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David Carl Steffens is a Professor Emeritus in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Duke University, specializing in geriatric mental health. His research focuses on Geriatric Affective Disorders, Geriatric Cognitive Disorders, Alzheimer's Disease, and the use of Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT) for treatment. He has received multiple grants from the National Institutes of Health to study various aspects of aging and mental health, including risk factors for depression in older adults and neural mechanisms underlying late-life depression. Steffens has published extensively in these areas and has also held several prominent academic positions at Duke University, contributing significantly to the field of psychiatry through both research and teaching.
Department of Biomedical Engineering (MS program)