Keisha L. Bentley-Edwards
Associate Professor in MedicineOverview
Dr. Keisha Bentley-Edwards is a developmental psychologist and Associate Professor of Medicine at Duke University. As Associate Director of Research at the Samuel DuBois Cook Center on Social Equity and Co-Director of Duke’s CTSI CREST, she examines how racism, gender, and culture shape health and social outcomes. Her work centers the experiences of marginalized communities, to eliminate disparate outcomes and access to health, and trustworthy research practices. A trusted expert for media, policymakers, and community leaders, her research has been supported by major funders including the National Institutes of Health and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
Positions
Associate Professor in Medicine in the School of Medicine
2021 School of Medicine
Associate Director of Research and Strategic Initiatives in the Samuel DuBois Cook Center on Social Equity in the University Initiatives & Academic Support Units
2025 University Initiatives & Academic Support Units
Member of the Duke Cancer Institute in the School of Medicine
2017 School of Medicine
Affiliate, Duke Global Health Institute in the University Institutes and Centers
2019 University Institutes and Centers
Affiliate of the Center for Child and Family Policy in the Sanford School of Public Policy
2023 Sanford School of Public Policy
Education
M.A., Columbia University 2000
2000 Columbia University
Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania 2009
2009 University of Pennsylvania