Kenneth Seedman Kendler

Virginia Institute for Psychiatric and Behavioral Genetics

Kenneth Seedman Kendler

Rachel Brown Banks Distinguished Professor of Psychiatry
Professor of Human Genetics
Director, Psychiatric Genetics Research Program
Director, Virginia Institute for Psychiatric and Behavioral Genetics

Tel: 804 828 8590
Fax: 804 828 1471 Email:
kendler@hsc.vcu.edu P.O. Box:
980126 VIPBG
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Education

1972: BA Biology & Religion, University of California, Santa Cruz
1977: MD Medicine, Stanford School of Medicine, Stanford, CA
1980: Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT
1983: Biometrical Genetics, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK

Professional Experience

1980-1983: Assistant Professor, Mt. Sinai School of Medicine, Dept. Of Psychiatry, New York, NY
1981-1983: Research Associate, Bronx VA Medical center, Mt. Sinai School of Medicine, Dept. of Psychiatry, New York
1983-1987: Associate Professor, Depts. Of Psychiatry and Human Genetics, Medical College of Virginia/Virginia Commonwealth University (MCV/VCU) Richmond, VA
1987-present: Professor, Depts. Of Psychiatry and Human Genetics, MCV/VCU
1991-present: Rachel Brown Banks Distinguished Professor of Psychiatry, MCV/VCU
1996-present: Director, Virginia Institute for Psychiatric and Behavioral Genetics, VCU (with L.J. Eaves)

Honors

1978-1980: Biological Scientist Training Program Fellow, Yale University School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry
1981-1983: Research Associate Award, Veteran's Administration
1984-1987: Member, American Psychiatric Association Work Group to Revise DSM-III
1987-1990: Member, Epidemiologic and Services Research Review Committee, NIMH
1988-: Member, American Psychiatric Association Task Force on DSM-IV
1991-: Rachel Brown Banks Distinguished Professor of Psychiatry
1994: VCU Distinguised Faculty Award for Scholarship
1995-: Member, Scientific Council, National Alliance for Research on Schizophrenia and Depression
1995: Lieber Prize for Outstanding Research in Schizophrenia (NARSAD)
1996-: Member, National Institute of Mental Health Intramural Research Program Planning Committee
1996: Editorial Boards of Archives of General Psychiatry, American Journal of Psychiatry, and Psychological Medicine
1997: First Prize, Anna-Monika-Foundation, for outstanding contributions to research on depression
1998: Stanley R. Dean Award, Am Coll Psychiatry, for exceptional scientific achievement in schizophrenia
1998: Kurt Schneider Scientific Award for exceptional scientific achievement in schizophrenia
1999: Honorary Doctor of Science from University of Birmingham, Birmingham England
1999: Member, Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Science
1999: Templeton Foundation for Outstanding Paper Award in Humility Theology in the category of Religion and the Medical Sciences
2000: Science Watch: 2nd most frequently cited author of high-impact papers in psychiatry, 1990-98
2000: Edward Strecker Award for outstanding contributions to psychiatric care and treatment
2001: Fundacion Castillo del Pino Award for outstanding achievement in psychiatry
2001: Edward J. Sachar Award for outstanding contributions to psychiatric research
2001: Thomas Salmon Lecturer Award for distinguished service in psychiatry
2002: Rema Lapouse Award – Significant contributions to the scientific understanding of epidemiology and control of mental disorders, American Public Health Association
2002: Philip R.A. May Memorial Lectureship for Distinguished Service in Psychiatry - UCLA
2002: Elected a Distinguished Fellow in Recognition of Significant Contributions to Psychiatry – American Psychiatric Association
2003: Erik Stromgren Medal and Memorial Lectureship, Erik Stromgren Foundation
2003: First Michael Rutter Lecture at Social Genetic and Developmental Psychiatry Centre Institute of Psychiatry, King’s College, London
2003-2004: Fritz Redlich Fellow at the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences

Funded Research

R01 AA11408 Prescott (2002-2006) Co-I, NIH/NIMH/NIAAA: An Irish Affected Sib Pair Study of Alcohol Dependence
R25 CA93423 Fries (2002-2007) Co-I, NIH/NCI: Pre- & Post-doctoral Training Program in Cancer Control
T32 MH20030 Neale (1999-2009) Co-I, NIH/NIMH: Research Training in Psychiatric and Statistical Genetics
R01 MH41953 Kendler (1999-2009) PI, NIH/NIMH: The Genetic Epidemiology of Schizophrenia in Ireland
R01 MH45712 Asarnow (2000-2005) subcontract PI, NIH/NIMH: Familial Psychiatric Disorder & Attention in Schizophrenia
R01 MH/AA49492 Kendler (2001-2005) PI, NIH/NIMH: The Epidemiology of Mood, Anxiety and Alcohol Disorders
R01 MH49716 Nuechterlein (2001-2007) subcontract PI, NIH/NIMH: The Transmission of Vulnerability Factors for Schizophrenia
R01 MH62276 Levinson (2000-2008) Co-I, NIH/NIMH: Multicenter Genetic Studies of Schizophrenia: Collaborative, Multicenter Replication Study of Linkage Findings in Schizophrenia from Chromosomes 15q, 18p and 22q.
R01 MH62368 Silberg (2001-2006) Co-I, NIH/NIMH: Parental Effects on Depression and Disruptive Behavior in Children of Twins
R01 MH65320 Van den Oord (2002-2005) Co-I, NIH/NIMH: Candidates Genes in Models of Mental Health
R01 MH65322 Neale (2003-2007) Co-I, NIH/NIMH: Psychopathology:Models, Measurement and Classification
VTSF #8520012 Kendler (2001-2005) PI, Virginia Tobacco Settlement Foundation: Candidate Genes for Nicotine Dependence in Humans

Research Interests

Psychiatric Genetics
Genetic Epidemiology
Schizophrenia
Twin Studies
Nosology of psychiatric disorders

Selected Publications

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