Kafui Dzirasa MD
Assistant Professor, Psychiatry, Duke University School of Medicine
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333 Duke Medical CtrBldg 310Durham, NC 27710
Phone+1 919-668-3171
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Summary
- Dr. Kafui Dzirasa, MD is a psychiatrist in Durham, North Carolina. He is currently licensed to practice medicine in North Carolina. He is an Assistant Professor at Duke University School of Medicine.
Education & Training
Duke University HospitalResidency, Psychiatry, 2010 - 2016
Duke University School of MedicineClass of 2009
Certifications & Licensure
NC State Medical License 2010 - 2025- NC State Medical License 2016 - 2025
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- 1 citationsThe neuroscience of mental illness: Building toward the future.Joshua A Gordon, Kafui Dzirasa, Frederike H Petzschner
Cell. 2024-10-17 - Microglial MyD88-dependent pathways are regulated in a sex-specific manner in the context of HMGB1-induced anxiety.Ashleigh Rawls, Dang Nyugen, Julia Dziabis, Dilara Anbarci, Madeline Clark
Biorxiv. 2024-07-01 - A widespread electrical brain network encodes anxiety in health and depressive states.Dalton N Hughes, Michael Hunter Klein, Kathryn Katsue Walder-Christensen, Gwenaëlle E Thomas, Yael Grossman
Biorxiv. 2024-06-30
Press Mentions
African Ancestry Genes May Link to Black Americans’ Brain Disorder Risk – US StudyJune 25th, 2024- African Ancestry Genes May Be Linked to Black Americans' Risk for Some Brain DisordersJune 12th, 2024
- Duke's Presidential Award Winners Meet the Moment in 2020March 29th, 2021
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Grant Support
- Precision editing of neural circuits using engineered electrical synapsesDUKE UNIVERSITY2022–2027
- Precision editing of neural circuits using engineered electrical synapsesDUKE UNIVERSITY2022–2027
- MULTIREGIONAL ELECTRICAL ENCODING OF SOCIAL AGGRESSIONDUKE UNIVERSITY2021–2026
- MULTIREGIONAL ELECTRICAL ENCODING OF SOCIAL AGGRESSIONDUKE UNIVERSITY2021–2026
- MULTIREGIONAL ELECTRICAL ENCODING OF SOCIAL AGGRESSIONDUKE UNIVERSITY2021–2026
