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Addy graduated from East Grand Rapid's High School in 1996.[{{Cite web |last=Forstner |first=Jay |date=March 28, 2022 |title=A Virtual Cup of Coffee with Nii Addy '96 |url=https://egrsf.org/events/news-events.html/article/2022/03/28/a-virtual-cup-of-coffee-with-nii-addy-96}}] He then earned his bachelor's degree at [[Duke University]] in 2000 for Biology.[{{Cite web|title=Nii Addy, PhD|url=https://medicine.yale.edu/ysm/profile/nii_addy/|website=Yale School of Medicine|language=en|access-date=2020-05-31}}][{{Cite web|title=Veritas Forum|url=https://www.christianityandscholarship.org/event/veritas-forum-is-it-all-in-my-head/|website=www.christianityandscholarship.org|access-date=2020-05-31}}][{{Cite web |title=Nii Addy |url=https://www.carverstl.org/nii-addy |access-date=2025-04-01 |website=The Carver Project |language=en-US}}] He moved to [[Yale University]] for his doctoral studies, and he graduated in 2007 with a doctorate in Neuroscience.[{{Cite web|title=Psychiatry Grand Rounds: "Dopaminergic Regulation of Motivated Behavior: Insight into the Neurobiological Bases of Substance Abuse and Mood Disorders" {{!}} Duke School of Medicine|url=https://medschool.duke.edu/about-us/calendar/psychiatry-grand-rounds-dopaminergic-regulation-motivated-behavior-insight-neurobiological-bases|website=medschool.duke.edu|access-date=2020-05-31}}]In addition, he completed a postdoctoral appointment in analytical chemistry at [[University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill]]. |
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Biology has always been Addy's passion and he describes how making the choice of biology or psychology in his undergrad. That is the origin of his interest in neuroscience.[{{Cite journal |last=Wiseman |first=Shari |date=2023-05 |title=In conversation with Nii Addy |url=https://www.nature.com/articles/s41593-023-01320-9 |journal=Nature Neuroscience |language=en |volume=26 |issue=5 |pages=719–722 |doi=10.1038/s41593-023-01320-9 |issn=1546-1726}}] Addy graduated from East Grand Rapid's High School in 1996.[{{Cite web |last=Forstner |first=Jay |date=March 28, 2022 |title=A Virtual Cup of Coffee with Nii Addy '96 |url=https://egrsf.org/events/news-events.html/article/2022/03/28/a-virtual-cup-of-coffee-with-nii-addy-96}}] He then earned his bachelor's degree at [[Duke University]] in 2000 for Biology.[{{Cite web|title=Nii Addy, PhD|url=https://medicine.yale.edu/ysm/profile/nii_addy/|website=Yale School of Medicine|language=en|access-date=2020-05-31}}][{{Cite web|title=Veritas Forum|url=https://www.christianityandscholarship.org/event/veritas-forum-is-it-all-in-my-head/|website=www.christianityandscholarship.org|access-date=2020-05-31}}][{{Cite web |title=Nii Addy |url=https://www.carverstl.org/nii-addy |access-date=2025-04-01 |website=The Carver Project |language=en-US}}] He moved to [[Yale University]] for his doctoral studies, and he graduated in 2007 with a doctorate in Neuroscience.[{{Cite web|title=Psychiatry Grand Rounds: "Dopaminergic Regulation of Motivated Behavior: Insight into the Neurobiological Bases of Substance Abuse and Mood Disorders" {{!}} Duke School of Medicine|url=https://medschool.duke.edu/about-us/calendar/psychiatry-grand-rounds-dopaminergic-regulation-motivated-behavior-insight-neurobiological-bases|website=medschool.duke.edu|access-date=2020-05-31}}]In addition, he completed a postdoctoral appointment in analytical chemistry at [[University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill]]. |