基因组伦理学哲学博士-行为遗传学

杜克大学的研究人员研究了这场“自然与养育”之争，他们来自多种学科：生物学，精神病学，公共政策，进化人类学和生物伦理学。研究人员使用纵向研究和孪生研究来深入了解幼儿期的经验，成年后的成功以及犯罪等行为问题之间的联系。教师研究从人格到政治取向的人类心理学和行为的遗传，生物学，神经生物学和进化学解释。教师还通过研究高度社会化的非人类灵长类动物（例如狒狒和猕猴）来使用基因组学方法来了解行为。另一个重点领域是增强正常人类认知的伦理。
Duke researchers who examine this ?nature vs. nurture? debate come from a variety of disciplines: biology, psychiatry, public policy, evolutionary anthropology, and bioethics. Researchers have used longitudinal and twin studies to gain insight into the connections between experiences in early childhood, success as adults, and behavior problems like criminality. Faculty examine the genetic, biological, neurobiological, and evolutionary explanations of human psychology and behavior, ranging from personality to political orientation. Faculty also use genomic approaches to understanding behavior through the study of highly social populations of nonhuman primates, like baboons and rhesus macaques. Another area of focus is the ethics of enhancement of normal human cognition.