Kafui Dzirasa
Kafui Dzirasa | |
---|---|
PECASE (2016)Benjamin Franklin NextGen Award (2022) | |
Scientific career | |
Institutions | Duke University |
Website | https://www.dzirasalabs.com/ |
Kafui Dzirasa (born 1978) is an American
Early life and education
Dzirasa was born to Abigail, a nurse, and Samuel Dzirasa, a civil engineer. His parents were from
Career
Dzirasa is interested in how mechanisms in
His work was featured on
Advocacy and academic service
Dzirasa delivered a TED talk at TEDMED, where he discussed curing mental disorders with electronic engineering.[17][18] He spoke at the Aspen Ideas Festival about how to use technology to transform mental illness.[19][20] He has also spoken at the National Academy of Medicine, Brain & Behavior Research Foundation, McLean Hospital and One Mind.[21][22][23][24]
Dzirasa is interested in providing education about health to underserved communities.
Awards and honors
- 2021 Elected Fellow of the National Academy of Medicine[28]
- 2019 AAAS Leshner Fellowship[29]
- 2016 Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers[15]
- 2016 White House Frontiers Conference[30][31]
- 2016 Duke Medical Alumni Emerging Leader Award[32]
- 2013 Sidney Baer Prize for Schizophrenia Research[33]
- 2011 International Mental Health Research Organization Rising Star Award[34]
- 2008 Ebony magazine's 30 Young Leaders of the Future[6][35][36]
- 2007 Charles Johnson Leadership Award[citation needed]
References
- ^ a b c d "Kafui Dzirasa". www.aiche.org. 2018-10-02. Retrieved 2019-02-18.
- ^ "Dr. Kafui Dzirasa". USASEF. Retrieved 2019-02-18.
- ^ a b c d "Creating a "Pacemaker" for the Brain". UMBC Magazine. 2017-05-31. Retrieved 2019-02-18.
- ^ "Kafui Dzirasa | Duke Institute for Brain Sciences | Brain Functions Research & Science". dibs.duke.edu. Retrieved 2019-02-18.
- ^ "Celebration of Science - Speaker: Kafui Dzirasa". www.milkeninstitute.org. Retrieved 2019-02-18.
- ^ a b "UMBC News". www.umbc.edu. Retrieved 2019-02-18.
- ^ "Next Generation Neuropsychiatric Diagnostics and Therapeutics | Duke Institute for Brain Sciences | Brain Functions Research & Science". dibs.duke.edu. Retrieved 2019-02-18.
- ^ a b "Kafui Dzirasa, MD, PhD to Present at Duke Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Grand Rounds on May 26 | Duke Neurobiology". www.neuro.duke.edu. Retrieved 2019-02-18.
- ^ "2018 Grand Challenges Symposium: Understanding how changes in the brain produce neurological and mental illness". Duke Pratt School of Engineering. 2018-04-04. Retrieved 2019-02-18.
- ^ Dzirasa, Kafui. "Enabling Stress Resistance".
{{cite journal}}
: Cite journal requires|journal=
(help) - ^ a b "Mapping Emotions: Discovering Structure in Mesoscale Electrical Recordings". zuckermaninstitute.columbia.edu. 2018-09-20. Retrieved 2019-02-18.
- ^ "New study identifies why some deal with stress better". USA TODAY. Retrieved 2019-02-18.
- ^ "Networks of brain activity predict vulnerability to depression: Listening in on the brain's electrical symphony may provide a new way to prevent and treat mental illness". ScienceDaily. Retrieved 2019-02-18.
- ^ Reaching above the ceiling, retrieved 2019-02-18
- ^ a b "Neuroscientist Kafui Dzirasa Honored at White House". today.duke.edu. Retrieved 2019-02-18.
- ^ Dzirasa, Kafui. "Characterizing sensorimotor gaiting dysfunction in mouse models of schizophrenia".
{{cite journal}}
: Cite journal requires|journal=
(help) - ^ "Kafui Dzirasa". TEDMED. Retrieved 2019-02-18.
- ^ TEDMED (2017-09-05), What if mental illness could be treated with electrical engineering?, retrieved 2019-02-18
- ^ "Kafui Dzirasa". Aspen Ideas Festival. Retrieved 2019-02-18.
- ^ "Aspen Lecture: Transforming Mental Illness through Technology". Aspen Ideas Festival. Retrieved 2019-02-18.
- ^ Brain & Behavior Research Foundation (2014-05-14), Dr. Dzirasa - What types of diagnostic tests are available for schizophrenia?, retrieved 2019-02-18
- ^ One Mind (2013-10-30), The Next Generation of Neuropsychiatric Diagnostics & Therapeutics: Dr. Kafui Dzirasa, retrieved 2019-02-18
- ^ National Academy of Medicine (2017-10-20), 2017 NAM Annual Meeting: The Neurocircuitry of Vulnerability and Resilience, retrieved 2019-02-18
- ^ Brain & Behavior Research Foundation (2014-01-27), Next Generation Neuropsychiatric Diagnostics and Therapeutics, retrieved 2019-02-18
- ^ a b "Dr. Kaf Dzirasa". Aspen Brain Lab. Retrieved 2019-02-18.
- ^ Duke University School of Medicine (2017-02-13), Dr. Kafui Dzirasa: A Black Man in a White Coat, retrieved 2019-02-18
- ^ a b says, Shelly (2017-08-15). "NIH Family Members Giving Back: Kafui Dzirasa". NIH Director's Blog. Retrieved 2019-02-18.
- ^ "National Academy of Medicine Elects 100 New Members". National Academy of Medicine. 2021-10-18. Retrieved 2021-10-19.
- ^ "2019-2020 Leshner Leadership Institute Public Engagement Fellows: Human Augmentation". American Association for the Advancement of Science. Retrieved 2019-02-18.
- ^ "Dr. Kafui Dzirasa Discusses the Next Big Idea in Brain Research". today.duke.edu. Retrieved 2019-02-18.
- ^ Duke University (2016-10-18), Duke Psychiatrist and Neuroscientist Discusses the Next Big Idea in Brain Research, retrieved 2019-02-18
- ^ "- Partnering for Cures". www.partneringforcures.org. Retrieved 2019-02-18.
- ^ Brain & Behavior Research Foundation (2013-10-28), Kafui Dzirasa, M.D., Ph.D. - 2013 Sidney R. Baer, Jr. Prizewinner for Schizophrenia Research, retrieved 2019-02-18
- ^ "About Kafui – i Live For". Retrieved 2019-02-18.
- ^ "UMBC Meyerhoff Scholars Program". www.umbc.edu. Retrieved 2019-02-18.
- ^ Ebony. Johnson Publishing Company. 2008.