Alexis Duncan

Alexis Duncan is an Associate Professor at the Saint Louis University School of Public Health, specializing in psychiatric epidemiology and behavior genetics. Her research explores risk mechanisms and psychiatric comorbidity across obesity, eating disorders, and substance use disorders, with a focus on women's health.

• Psychiatric epidemiology
• Obesity and eating disorders
• Substance use and related disorders
• Child abuse and neglect
• Behavior genetics

Trained in behavior genetics and psychiatric epidemiology, Duncan employs transdisciplinary approaches using genetically informative longitudinal designs. She completed a postdoctoral fellowship in psychiatric epidemiology and behavior genetics at Washington University School of Medicine's Department of Psychiatry.