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Emily M. Cherenack, PhD, is a clinical psychologist with her primary appointment as Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Duke University, focusing on Behavioral Medicine and Neurosciences. She also holds a secondary appointment as Assistant Research Professor at the Duke Global Health Institute. Dr. Cherenack earned her PhD in Psychology from Duke University in 2021, which included a clinical internship in Behavioral Medicine at Brown University. Prior to joining the Duke faculty, she completed a National Institutes of Health-funded NRSA (F32) postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Miami, where her research centered on psychoneuroimmunology. Her mixed-methods research employs self-report measures, qualitative approaches, and biomarkers to examine how individuals cope with unchangeable stressors, aiming to investigate adaptive coping strategies that may buffer the negative effects of stress on immune functioning, reproductive health, and cardiovascular health. Dr. Cherenack has a particular interest in acceptance-based coping, self-compassion, and exercise as means to promote mental and physical health outcomes.
Department of Biomedical Engineering (MS program)