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Kafui Dzirasa

Kafui Dzirasa

Keynote Speaker: Assistant Professor in the Department of Neurobiology, Biomedical Engineering, and Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Duke University Medical Center

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Kafui Dzirasa Biography

Dr. Kafui Dzirasa is the first African American to complete a PhD in Neurobiology at Duke University. His research interests focus on understanding how changes in the brain produce neurological and mental illness. Kafui obtained an MD from the Duke University School of Medicine in 2009 and completed residency training in General Psychiatry in 2016.

He was awarded the One Mind Rising Star Award, and his laboratory was featured on CBS 60 Minutes in 2011. He has been awarded the International Mental Health Research Organization Rising Star Award, the Sydney Baer Prize for Schizophrenia Research. In 2017, he was recognized as 40 under 40 in Health by the National Minority Quality Forum, and the Engineering Alumni of the Year from UMBC. Kafui was awarded the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers: the nation’s highest award for scientists and engineers in the early stages of their independent research careers in 2016.

In 2019, Kafui was awarded the Alan Leshner Public Engagement Fellowship from the American Association for the Advancement of Science and the Society for Neuroscience Young Investigator award given to the best young brain scientist in the world. Kafui has served as an Associate Scientific Advisor for the journal Science Translational Medicine, and he was a member of the 17-member Next Generation Research Initiative mandated by Congress. He has also served on the Editorial Advisory Board for TEDMED, and the Advisory committee for the NIH Director for the BRAIN Initiative. Kafui is the K. Ranga Rama Krishnan endowed associate Professor at Duke University with appointments in the Departments of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Neurobiology, Biomedical Engineering, and Neurosurgery.

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Kafui Dzirasa Videos

Brain Machine Integration with Dr. Kafui Dzirasa
Meet Duke Rising Star, Kafui Dzirasa, MD, PhD
Dr. Kafui Dzirasa: A Black Man in a White Coat

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Kafui Dzirasa is a keynote speaker and industry expert who speaks on a wide range of topics such as Neuroscience, Mental Health, Medicine, Technology, Health, Innovation, Healthcare, Diversity and Black Heritage.

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Kafui Dzirasa generally travels from Durham, NC, USA and can be booked for (private) corporate events, personal appearances, keynote speeches, or other performances.

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Kafui Dzirasa is a keynote speaker and industry expert who speaks on a wide range of topics including Neuroscience, Mental Health and Medicine. Please contact us for live or virtual event fee details. Kafui Dzirasa generally travels from Durham, NC, USA and can be booked for (private) corporate events, personal appearances, keynote speeches, or other performances. Similar motivational celebrity speakers are Dr. Erkeda DeRouen, Rhoda Au and Cara Altimus. Contact All American Speakers for ratings, reviews, videos and information on scheduling Kafui Dzirasa for an upcoming event.

Kafui Dzirasa Videos

Brain Machine Integration with Dr. Kafui Dzirasa
Meet Duke Rising Star, Kafui Dzirasa, MD, PhD
Dr. Kafui Dzirasa: A Black Man in a White Coat
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