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The following Duke research faculty members will be involved in the PREMIER program. An asterisk indicates minority faculty.

Child psychiatry Type of research
*Lisa Amaya-Jackson, M.D., M.P.H. Clinical trials in childhood PTSD and other anxiety disorders
Melanie J. Bonner, Ph.D. Cognitive-Behavioral Intervention for African-American teens with lupus
Allan Chrisman, M.D. Pharmacologic clinical trials in child psychiatry
*Stephanie Coard, Ph.D. Racial, ethnic and cultural influences on child mental health treatment and prevention; cultural adaptations of clinical interventions and community dissemination
Scott Compton, Ph.D. Aerobic Exercise in adolescent depression
Jeffrey N. Epstein, Ph.D. ADHD clinical trials
John S. March, M.D., M.P.H. Clinical trials in childhood anxiety disorders and ADHD
Family Therapy Type of research
Karen Wells, Ph.D. Behavioral intervention for substance abusing adolescents and ADHD clinical trials
Adult/Geriatric clinical trials Type of research
John L. Beyer, M.D. Geriatric depression and bipolar disorder treatment trials
Frederick Cassidy, M.D. Pharmacological Trials of Bipolar Disorder
*P. Murali Doraiswamy, M.D. Adult and geriatric depression trials; MCI and AD trials
*Kishore Gadde, M.D. Pharmacological trials of obesity and mental disorders in medical patients
Richard Keefe, Ph.D. Neuropsychology outcomes and functional imaging in schizophrenia
*K. Ranga R. Krishnan, M.D. Clinical trials in depression, bipolar disorder, and non-cardiac chest pain
Andrew D. Krystal, M.D. ECT dosing trial 
Joseph McEvoy, M.D. Schizophrenia Clinical Trials (PI of the Duke CATIE site for schizophrenia)
Zach Rosenthal, Ph.D. Virtual Reality in PTSD
Behavioral Medicine Type of research
James A. Blumenthal, Ph.D. Exercise in geriatric depression clinical trial
James Lane, Ph.D. Smoking Cessation, Caffeine Research
Isaac Lipkus, Ph.D. Smoking Cessation in college students
Jed E. Rose, Ph.D. Smoking Cessation Trials
Timothy Strauman, Ph.D. Behavioral therapy
Richard S. Surwit, Ph.D. Cognitive-Behavioral therapy in depressed diabetics
Redford Williams, M.D. Life skills training
Health Services Interventions Type of research
Jeffrey Swanson, Ph.D. Health services interventions in severely mentally ill populations
Marvin S. Swartz, M.D. Health services interventions in severely mentally ill populations
Substance Abuse interventions Type of research
Paolo Mannelli, M.D.. Substance abuse services interventions (NIDA Clinical Trials Network)
Ashwin Patkar, M.D. Substance abuse services interventions (NIDA Clinical Trials Network)
Primary Care Type of research
Hayden B. Bosworth, Ph.D. Adherence to treatment in hypertension and depression
*Rowena Dolor, M.D. Depression treatment trials in adults in primary care
Eugene Z. Oddone, M.D. Depression specialist intervention in primary care
John W. Williams, M.D., M.P.H. Treatment of depression and glucose control in depressed diabetics
Faculty Partners at Other Participating Institutions
L. DiAnne Bradford, Ph.D. (Morehouse)
Nicholas S. Ialongo, Ph.D. (Johns Hopkins University)
Scott Stroup, M.D. (University of North Carolina)