Dr. Rachel Adcock

Associate Professor

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Biography

Rachel Alison Adcock is an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences and the Department of Psychology & Neuroscience at Duke University. With a Ph.D. in Neurobiology and an M.D. from Yale University, she has been a faculty member at Duke since 2007. Her research focuses on understanding the brain systems that underlie motivation and support learning. Adcock's work emphasizes the development of new therapies for early interventions in mental illness, utilizing a mechanistic understanding of behavior and biology. She has received prestigious funding from the National Institute on Drug Abuse, the National Institute of Mental Health, and the National Science Foundation, among others. Additionally, she has been recognized with several fellowships and awards, including the Seymour Benzer Lectureship from the National Academy of Sciences and the B.F. Skinner Lectureship from the Association for Behavior Analysis International.

Research Interests

Courses

NEUROSCI 755: Interdisciplinary Program Cognitive Neuroscience (IPCN) Independent Research Rotation NEUROSCI 494: Research Independent Study 2 NEUROSCI 493: Research Independent Study 1

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)