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David Carl Steffens

Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Adult Psychiatry & Psychology
Box 3903 Med Ctr, Durham, NC 27710
3547 Hosp South, Durham, NC 27710

Overview


Geriatric Affective Disorders

Geriatric Cognitive Disorders

Alzheimer's Disease

ECT

Current Appointments & Affiliations


Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences · 2013 - Present Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Adult Psychiatry & Psychology, Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences

Recent Publications


Brain anatomy prior modeling to forecast clinical progression of cognitive impairment with structural MRI

Journal Article Pattern Recognition · September 1, 2025 Brain structural MRI has been widely used to assess the future progression of cognitive impairment (CI). Previous learning-based studies usually suffer from the issue of small-sized labeled training data, while a huge amount of structural MRIs exist in lar ... Full text Cite

Genome-wide screen to identify genetic loci associated with cognitive decline in late-life depression.

Journal Article Int Psychogeriatr · November 2024 OBJECTIVE: This study sought to conduct a comprehensive search for genetic risk of cognitive decline in the context of geriatric depression. DESIGN: A genome-wide association study (GWAS) analysis in the Neurocognitive Outcomes of Depression in the Elderly ... Full text Link to item Cite
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Recent Grants


Anhedonia, Aging, and the Neural Correlates of Attentional Control in Depression

ResearchMentor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2010 - 2015

Emotion Regulation in Late-Life Depression: Effectiveness and Neural Mechanisms

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

Cognitive Endophenotypes for Genetic Studies of Alzheimer's Disease

ResearchCollaborator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2007 - 2012

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Education, Training & Certifications


Duke University · 2000 M.H.S.
University of Texas at Dallas · 1988 M.D.