Kafui Dzirasa Biography

Kafui Dzirasa completed a PhD in Neurobiology at Duke University. His research interests focus using neural technology to understanding how changes in the brain produce mental illness. In 2009 Dzirasa obtained an MD from the Duke University School of Medicine. He was subsequently appointed as an assistant professor. Dzirasa has participated in numerous programs geared towards exposing youth to science and technology and providing health education for underserved communities. He was awarded the One Mind Rising Star Award and his laboratory was featured on CBS 60 Minutes in 2011. In 2016 he was awarded the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers. Kafui is a product of the nationally renowned Meyerhoff Scholarship program at the University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC). 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. In 2009 Kafui obtained an MD from the Duke University School of Medicine. I grew into my field from a love of math. I had no idea what research or a PhD was until I got to UMBC. I just knew that I liked playing on the computer and I had a gift for math. I had no idea how to develop a career in it. It

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