Kate Webb, PhD
@brainstorm12.bsky.social
she/her | neuroscientist | Duke University
A great 1st day of the
@ibroorg.bsky.social
+ @wellcometrust.bsky.social
#NCAMH event in Cape Town 🇿🇦 This cohort represents 15 different countries! 🌎 Excited to accelerate #mentalhealthresearch and plan the 2026 launch of an African Exposome Network! @dukepsychiatry.bsky.social
@ibroorg.bsky.social
+ @wellcometrust.bsky.social
#NCAMH event in Cape Town 🇿🇦 This cohort represents 15 different countries! 🌎 Excited to accelerate #mentalhealthresearch and plan the 2026 launch of an African Exposome Network! @dukepsychiatry.bsky.social
November 7, 2025 at 5:18 PM
A great 1st day of the
@ibroorg.bsky.social
+ @wellcometrust.bsky.social
#NCAMH event in Cape Town 🇿🇦 This cohort represents 15 different countries! 🌎 Excited to accelerate #mentalhealthresearch and plan the 2026 launch of an African Exposome Network! @dukepsychiatry.bsky.social
@ibroorg.bsky.social
+ @wellcometrust.bsky.social
#NCAMH event in Cape Town 🇿🇦 This cohort represents 15 different countries! 🌎 Excited to accelerate #mentalhealthresearch and plan the 2026 launch of an African Exposome Network! @dukepsychiatry.bsky.social
Delighted to support this program and to welcome the inaugural cohort of the African Neuroscience, Neuroethics, and Society short course this month!
dana.org/article/a-ne...
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A New Opportunity for Neuroethics Education in South Africa
dana.org
October 31, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Delighted to support this program and to welcome the inaugural cohort of the African Neuroscience, Neuroethics, and Society short course this month!
dana.org/article/a-ne...
dana.org/article/a-ne...
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Congrats to Duke Psychiatry's Dr. Kate Webb on her new #ClimateChange & #GlobalMentalHealth award to support her collaborative work in S. Africa on how air pollution affects inflammatory & gut microbiome biomarkers & mental health outcomes, funded by Duke Global Health Institute. 🌟
Kate Webb, PhD
Kate Webb, PhD
October 2, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Congrats to Duke Psychiatry's Dr. Kate Webb on her new #ClimateChange & #GlobalMentalHealth award to support her collaborative work in S. Africa on how air pollution affects inflammatory & gut microbiome biomarkers & mental health outcomes, funded by Duke Global Health Institute. 🌟
Kate Webb, PhD
Kate Webb, PhD
Looking forward to sharing new findings and catching up with some of my favorite folks in Baltimore! @istss.bsky.social
September 14, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Looking forward to sharing new findings and catching up with some of my favorite folks in Baltimore! @istss.bsky.social
Delighted that our project establishing a collaborative platform for research on environmental factors (exposome) and mental health outcomes in South Africa has received a @ibroorg.bsky.social and @wellcometrust.bsky.social #NeuroscienceCapacityAcceleratorForMentalHealth award!
After a competitive selection process, we are thrilled to announce the 2025 IBRO-Wellcome Neuroscience Capacity Accelerator for Mental Health grantees!
Congratulations to all awardees 🎉 Discover the selected projects here:
ibro.org/grant/neuros...
@wellcometrust.bsky.social #MentalHealth #NCAMH
Congratulations to all awardees 🎉 Discover the selected projects here:
ibro.org/grant/neuros...
@wellcometrust.bsky.social #MentalHealth #NCAMH
August 7, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Delighted that our project establishing a collaborative platform for research on environmental factors (exposome) and mental health outcomes in South Africa has received a @ibroorg.bsky.social and @wellcometrust.bsky.social #NeuroscienceCapacityAcceleratorForMentalHealth award!
Reposted by Kate Webb, PhD
After a competitive selection process, we are thrilled to announce the 2025 IBRO-Wellcome Neuroscience Capacity Accelerator for Mental Health grantees!
Congratulations to all awardees 🎉 Discover the selected projects here:
ibro.org/grant/neuros...
@wellcometrust.bsky.social #MentalHealth #NCAMH
Congratulations to all awardees 🎉 Discover the selected projects here:
ibro.org/grant/neuros...
@wellcometrust.bsky.social #MentalHealth #NCAMH
August 7, 2025 at 1:16 PM
After a competitive selection process, we are thrilled to announce the 2025 IBRO-Wellcome Neuroscience Capacity Accelerator for Mental Health grantees!
Congratulations to all awardees 🎉 Discover the selected projects here:
ibro.org/grant/neuros...
@wellcometrust.bsky.social #MentalHealth #NCAMH
Congratulations to all awardees 🎉 Discover the selected projects here:
ibro.org/grant/neuros...
@wellcometrust.bsky.social #MentalHealth #NCAMH
Reposted by Kate Webb, PhD
Let's start the weekend with another episode of the DPN Deep Dive!
This one summarizes work by @nateurneuro.bsky.social & @brainstorm12.bsky.social et al showing that trauma exposure may disrupt more basic visual processing which may contribute to PTSD symptom development
youtu.be/GiKJl3YDZv0...
This one summarizes work by @nateurneuro.bsky.social & @brainstorm12.bsky.social et al showing that trauma exposure may disrupt more basic visual processing which may contribute to PTSD symptom development
youtu.be/GiKJl3YDZv0...
Traumatic stress alters neural reactivity to visual stimulation
This study investigated if exposure to traumatic stress altered brain activity to basic visual stimulation. The authors found that recent trauma survivors showed altered activity within the visual cortex compared to controls. Further, visual cortex reactivity was associated with PTSD symptoms. These
youtu.be
July 18, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Let's start the weekend with another episode of the DPN Deep Dive!
This one summarizes work by @nateurneuro.bsky.social & @brainstorm12.bsky.social et al showing that trauma exposure may disrupt more basic visual processing which may contribute to PTSD symptom development
youtu.be/GiKJl3YDZv0...
This one summarizes work by @nateurneuro.bsky.social & @brainstorm12.bsky.social et al showing that trauma exposure may disrupt more basic visual processing which may contribute to PTSD symptom development
youtu.be/GiKJl3YDZv0...
Federal funding plays a critical role in supporting life-saving research. In the recent APA Div56 newsletter, we outline how Trump policies place trauma research at risk and emphasize the importance of collective action.
apatraumadivision.org/spring-2025-...
apatraumadivision.org/spring-2025-...
May 13, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Federal funding plays a critical role in supporting life-saving research. In the recent APA Div56 newsletter, we outline how Trump policies place trauma research at risk and emphasize the importance of collective action.
apatraumadivision.org/spring-2025-...
apatraumadivision.org/spring-2025-...
Reposted by Kate Webb, PhD
Reposted by Kate Webb, PhD
In exciting news (for me), we demonstrate a structural covariance network of early visual cortex previously identified in recent trauma survivors is associated with PTSD symptoms in a mega-analysis of the ENIGMA-PTSD dataset.
www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...
Structural covariance of early visual cortex is negatively associated with PTSD symptoms: A Mega-Analysis from the ENIGMA PTSD workgroup.
Background: Identifying robust neural signatures of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms is important to facilitate precision psychiatry and help in understanding and treatment of the disorde...
www.medrxiv.org
March 20, 2025 at 12:20 AM
In exciting news (for me), we demonstrate a structural covariance network of early visual cortex previously identified in recent trauma survivors is associated with PTSD symptoms in a mega-analysis of the ENIGMA-PTSD dataset.
www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...
New preprint with @nateurneuro.bsky.social and the AURORA study team. We find that residential segregation is associated with alterations in hippocampal microstructure and threat reactivity through increased exposure to PM2.5 and NO2. Public health 🤝 neuroscience. medrxiv.org/cgi/content/...
Associations between residential segregation, ambient air pollution, and hippocampal features in recent trauma survivors
Background: Residential segregation is associated with differential exposure to air pollution. Hippocampus structure and function are highly susceptible to pollutants and associated with posttraumatic...
medrxiv.org
February 20, 2025 at 11:47 PM
New preprint with @nateurneuro.bsky.social and the AURORA study team. We find that residential segregation is associated with alterations in hippocampal microstructure and threat reactivity through increased exposure to PM2.5 and NO2. Public health 🤝 neuroscience. medrxiv.org/cgi/content/...
Reposted by Kate Webb, PhD
Trying to preprint more, starting with some of our work looking at reactivity to visual stimulation in recent trauma survivors. Findings suggest trauma exposure may induce acute changes to non-affective stimulation. w/ @irosso.bsky.social & @brainstorm12.bsky.social
doi.org/10.21203/rs....
doi.org/10.21203/rs....
Traumatic stress alters neural reactivity to visual stimulation
Traumatic stress is a precursor to the development of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Emergent research suggests visual processing regions may be relevant to PTSD development; however, no previo...
doi.org
February 10, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Trying to preprint more, starting with some of our work looking at reactivity to visual stimulation in recent trauma survivors. Findings suggest trauma exposure may induce acute changes to non-affective stimulation. w/ @irosso.bsky.social & @brainstorm12.bsky.social
doi.org/10.21203/rs....
doi.org/10.21203/rs....
Thanks BBC for highlighting our recent work in this video!
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How giant rats in mini vests help sniff out crime
A nonprofit in Tanzania is training African giant rats in scent detection to fight wildlife trafficking.
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November 25, 2024 at 3:02 PM
Thanks BBC for highlighting our recent work in this video!
www.bbc.com/reel/video/p...
www.bbc.com/reel/video/p...
Finally left the other place...
Hi, I'm Kate! 👋 I'm a #newAssistantProfessor in #Psychiatry at Duke University. Our lab (The BEES Lab) conducts research to determine how socioenvironmental factors influence the development of stress and trauma-related disorders and the utility of biomarkers.
Hi, I'm Kate! 👋 I'm a #newAssistantProfessor in #Psychiatry at Duke University. Our lab (The BEES Lab) conducts research to determine how socioenvironmental factors influence the development of stress and trauma-related disorders and the utility of biomarkers.
November 18, 2024 at 2:56 PM
Finally left the other place...
Hi, I'm Kate! 👋 I'm a #newAssistantProfessor in #Psychiatry at Duke University. Our lab (The BEES Lab) conducts research to determine how socioenvironmental factors influence the development of stress and trauma-related disorders and the utility of biomarkers.
Hi, I'm Kate! 👋 I'm a #newAssistantProfessor in #Psychiatry at Duke University. Our lab (The BEES Lab) conducts research to determine how socioenvironmental factors influence the development of stress and trauma-related disorders and the utility of biomarkers.