Kristen Brennand, PhD
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Biography
Kristen Brennand, PhD is the Elizabeth Mears and House Jameson Professor of Psychiatry and Professor of Genetics at Yale University School of Medicine. She first established her independent laboratory in the Pamela Sklar Division of Psychiatric Genomics at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in 2012, after having completed post-doctoral training at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies and PhD studies at Harvard University. Dr. Brennand’s research combines expertise in genomic engineering, neuroscience, and stem cells, to identify the mechanisms that underlie brain disease. Her focus lies in resolving the convergence of, and complex interplay between, the many risk variants linked to disease, towards the goal of facilitating the clinical translation of genetic findings. Dr. Brennand’s work is funded by the National Institutes of Health, the New York Stem Cell Foundation, the Brain Research Foundation, and the Brain and Behavior Research Foundation.
Education & Training
- Post-doctoral scientistSalk Institute for Biological Studies (2012)
- PhDHarvard University, Molecular and Cellular Biology (2008)
- BSc (Hon)University of Calgary, Biology (2002)
Professional Service
Organization | Role | Date |
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Cell Stem Cell | Editorial Board Member | 2022 - Present |
Biological Psychiatry | Associate Editor | 2020 - Present |
Brain and Behavior Research Foundation | Scientific Council | 2020 - Present |
NIMH | Bioengineering of Neuroscience and Vision Technologies (BNVT) study section | 2019 - 2022 |
Molecular Autism | Associate Editor | 2019 - Present |
Departments & Organizations
- Center for Brain & Mind Health
- Genetics
- Interdepartmental Neuroscience Program
- Molecular Cell Biology, Genetics and Development
- Molecular Medicine, Pharmacology, and Physiology
- Neural Disorders
- Neuroscience Track
- Program in Translational Biomedicine (PTB)
- Wu Tsai Institute
- Yale Center for Genomic Health
- Yale Combined Program in the Biological and Biomedical Sciences (BBS)
- Yale Stem Cell Center