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Clinical Psychology Internships 2018-2019
Friday, February 23, 2018Congratulations to five P&N Ph.D. students who matched to top clinical internships. Once again, P&N had a 100% match in clinical psychology internships. Best wishes to the following students as they prepare to move forward to the final stage of doctoral training in clinical psychology... Read More »
A New Treatment for Depression: Strauman and Vieth Publish Therapist/Client Guides for Self-System Therapy
Thursday, February 22, 2018Timothy Strauman and Angela Vieth from Duke’s Department of Psychology and Neuroscience (P&N) have just published two companion volumes outlining a new treatment for depression called self-system therapy or SST. Along with colleagues Kari Eddington (University of North Carolina at Greensboro)... Read More »
P&N Person of the Week: Ahmad Hariri
Monday, February 19, 2018Dr. Ahmad Hariri has advice for students: do not follow the script. Pursue your passions, and see where that takes you. Dr. Hariri's career shows that following the script, or checking off all of the right boxes is not the only path to success. Hariri's love of biology started in childhood; he was... Read More »
P&N Person of the Week: Karen Young
Tuesday, February 6, 2018Karen (KC) Young, a Duke senior from Wisconsin, harbors a strong sense of Midwest pride. She has three younger brothers. Her mother is a pediatrician, which Karen says may have influenced her decision to pursue a career in medicine. She recalls spending much of her time around children, and her... Read More »
P&N Person of the Week: Andrei Amatuni
Monday, February 5, 2018A boy is born in a hospital in the former Soviet Republic of Armenia in the early 1990s. His birth comes in the middle of the Soviet Union's collapse. The hospital he is born in has no running water, heat, or electricity. Shortly thereafter, the boy and his parents flee to the United States,... Read More »
Caspi and Moffitt in Science Magazine
Friday, February 2, 2018P&N Professors Terri Moffitt and Avshalom Caspi are profiled in Science Magazine's article about the Dunedin Multidisciplinary Health and Development Study. Douglas Starr writes that "for nearly 30 years, Moffitt and Caspi have been collaborating on one of the more comprehensive and probing... Read More »
Nadia Brashier Wins Two Awards for Dissertation
Tuesday, January 30, 2018P&N graduate student Nadia Brashier wins two big awards for her dissertation---one from the American Psychological Foundation/Council of Graduate Departments of Psychology and one from the American Psychological Association: www.apa.org/science/about/psa/2017/11/students-awarded.aspx www.... Read More »
2018-2019 Costanzo Teaching Fellowships
Tuesday, January 30, 2018We now are accepting applications for the 2018-2019 Costanzo Teaching Fellowships. The Costanzo Fellowship is a unique opportunity for undergraduates to receive substantial training in teaching as part of the teaching team for Introductory Psychology (PSY 101). Teaching Fellows are paid and are... Read More »
Hariri Talks about the Teen Brain
Monday, January 29, 2018P&N's Ahmad Hariri talks about the teen brain and decision making on NPR's the 1A. In the episode he discusses how changes in the adolescent brain can lead to violence. Check it out here: https://the1a.org/audio/#/shows/2018-01-11/a-new-show-goes-inside-teenagers-brains/113223/@00:00... Read More »
Marsh receives 2018 Dean's Award for Excellence in Mentoring
Monday, January 29, 2018The Duke Department of Psychology & Neuroscience congratulates Dr. Elizabeth Marsh, who has been named a recipient of the 2018 Dean's Award for Excellence in Mentoring from Duke's Graduate School. She will be honored, along with other recipients, at a ceremony on Wednesday, March 28, at... Read More »