable Trust · 2023 - 2024

Implementing Extreme Risk Protection Order Laws: A Promising Strategy for Gun Violence Prevention

ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by Michigan State University · 2020 - 2023

Juvenile Delinquency and Adult Gun Sales: Comparative effectiveness of different minimum age standards for firearm purchase by adults with youthful crime records in North Carolina, Florida, and Virgin

ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by New Venture Fund · 2018 - 2022

Juvenile Delinquency and Adult Gun Sales: Comparative effectiveness of different minimum age standards for firearm purchase by adults with youthful crime records in North Carolina, Florida, and Virginia

ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by Joyce Foundation · 2018 - 2022

A feasibility study for testing the effects of extended-release naltrexone (Vivitrol) on recidivism and other participant outcomes in drug court settings

ResearchProject Coordinator · Awarded by Laura and John Arnold Foundation · 2016 - 2019

Implementing Psychiatric Advance Directives with Peer Specialist Facilitators

ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by Department of Health and Human Services · 2015 - 2016