Meet The Team

Rhonda M. Merwin, PhD
Director
Dr. Merwin is an Associate Professor in the School of Medicine at Duke University, Licensed Psychologist and Peer-Reviewed ACT Trainer. Dr. Merwin completed her PhD under the mentorship of Dr. Kelly Wilson (Co-founder of ACT) and a clinical internship and NIH-sponsored postdoctoral fellowship at Duke University Medical Center before joining the Duke faculty in 2008. Dr. Merwin directs the ACT at Duke clinic, teaches and supervises students, conducts grant-funded research and maintains an active clinical practice. Visit her Duke Scholar profile here.

Ashley A. Moskovich, PhD
Co-Director, Clinical Operations
Dr. Moskovich is a Medical Instructor in the School of Medicine at Duke University and a Licensed Psychologist. Dr. Moskovich completed her PhD in Clinical Psychology at Duke University under the combined mentorship of Dr. Rhonda Merwin and Dr. Nancy Zucker in the Duke Center for Eating Disorders. She completed her clinical internship at the UCLA Semel Institute for Science and Human Behavior. Dr. Moskovich supervises students, participates in grant-funded research and maintains an active clinical practice. Visit her Duke Scholar profile here.
Practitioners
Alissa Stavig,
MD
Psychiatry Resident,
Duke University
School of Medicine

Hira Silat,
MD
Psychiatry Residents,
Duke University
School of Medicine
Lauren
Morris, MD
Psychiatry Resident, Duke University School of Medicine
Peter McCann, MD
Psychiatry Resident, Duke University School of Medicine
Colin
Smith,
MD
Psychiatry Resident, Duke University School of Medicine
Research Assistants

Sara Freeman, LPC-A
Mood Treatment Center

Angela Pisoni, MA
PhD Candidate, Dept of Psychology and Neuroscience,
Duke University
Carly Onnink
Undergraduate, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill