Ann-Christine Duhaime
Nicholas T. Zervas Distinguished Professor of Neurosurgery, Harvard Medical School; Physician Investigator (Cl), Neurosurgery, Mass General Research Institute; Neurosurgeon, Neurosurgery, Massachusetts General Hospital
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Dr. Duhaime is a senior pediatric neurosurgeon at the Massachusetts General Hospital and is the Nicholas T. Zervas Distinguished Professor of Neurosurgery at Harvard Medical School. Her neuroscience research investigates mechanisms, pathophysiology, imaging, and treatment of injury in the immature brain, using translational and clinical approaches to study injuries occurring in infants and young children, including those seen most commonly in child abuse. The work also investigates plasticity, recovery, and return of brain function in children and adolescents during maturation.
Dr. Duhaime also has a longstanding interest in the relationship between brain and behavior, and in environmental issues. She is a Faculty Associate of the Harvard University Center for the Environment. Beginning with a fellowship at the Radcliffe Institute in 2016 she has explored the neurobiology of reward circuitry and plasticity and its relevance to pro-environmental behavior, and also worked with a diverse team to design a prototype advanced “green” biophilic pediatric hospital. Her book on this work, Minding the Climate (Harvard University Press), was awarded the Sustainability Book of the Year in 2023 by Project Syndicate. She now serves as Associate Director of the Massachusetts General Hospital Center for the Environment and Health, supervising the Research pillar, serves as Associate Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Climate Change and Health, and through the Harvard Global Health Institute is pursuing interdisciplinary collaboration on the intersection of climate change, war, and health.
Dr. Duhaime has a longstanding interest in the relationship between brain and behavior, and in environmental issues. She is a Faculty Associate of the Harvard University Center for the Environment. In 2016 she spent a year as a Fellow at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard University where she studied the neurobiology of reward circuitry and its relevance to pro-environmental behavior. She has collaborated on designing a prototype advanced "green" biophilic pediatric hospital. She serves as an Associate Director of the Mass General Center for the Environment and Health, and also is the Associate Editor of the Journal of Climate Change and Health.
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Email: aduhaime@mgh.harvard.edu
Additional Website: https://www.massgeneral.org/neurosurgery/doctors/18634/ann-christine-duhaime
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Neuroscience
Neurobiology of Reward Circuitry and its Relevance to Pro-Environmental Behavior
Neurobiology of Reward Circuitry and its Relevance to Pro-Environmental Behavior
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