Dr. Jonathan Young

Assistant Professor

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Biography

Jonathan Robert Young, MD, is an Assistant Consulting Professor in the Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences at Duke University and a Staff Psychiatrist at the Durham VA Health Care System, where he focuses on Treatment Refractory Disorders. Dr. Young has extensive experience in the Division of Behavioral Medicine & Neurosciences and has served as an attending physician at the Duke electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) clinic. His research interests center around the clinical applications of non-invasive neuromodulation technologies, particularly repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS), aimed at treating psychiatric and substance use disorders. Currently, he is developing a multimodal smoking cessation intervention for Veterans with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), utilizing functional-connectivity magnetic resonance imaging (fc-MRI) to guide a personalized, accelerated rTMS course alongside cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) and nicotine replacement therapy (NRT).

Research Interests

Courses

BRAINSOC 796T: Bass Connections Brain & Society Research Team BRAINSOC 795T: Bass Connections Brain & Society Research Team BRAINSOC 398T: Bass Connections Brain & Society Research Team BRAINSOC 397T: Bass Connections Brain & Society Research Team BRAINSOC 396T: Bass Connections Brain & Society Research Team BRAINSOC 395T: Bass Connections Brain & Society Research Team

Requirements for Duke University

Master Program
Requirements
GPA Requirement
Required:3.2
TOEFL
Listening
Required:22
Reading
Required:22
Writing
Required:24
Speaking
Required:26
Total
Required:90
IELTS
Overall
Required:7
Prerequisites
Multivariable Calculus Introduction to Physics (mechanics) Introduction to Chemistry
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Specialization Notes

Department of Biomedical Engineering (MS program)