Duke neuroscientist Dr. Kafui Dzirasa (SoM) wants nothing less than to reengineer the brain’s electrical patterns to treat anxiety, depression, bipolar disorder, and schizophrenia. In this profile to STAT , Dr. Dzirasa, the first Black person to graduate with a Ph.D. in neurobiology at Duke, discusses his childhood in Baltimore and his career as one of the most prominent neuroscientists in the country. Discover here how he is developing modern technologies from machine learning to protein engineering to remake the field he loves. Read the original article here.