Paul J Kenny, PhD Email Paul Kenny
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- Positions
- PROFESSOR & CHAIR | Neuroscience
- DIRECTOR, DRUG DISCOVERY INSTITUTE
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- Language
- English
Paul J. Kenny, PhD, is Ward-Coleman Professor and Chair of the Nash Family Department of Neuroscience. Dr. Kenny also serves as the Director of the Drug Discovery Institute. His multidisciplinary research involves the study of behavioral paradigms, physiological analyses, and the molecular underpinnings of neurobehavioral disorders. Dr. Kenny is actively investigating the brains of rodents to uncover new signaling cascades that may play a role in addiction-like behaviors. The Kenny Laboratory is focused on understanding the neurobiological mechanisms of drug addiction, obesity and schizophrenia, with an emphasis on the role of nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAChRs) in these processes. They employ a multidisciplinary approach that includes complex behavioral paradigms, physiological analyses and molecular biological techniques. Current projects include the utilization of vector-based delivery systems to modify gene expression in the brains of rodents to identify novel signaling cascades that may play a role in addiction-like behaviors. Search PubMed for articles
Contact
Nora McLaughlin
Executive Assistant to Paul Kenny
Phone: 212-824-8968 or ext. 58968
Email: nora.mclaughlin@mssm.edu
Research Topics
Addiction, Behavior, Brain, Drug Design and Discovery, Epigenetics, Gene Expressions, Molecular Biology, Neurobiology, Neuroscience, Obesity, Schizophrenia
Multi-Disciplinary Training Areas
Neuroscience [NEU], Pharmacology and Therapeutics Discovery [PTD]
Education
BA, Trinity College Dublin
PhD, University of London
Language
English
2020
Annual Alton Ochsner Award Relating Smoking and Disease
Ochsner Health
2018
Daniel H. Efron Research Award
American College of Neuropsychopharmacology (ACNP)
2015
Tom Connor Distinguished Investigator Award
Neuroscience Ireland
2012
Mathilde Solowey Lecture Award in the Neurosciences
Foundation for Advanced Education in the Sciences
2010
Jacob P. Waletzky Memorial Award
Society for Neuroscience
The Kenny Laboratory is focused on understanding the neurobiological mechanisms of drug addiction, obesity and schizophrenia, with an emphasis on the role of nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAChRs) in these processes. They employ a multidisciplinary approach that includes complex behavioral paradigms, physiological analyses and molecular biological techniques. Current projects include the utilization of vector-based delivery systems to modify gene expression in the brains of rodents to identify novel signaling cascades that may play a role in addiction-like behaviors. Search PubMed for articles
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Below are financial relationships with industry reported by Dr. Kenny during 2020 and/or 2021. Please note that this information may differ from information posted on corporate sites due to timing or classification differences.
Consulting:
- Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited
Equity (Stock or stock options valued at greater than 5% ownership of a publicly traded company or equity of any value in a privately held company)
- Eolas Therapeutics, Inc.
Other activities: Examples include, but are not limited to, committee participation, data safety monitoring board (DSMB) membership
- AstraZeneca
Royalty Payments:
- Eolas Therapeutics, Inc.
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