Korrina Duffy, PhD

Professional Titles

• Senior Research Scientist/Science Writer

Publications

• Metcalf CA, Page CE, Stocker BOS, Johnson RL, Duffy KA, Sammel MD, Loughead J, Epperson CN. Treating new-onset cognitive complaints after risk-reducing salpingo-oophorectomy: A randomized controlled crossover trial of lisdexamfetamine. Gynecol Oncol. 2024 Nov;190:62-69. PubMed PMID: 39146756
• Duffy KA, Sammel MD, Johnson RL, Morrison KE, Bale TL, Epperson CN. Sex Differences in Stress-Induced Cortisol Response Among Infants of Mothers Exposed to Childhood Adversity. Biol Psychiatry. 2024 Dec 1;96(11):876-885. PubMed PMID: 38821195
• Page CE, Epperson CN, Novick AM, Duffy KA, Thompson SM. Beyond the serotonin deficit hypothesis: communicating a neuroplasticity framework of major depressive disorder. Mol Psychiatry. 2024 Dec;29(12):3802-3813. PubMed PMID: 38816586
• Hantsoo L, Duffy KA, Sammel M, Johnson RL, Kim D, Grillon C, Epperson CN. Enduring impact of childhood adversity: Affective modulation of acoustic startle response during pregnancy and postpartum. Physiology & Behavior. 2023 Jan 1; 258(1): 114031.
• Duffy, K.A., Fenstermacher, E., Thompson, J.A., Tanabe, J., Patel, M., Ojemann, S., & Davis, R.A. (2023). Case report: The most clinically efficacious deep brain stimulation contacts correspond to relative power differences in local field potentials in a patient with obsessive-compulsive disorder. Frontiers in Psychiatry. 14: 1279972.
• Millar, A.M., Doria, A., Choi, L., Duffy, K.A., McGladrey, L., & Berkowitz, S. (2023). Past the Pandemic: An online program supporting the well-being of healthcare workers through the COVID-19 pandemic. Frontiers in Psychology. 14: 1227895.
• Metcalf, C.A., Johnson, R.L., Duffy, K.A., Freeman, E.W., Sammel, M.D., & Epperson, C.N. (2023). Depressed, stressed, and inflamed: Inflammatory markers are linked with depression symptoms in midlife women with both childhood and current life stress. Stress & Health. https://doi.org/10.1002/smi.3313.
• Duffy, K.A., Sammel, M.D, Johnson, R.L., Kim, D.R., Wang, E.Y., Ewing, G., Hantsoo, L., Kornfield, S.L., Bale, T.L., & Epperson, C.N. (2023). Maternal adverse childhood experiences impact fetal adrenal volume in a sex-specific manner. Biology of Sex Differences. 14(7): 1-11.
• Page, C.E., Soreth, B., Metcalf, C.A., Johnson, R.L., Duffy, K.A., Sammel, M.D., Loughead, J., & Epperson, C.N. (2023). Natural vs. surgical postmenopause and psychological symptoms confound the effect of menopause on executive dysfunction. Maturitas. 170: 64-73.
• Novick, A.M., Stoddard, J., Johnson, R.L., Duffy, K.A., Berkowitz, L., Costa, V.D., Sammel, M.D., & Epperson, C.N. (2023). Adverse childhood experiences and hormonal contraception: Interactive impact on sexual reward function. PLOS ONE. 18(1): e0279764. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0279764
• Hantsoo, L., Duffy, K.A., Sammel, M., Johnson, R.L., Kim, D., Grillon, C., & Epperson, C.N. (2023). Enduring impact of childhood adversity: Affective modulation of acoustic startle response during pregnancy and postpartum. Physiology & Behavior. 258(1): 114031.
• Metcalf, C.A., Duffy, K.A., Page, C.E., & Novick, A.N. (2023). Cognitive problems in perimenopause: A review of recent evidence. Current Psychiatry Reports. 25: 501-511.
• Phimphasone-Brady, P., Page, C.E., Ali, D., Haller, H.C., & Duffy, K.A. (2023). Racial and ethnic disparities in women's mental health: A narrative synthesis of systematic reviews and meta-analyses of U.S. samples. Fertility & Sterility. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fertnstert.2023.01.032
• Duffy, K.A. (October 20, 2023). Checking in with Michelle Williams. Annual Luncheon Review 2023. https://medschool.cuanschutz.edu/docs/librariesprovider45/med-student-library/jdc_luncheon_review_2023_final.pdf?sfvrsn=729109bb_2
• Page, C.E., & Duffy, K.A. (June 19, 2023). Improving the lives of black mothers and their children. Psychiatrist cultivates grassroots, community-based approach to care to address racial health disparities. CU Anschutz News. https://news.cuanschutz.edu/news-stories/improving-the-lives-of-black-mothers-and-their-children
• Duffy, K. (May 31, 2023). Climbing the “ladder of abstraction” to evoke empathy and elevate your message. Nieman Storyboard. https://niemanstoryboard.org/stories/ladder-of-abstraction-narrative-writing-details-theme-empathy/
• Duffy, K. (February 8, 2023). How to free your writing with free writing. Nieman Storyboard. https://niemanstoryboard.org/stories/free-writing-first-draft-writers-block-rewriting/
• Mason, B., Page, C., Dusheck, J., McGowan, K., Duffy, K., & Vartan, S.J. (January 17, 2023). Guidance on the lonely road of writing. Nieman Storyboard. https://niemanstoryboard.org/stories/writing-workshop-freewriting-narrative-nonfiction/
• Metcalf, C., Johnson, R., Duffy, K., Freeman, E., Sammel, M., & Epperson, C.E. (2023). C-reactive protein linked with depressive symptoms in midlife women with both childhood and current life stress. Society of Biological Psychiatry Conference, San Diego, CA.
• Duffy, K.A., & Ariefdjohan, M. (August 2023). Publish or perish: A guide for navigating authorship, selecting journals, and addressing reviewer comments. American Psychological Association Conference, Washington D.C.
• Duffy, K.A. (October 2023). How to write an effective scientific paper. Psychiatry Research Innovations Scholars Program, Department of Psychiatry, University of Colorado – Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO.
• Duffy, K.A., & Ariefdjohan, M. (July 2023). Publish or perish: A guide for navigating authorship, selecting journals, and addressing reviewer comments. Research Readiness Series, Department of Psychiatry, University of Colorado – Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO.
• Duffy, K.A., & Ariefdjohan, M. (April 2023). Addressing reviewer comments. Psychiatry Research Innovations Scholars Program, Department of Psychiatry, University of Colorado – Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO.
• Duffy KA, Metcalf CA, Epperson CN. Premenstrual and perimenopausal disorders. In: Nemeroff CB & Craighead WE, editors. ADAA patient guide to mood and anxiety disorders. Washington, DC: American Psychiatric Association; 2022. p. xx-xxx.
• Novick AM, Duffy KA, Johnson RL, Sammel MD, Cao W, Strasser AA, Sofuoglu M, Kuzma A, Loughead J, Epperson CN. Progesterone increases nicotine withdrawal and anxiety in male but not female smokers during brief abstinence. Nicotine & Tobacco Research. 2022 June 17; 24(12): 1898-1905.
• Novick AM, Duffy KA, Johnson RL, Sammel MD, Cao W, Strasser AA, Sofuoglu M, Kuzma A, Loughead J, Morrow AL, Epperson CN. Effect of progesterone administration in male and female smokers on nicotine withdrawal and neural response to smoking cues: role of progesterone conversion to allopregnanolone. Biology of Sex Differences. 2022 Oct 23; 13: 60.
• Duffy, K.A., & Epperson, C.N. (2021). Evaluating the evidence for sex differences in neuropharmacology findings: A scoping review. Neuropsychopharmacology. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41386-021-01162-8.
• Duffy, K.A., Bale, T.L., & Epperson, C.N. (2021). Germ cell drivers: Transmission of preconception stress across generations. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience. 15: 642762.
• Santoro, N., Epperson, C.N., & Duffy, K.A. (2020). Letters to the editor: Treating menopause. The Economist. January 11, 2020 edition. https://www.economist.com/letters/2020/01/11/letters-to-the-editor
• Batt*, M., Duffy*, K.A., Novick, A., Metcalf, C., & Epperson, C.N. (2020). Is postpartum depression different from depression occurring outside of the perinatal period? A review of the evidence. FOCUS: The Journal of Lifelong Learning in Psychiatry. *authors contributed equally
• Duffy KA, Ziolek TA, Epperson CN. Filling the Regulatory Gap: Potential Role of Institutional Review Boards in Promoting Consideration of Sex as a Biological Variable. J Womens Health (Larchmt). 2020 Jun;29(6):868-875. PubMed PMID: 32267784
• Batt MM, Duffy KA, Novick AM, Metcalf CA, Epperson CN. Is Postpartum Depression Different From Depression Occurring Outside of the Perinatal Period? A Review of the Evidence. Focus (Am Psychiatr Publ). 2020 Apr;18(2):106-119. PubMed PMID: 33162848
• Epperson CN, Duffy KA, Johnson RL, Sammel MD, Newman DK. Enduring impact of childhood adversity on lower urinary tract symptoms in adult women. Neurourol Urodyn. 2020 Jun;39(5):1472-1481. PubMed PMID: 32368829
• Santoro, N, Epperson, CN, & Duffy, KA. Letters to the editor: Treating menopause. The Economist. January 11, 2020 edition. https://www.economist.com/letters/2020/01/11/letters-to-the-editor
• Duffy, K.A., McLaughlin, K.A., & Green, P.A. (2018). Early life adversity and health-risk behaviors: Proposed psychological and neural mechanisms. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 1428(1): 151-169.
• Duffy, K.A., Nagle-Yang, S., & Epperson, C.N. (2021). Treatment of women excluding pregnancy and postpartum. In: Nemeroff, C.B., & Schatzberg, A.F. (Eds.), The Textbook of Psychopharmacology, Sixth Edition (pp. xx-xxx). Washington, DC: American Psychiatric Association. (In Press)

Practice Locations

Department of Psychiatry - Faculty and Staff Mental Health
1890 N Revere Ct
Anschutz Health Sciences Bldg, Suite 5242
Aurora, CO 80045
303-724-4987