Our team includes an interdisciplinary team of psychologists, psychiatrists, nurses, policy experts, epidemiologists, biostatisticians, physicians, and students across multiple specialties who are leading groundbreaking work to strengthen mental health equity worldwide through innovative research projects, clinical applications, and global capacity building. Here are some of the core faculty, staff, faculty affiliates and trainees working on global mental health research, training and outreach.
Leadership
Assistant Research Professor, Global Health; Assistant Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Associate Director, Duke Center for Global Mental Health; Associate Professor in the School of Nursing
Director, Duke Center for Global Mental Health; Pamela and Jack Egan Associate Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience
Staff
Clinical Research Coordinator, Duke Center for Global Mental Health
Preeti Shakya
Research Analyst
Faculty Affiliates
Associate Professor of the Practice of Global Health
Assistant Professor in Population Health Sciences
Assistant Professor of Literature
Dean of Trinity College of Arts & Sciences
Associate Professor of Medicine
Senior Research Analyst
Professor in Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Professor in Population Health Sciences
Affiliate Faculty at Hubert-Yeargan Center for Global Health
Associate Professor in Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Associate Professor in Population Health Sciences
Professor of Sociology
Associate Professor in Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and Psychology and Neuroscience
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Professor in Population Health Sciences
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Global Health
Fuchsberg-Levine Family Associate Professor
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Assistant Research Professor of Sociology
Director of Academic Programs, Duke Global Health Institute
Assistant Research Professor in the School of Nursing
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Global Health
Assistant Clinical Professor in the School of Nursing
Assistant Professor in Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Sarah Gaither
Nicholas J. and Theresa M. Leonardy Associate Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience
Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Associate Professor in the School of Nursing
Assistant Research Professor of Global Health
Director of Undergraduate Studies, Duke Global Health Institute
Professor Emeritus in Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Associate Professor of the Practice of Pastoral Theology and Care
Assistant Professor of the Practice, Global Health & Public Policy
Professor Emeritus of Romance Studies
Assistant Professor of Biostatistics & Bioinformatics
Associate Professor in Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Professor of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences
Associate Professor in Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
S. Malcolm Gillis Distinguished Research Professor of Public Policy
Sara Legrand
Associate Research Professor of Global Health
Associate Dean of Graduate Student Affairs
Adjunct Professor of Global Health
Assistant Professor in Population Health Sciences
Assistant Professor in the School of Nursing
Associate Professor in Head and Neck Surgery & Communication Sciences
Professor of Family Medicine and Community Health
Associate Professor of the Practice of Global Health Institute
Assistant Professor in Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Research Professor of Global Health
Professor of Sociology
Associate Dean, Global and Community Health Affairs, School of Nursing
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Research Scientist
Susan W. Beltz and A. Morris Williams, Jr. Assistant Professor of Psychology & Neuroscience
Research Scientist
Assistant Professor in the School of Nursing
Professor of Emergency Medicine
Assistant Professor of the Practice of Homiletics and Evangelism
Assistant Professor in Emergency Medicine
Associate Professor of Biostatistics & Bioinformatics
Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Associate Research Professor in the Social Science Research Institute
Assistant Professor in Emergency Medicine
Director, Center for Health Policy and Inequalities Research
Assistant Professor in Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Pauline Gratz Distinguished Professor at the Duke University School of Nursing
Center Trainees
Doctoral
PhD Candidate (5th Year), Earth and Climate Sciences, The Nicholas School of the Environment
Joint-Degree Ph.D. Candidate at the Sanford School of Public Policy and Psychology & Neuroscience
Doctoral Student, Psychology & Neuroscience
Natan Nascimento de Oliveira
Doctoral Student, Nursing, State University of Maringá, city of Maringá, Brazil
Doctoral Student, Psychology and Neuroscience
Doctoral Student, Nursing and Certificate in Global Health
Doctoral Student, Psychology and Neuroscience
Master's Students
Bre Barrett
Master of Science in Global Health Student, Class of 2026
Mary Ann Fahmy
Master of Science in Global Health Student, Class of 2027
Lauren Lloyd
Master of Science in Global Health Student, Class of 2027
Colleen Mader
Master of Science in Global Health Student, Class of 2027
Julius Mwimo
Master of Science in Global Health Student, Class of 2027
Undergraduate Students
Sophia Correderas
Political Science and Psychology, Class of 2026
Emily Ford
Public Policy and Global Health, Class of 2026
Yana Gulati
Neurobiology and Health Policy, Class of 2028
Camila Suarez
Psychology, Class of 2026