"Using Stem Cells to Explore the Genetics Underlying Brain Disease"

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.

Elizabeth Mears and House Jameson Professor of Psychiatry, Genetics 

Yale School of Medicine 

Professor in Human Genetics Program Director for Center for Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine; Sanford Children’s Health Research Center

Host or Publisher Sanford Stem Cell Discovery Center