Devin Banks
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry
- Phone: 314-362-6565
- Email: banks.devin@nospam.wustl.edu
Additional Titles & Roles
- Assistant Professor of Public Health
Education & Training
- Ph.D.: Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis, 2020
- M.S.: Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis, 2016
- B.A.: University of California Berkeley, 2011
Major Awards
- Scholar, Faculty Diversity Scholars Program, Washington University School of Medicine, 2024
- Scholar, Institute of Clinical and Translational Sciences KL2 Career Development Award, 2021
- Scholar, NIDA R25 HIV/AIDS, Substance Abuse, and Trauma Training Program, 2020
Research Interests
social and structural determinants of mental health; substance use development and prevention; community-based research and intervention; racial and socioeconomic disparities
Recent Publications
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“Another one bite the dust—It happens so much in Black neighborhoods”: Structural barriers and grassroots resources among Black men who use drugs facing fentanyl-era overdose and treatment disparities
Banks, D. E., Campbell, K. D., Paschke, M. E., Ghonasgi, R., Coffey, B., Jones, J., Blanchard, B., Carpenter, R. W., Bradshaw, D. & Winograd, R. P., Feb 2026, In: Journal of Substance Use and Addiction Treatment. 181, 209846.
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Racialized Black–White Economic Segregation and Major Chain Yoga Studio Locations in Major U.S. Metropolitan Areas
Xu, K., Ling, R., Banks, D. E. & Ku, B. S., Dec 2025, In: AJPM Focus. 4, 6, 100417.
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Place-based harms and hidden strengths: a qualitative study exploring facets of neighborhood disinvestment driving opioid overdose among black individuals
Campbell, K. D., Winograd, R. P., Paschke, M. E., Duello, A. & Banks, D. E., Dec 2025, In: Harm Reduction Journal. 22, 1, 67.
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CENTER-ing Black voices: incorporating lived experience across the research process to advance equity in drug treatment and outcomes
Banks, D. E., Paschke, M. E., Campbell, K. D., Bradshaw-Glenn, D. D., Ghonasgi, R., Barr, B., Collins, A., Dennis, G., Lofton, K., Long, A., Montgomery, H., Prince, A. & Winograd, R. P., Dec 2025, In: Harm Reduction Journal. 22, 1, 64.
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Something does not add up: Rethinking how we compensate for research participation among people who use drugs
Szlyk, H. S., Banks, D. E., Dell, N. A., Hutson, W. D. & Meigs, L., Oct 2025, In: Journal of Substance Use and Addiction Treatment. 177, 209774.