Nicole Calakos, MD, PhD, FANA
Duke University Medical Center
Nicole Calakos, MD, PhD, FANA is the Lincoln Financial Group Distinguished Professor of Neurobiology and Chief of the Movement Disorders section in neurology at Duke University Medical Center. Dr. Calakos received her bachelor’s degree from University of California, Berkeley, MD and PhD degrees from Stanford University and completed residency in neurology at University of California-San Francisco.
Her laboratory studies mechanisms of synaptic plasticity in basal ganglia circuitry. The Calakos Lab has advanced understanding of habit formation, compulsive behavior and dystonia and generated new methodologies to study basal ganglia physiology. Dr. Calakos is a National Academy of Medicine member, American Association for the Advancement of Sciences fellow, and 2023 Korsmeyer Award recipient from the American Society of Clinical Investigation. Dr. Calakos advocates for basic and translational neuroscience through activities that have included: American Neurological Association Board of Directors, Duke Institute for Brain Sciences Executive Council, NIH study sections, and scientific advisory boards for disease foundations.