Erica Duncan MD
Academic Appointment
- Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Emory University, Atlanta
- Affiliated Faculty, Center for Behavioral Health Policy Studies - Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta
- Adjunct Clinical Assistant Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Morehouse School of Medicine, Atlanta
- Faculty, Center for Translational Social Neuroscience, Emory University, Atlanta
- Assistant Teaching Analyst, Psychoanalytic Association, Emory University, Atlanta
- Faculty, Center for Behavioral Neuroscience, Emory University, Atlanta
Education
Degrees
- Classical Violin Study from Boston Conservatory of Music
- AB from Brown University, Providence
- Graduate from New York Psychoanalytic Society and Institute, New York
- MDCM from McGill University, Montreal
Research
Focus
- 1. Acoustic startle and sensorimotor gating 2. Fear potentiation of acoustic startle 3. Cognitive remediation in schizophrenia 4. Negative symptoms of schizophrenia 5. Metabolic effects of antipsychotics
Publications
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Neighborhood social fragmentation in relation to impaired mismatch negativity among youth at clinical high risk for psychosis and healthy comparisons.
Neuropsychopharmacology
04/02/2025 Authors: Ku BS; Hamilton H; Yuan Q; Parker DA; Roach BJ; Bachman PM; Belger A; Carrin RE; Duncan E; Johannesen JK -
Toxoplasma gondii, suicidal behaviour and suicide risk factors in US Veterans enrolled in mental health treatment.
Folia Parasitol (Praha) Volume: 72
01/09/2025 Authors: Postolache TT; Duncan E; Yen P; Potocki E; Barnhart M; Federline A; Massa N; Dagdag A; Joseph J; Wadhawan A -
Mismatch Negativity as an Index of Auditory Short-Term Plasticity: Associations with Cortisol, Inflammation, and Gray Matter Volume in Youth at Clinical High Risk for Psychosis.
Clin EEG Neurosci Volume: 56 Page(s): 46 - 59
01/01/2025 Authors: Hamilton HK; Roach BJ; Bachman PM; Belger A; Carrin RE; Duncan E; Johannesen JK; Light GA; Niznikiewicz MA; Addington J -
In Memoriam: Burton M. Angrist, MD.
Neuropsychopharmacology Volume: 49 Page(s): 1947 - 1948
11/01/2024 Authors: Duncan E; Rotrosen J; Wolkin A -
Reduced amplitude and slowed latency of the acoustic startle response in adolescents and adults with 22q11.2 deletion syndrome.
Schizophr Res Volume: 269 Page(s): 9 - 17
07/01/2024 Authors: Parker DA; Imes S; Ruban G; Ousley OY; Henshey B; Massa NM; Walker E; Cubells JF; Duncan E -
Genetic risk for hospitalization of African American patients with severe mental illness reveals HLA loci.
Front Psychiatry Volume: 15 Page(s): 1140376
01/01/2024 Authors: Lori A; Pearce BD; Katrinli S; Carter S; Gillespie CF; Bradley B; Wingo AP; Jovanovic T; Michopoulos V; Duncan E -
Deep psychophysiological phenotyping of adolescents and adults with 22q11.2 deletion syndrome: a multilevel approach to defining core disease processes.
BMC Psychiatry Volume: 23 Page(s): 425
06/13/2023 Authors: Parker DA; Cubells JF; Imes SL; Ruban GA; Henshey BT; Massa NM; Walker EF; Duncan EJ; Ousley OY -
Neurocognitive and Sensorimotor Biomarkers of Psychosis-Risk in 22q.11.2 Deletion Syndrome and Their Relationship to Clinical Symptoms
Volume: 47 Page(s): 349 - 350
12/01/2022 Authors: Parker D; Imes S; Henshey B; Massa N; Cuthbert B; Lee G; Walker E; Duncan E; Cubells J; Ousley O -
Auditory N100 amplitude deficits predict conversion to psychosis in the North American Prodrome Longitudinal Study (NAPLS-2) cohort.
Schizophr Res Volume: 248 Page(s): 89 - 97
10/01/2022 Authors: Duncan E; Roach BJ; Massa N; Hamilton HK; Bachman PM; Belger A; Carrion RE; Johannesen JK; Light GA; Niznikiewicz MA -
Mismatch Negativity in Response to Auditory Deviance and Risk for Future Psychosis in Youth at Clinical High Risk for Psychosis.
JAMA Psychiatry Volume: 79 Page(s): 780 - 789
08/01/2022 Authors: Hamilton HK; Roach BJ; Bachman PM; Belger A; Carrin RE; Duncan E; Johannesen JK; Light GA; Niznikiewicz MA; Addington J