Devin Banks

Devin Banks

Assistant Professor of Psychiatry

Education & Training


  • PhD, Clinical Psychology: Purdue University, Indianapolis, IN, 2020
  • Predoctoral Internship: Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, 2020
  • MS: Purdue University, Indianapolis, IN, 2016
  • BA: University of California, Berkeley, CA, 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


Racial and cultural determinants of health; substance use development and prevention; behavioral health equity; community-based research and intervention

Key Publications


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    Funded Research Projects


    NIDA(PI):An Integrated Geospatial and Community-Based Model to Prevent Opioid Overdose among Black Americans
    NIDA(Co-I):Opioid Use Disorder Pharmaceutical Treatments: Investigating a Model and Measure of Intervention Stigma toward Medication (OPTIMISM)