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Department welcomes new Business Manager, Beth Peloquin

Tuesday, October 20, 2020

On August 24, 2020, Beth Peloquin joined the department of psychology and neuroscience as its new Business Manager... read more »

Sarah Gaither receives 2020 SAGE Young Scholar Award

Monday, October 12, 2020

Sarah Gaither, PhD, Assistant Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience has received the prestigious 2020 Sage Young Scholar Award. ... read more »

Department spotlight on SPEAK: Scientists Promoting Equity and Knowledge

Tuesday, October 6, 2020

A group of P&N graduate students and post doctoral fellows Matthew Bachman, Kathryn Dickerson, Shabnam Hakimi, Rosa Li &... read more »

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Counteracting Perverse Incentives in Academic Research: The Open Science Initiative and other Duke institutional resources

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Nov

Neuron-glial interactions in health and disease: from cognition to cancer

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Nov

From Employment to Mental Health and Suicide Prevention: Reflecting on Five Years of Research with Autistic Adults

4:00 PM @ None

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Sarah Gaither receives 2020 SAGE Young Scholar...

October 12, 2020

Sarah Gaither, PhD, Assistant Professor of Psychology and... read more »

2020-2021 Faculty Research Seed Grant recipients...

September 18, 2020

Eight faculty members from the Department of Psychology & Neuroscience have... read more »

Special Funding Report 2019-2020: Charles Lafitte...

August 24, 2020

The Department of Psychology and Neuroscience is pleased to release its special... read more »

Task Force announces recipients of the 2020...

August 3, 2020

In the summer of 2020, the Department of Psychology & Neuroscience issued a... read more »

New Study from the Lab of Professor Kevin LaBar...

July 1, 2020

Different use of brain circuits may help explain the tenacity of post-... read more »

Professor Ahmad Hariri Reanalyzes Years of...

June 4, 2020

P&N Graduates Awarded Funding for...

June 4, 2020

In response to the changed research climate in the era of COVID-19, the... read more »

Yin Lab Publishes Paper in Current Biology:...

May 28, 2020

Members of the... read more »

Duke Hosts Annual Meeting of the North Carolina...

February 7, 2020

UPDATE as of March 11, 2020: To minimize potential health risks amid COVID-19... read more »

P&N Professors Caspi & Moffitt and Duke...

January 22, 2020

P&N Professors Avshalom Caspi & Terrie Moffitt, and Duke Postdocs Leah... read more »

P&N Graduate Student and Professor Co-Author...

January 20, 2020

P&N graduate student Matthew Bachman and Professor Scott Huettel publish... read more »

P&N Faculty Member Gregory Samanez-Larkin...

October 10, 2019

Gregory... read more »

2019-2020 P&N Faculty Seed Grant Recipients

11 P&N Faculty Members Selected for 2019-2020...

September 10, 2019

11 faculty members from the Department of Psychology & Neuroscience have... read more »

Julia Nicholas wins 2019 Zener award

May 3, 2019

Congratulations to Julia Nicholas, winner of the 2019 Karl E. Zener Award. This... read more »

Duke Digital Health Moves to Sociology-Psychology...

February 12, 2019

The Duke Global Digital Health Science Center (Duke Digital Health), which is... read more »

Society of Southeastern Social Psychologists...

November 5, 2018

The Duke Identity and Diversity Lab... read more »

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Monday, October 12, 2020

Sarah Gaither receives 2020 SAGE Young Scholar...

Sarah Gaither, PhD, Assistant Professor of... read more »

Monday, September 28, 2020

Sociology-Psychology Building renamed after...

The Duke Board of Trustees voted Saturday to rename the ... read more »

Tuesday, September 22, 2020

Makeba Wilbourn and her lab featured for ...

Makeba Wilbourn, associate professor of the... read more »

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Graduate News

Tuesday, October 6, 2020

Department spotlight on SPEAK: Scientists Promoting Equity and Knowledge

Friday, September 4, 2020

PhD student Max Elliot receives Transition to Aging Research Award for Predoctoral Students (F99/K00)

Monday, August 24, 2020

Special Funding Report 2019-2020: Charles Lafitte Foundation Program in Psychological Research at Duke University

Wednesday, August 12, 2020

Graduate student Elsa Friis receives award for advocacy work, co-authors article on pandemic response behavioral health

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Our Graduate Training Areas

Duke’s Department of Psychology and Neuroscience has five graduate training areas:

Clinical Psychology
Cognition and Cognitive Neuroscience
Developmental Psychology
Social Psychology
Systems and Integrative Neuroscience

Students apply to and are admitted to a specific training program. Only primary faculty (with appointments to Duke's graduate faculty) and joint graduate training faculty can admit students to the training area(s) they are affiliated with.

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Alumni

Monica Regina (Coelho) Favre

It gave tools to think and adapt to find solutions in an ever changing world. Amazing role models, amazing experience in lab complimentary to course work, and the possibility to explore other fields...

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Ryan Knowles

I used my Psychology degree and knowledge of consumer patterns/behavior to jump into marketing and sales roles in the CPG world (Chiquita Brands & then P&G). My experience in CPG with well...

David V. Smith

Duke provides a superb intellectual environment that fosters a range of training within psychology and neuroscience. During my time at Duke, I was fortunate to work with Dr. Scott Huettel, who...

Zohair Zaidi

As someone with a strong interest in research, I found that the degree offered many courses that gave me great exposure to the research in the field, how to read scientific literature, and allowed me...

Emily Steemers

Neuroscience gave me the scientific background to work directly with physicians in care delivery science as I am doing now. What advice would you give students in Neuroscience? Enjoy the Neuroscience...

Sylvia Nantier

I work in marketing now; consumer, behavioural and cognitive psychology often come into play when thinking about persuading people to buy products. Human decision-making is an incredibly complex...

Stephen Allan

It has taught me to realistically understand human behavior, how to think critically, and how to consider every variable in a given situation--even ones that may not necessarily seem to correlate...

Haley Mendoza

It has been extremely helpful! Currently, I work as a research technician in the Center for Alcohol Studies at UNC School of Medicine in Chapel Hill, NC. This fall, I am going to be a Graduate...

Erica Figueroa

Being a graduate of the Psychology and Neuroscience department at Duke greatly helped me achieve professional success. What I learned about human interactions during my coursework helped me to be a...

Elizabeth Hackney Davies

My undergrad degree led me to 2 years of IO Psychology consulting in DC. During that time, I was exposed to more healthcare clients and decided to go back to graduate school for my MHA. What advice...

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Lauren (Troyer) Saternus

After undergrad, I went to graduate school to become a school psychologist. The background from Duke psychology classes enabled me to be successful there. While at Duke, I also designed an...

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Brandon Levy

Duke is a name-brand university and that definitely opens doors. Also, Duke's neuroscience curriculum gave me a broad base of knowledge not just of the nervous system but also chemistry, physics, and...

Lindsay Tomson

The Tech industry, and Google's particular approach to people, really fostered my interest in Organizational Psychology. I've frequently thought about going back to school to focus more on this topic...

Dennis Chen

My psychology major offered me a chance to broaden my horizons during my college experience and made me a more well rounded person going into my career. What advice would you give students? I would...

Francesca Kassing

Being part of the psychology program at Duke helped guide my career goals and set me up for success as a graduate student. The diverse coursework offered allowed me to develop a broad range of...

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