Kenneth S. Kendler

Education

• B.A. Biology and Religion (1972) University of California, Santa Cruz
• M.D. Medicine (1977) Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, Calif.
• Psychiatry (1980) Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Conn.
• Biometrical Genetics (1983) University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK

Professional experience

• 2003 to present: Editor, Psychological Medicine Journal
• 1996 to present: Director, Virginia Institute for Psychiatric and Behavioral Genetics, Virginia Commonwealth University (with L.J. Eaves)
• 1991 to present: Rachel Brown Banks Distinguished Professor of Psychiatry, VCU
• 1987 to present: Professor, Departments of Psychiatry and Human Genetics, VCU
• 1983 to 1987: Associate professor, Departments of Psychiatry and Human Genetics, VCU
• 1981 to 1983: Research associate, Bronx V.A. Medical Center, Mt. Sinai School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry, New York, N.Y.
• 1980 to 1983: Assistant professor, Mt. Sinai School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry, New York, N.Y.

Honors

• 2005: “America’s Top Doctors” Psychiatry-Castle Connolly Medical Ltd.
• 2005: Mysell Lectureship Harvard Medical School
• 2005: Cultural Studies Lectureship University of Pittsburgh
• 2003 to 2004: Fritz Redlich Fellow at the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences
• 2003: Eric Stromgren Medal and Memorial Lectureship, Eric Stromgren Foundation in Arhus, Denmark
• 2002: Philip R.A. May Memorial Lectureship for Distinguished Service in Psychiatry, UCLA
• 2002: Rema Lapouse Award for Significant Contributions to the Scientific Understanding of Epidemiology and Control of Mental Disorders, American Public Health Association
• 2001: Thomas Salmon Lecturer Award – Distinguished Service in Psychiatry, New York Academy of Medicine
• 2001: Edward J. Sachar Award – Outstanding Contributions to Psychiatric Research
• 2001: Fundacion Castillo del Pino Award – Outstanding Achievement in Psychiatry
• 2000: Edward Strecker Award for Outstanding Contributions to Psychiatric Care and Treatment
• 2000: Science Watch: Second most frequently cited author of high-impact papers in psychiatry, 1990 to 1998
• 1999: Templeton Foundation Outstanding Paper Award for Humility Theology in the Category of Religion and the Medical Sciences
• 1999: Member, Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Science
• 1999: Doctor of Science (Honorary), University of Birmingham, England
• 1999: Kurt Schneider Scientific Award for Exceptional Scientific Achievement in Schizophrenia
• 1998: Stanley R. Dean Award – Major Contributions to the Understanding of Schizophrenic Disorders, American College of Psychiatrists
• 1997: First Prize, Anna-Monika Foundation, for Outstanding Contributions to Research on Depression
• 1996: Editorial Boards of Archives of General Psychiatry, American Journal of Psychiatry, and Psychological Medicine
• 1996 to present: Member, National Institute of Mental Health Intramural Research Program Planning Committee
• 1995: Lieber Prize for Outstanding Research in Schizophrenia (NARSAD)
• 1995 to present: Member, Scientific Council, National Alliance for Research on Schizophrenia and Depression (NARSAD) 
• 1994: VCU Distinguished Faculty Award for Scholarship
• 1991 to present: Rachel Brown Banks Distinguished Professor of Psychiatry
• 1988 to present: Member, American Psychiatric Association Task Force on DSM-IV
• 1987 to 1990: Member, Epidemiologic and Services Research Review Committee, NIMH
• 1984 to 1987: Member, American Psychiatric Association Work Group to Revise DSM-III
• 1981 to 1983: Research Associate Award, Veteran's Administration
• 1978 to 1980: Biological Scientist Training Program Fellow, Yale University School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry

Funded research

• R01 AA11408 Prescott (2002-2006) co-investigator, NIH/NIMH/NIAAA: An Irish Affected Sib Pair Study of Alcohol Dependence
• R25 CA93423 Fries (2002-2007) co-investigator, NIH/NCI: Pre- and Postdoctoral Training Program in Cancer Control
• R01 DA11287 Kendler (1998-2008) principal investigator, NIH/NIDA: A Twin-Family Study of Drug Use, Abuse and Dependence
• T32 MH20030 Neale (1999-2009) co-investigator, NIH/NIMH: Research Training in Psychiatric and Statistical Genetics
• R01 MH41953 Kendler (1999-2009) principal investigator, NIH/NIMH: The Genetic Epidemiology of Schizophrenia in Ireland
• R01 MH45712 Asarnow (2000-2006) subcontract principal investigator, NIH/NIMH: Familial Psychiatric Disorder and Attention in Schizophrenia
• R01 MH/AA49492 Kendler (2001-2006) principal investigator, NIH/NIMH: The Epidemiology of Mood, Anxiety and Alcohol Disorders
• R01 MH49716 Nuechterlein (2001-2006) subcontract principal investigator, NIH/NIMH: The Transmission of Vulnerability Factors for Schizophrenia
• R01 MH62276 Levinson (2000-2008) co-investigator, 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-investigator, NIH/NIMH: Parental Effects on Depression and Disruptive Behavior in Children of Twins
• R01 MH65320 Van den Oord (2002-2005) co-investigator, NIH/NIMH: Candidates Genes in Models of Mental Health
• R01 MH65322 Neale (2003-2008) co-investigator, NIH/NIMH: Psychopathology: Models, Measurement and Classification
• VTSF #8520012 Kendler (2001-2006) principal investigator, 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

• Search on PubMed site for most recent publications.
• NIH Biosketch [PDF] updated July 2005