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2026

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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Genetics in Canada Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Genetics in Canada Leader Award
  • 2024 - Research.com Genetics in Canada Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Genetics in Canada Leader Award

Overview

James L. Kennedy is affiliated with the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health in Canada. Their research primarily focuses on the field of Medicine, with significant contributions in Psychiatry and Mental Health, Genetics, Clinical Psychology, Pharmacology, and Molecular Biology.

The main topics covered in their work include:

  • Bipolar Disorder and Treatment
  • Genetic Associations and Epidemiology
  • Tryptophan and Brain Disorders
  • Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders
  • Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
  • Diet and Metabolism Studies
  • Pharmacogenetics and Drug Metabolism

Among the frequent co-authors collaborating with James L. Kennedy are:

  • Clement C. Zai
  • Arun K. Tiwari
  • Vanessa F. Gonçalves
  • Benoit H. Mulsant
  • Daniel J. Müller

The scientist has published extensively in several academic venues, with a strong presence in:

  • European Neuropsychopharmacology
  • Biological Psychiatry
  • Translational Psychiatry
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Journal of Psychiatric Research

Recent notable papers include:

  • "Review and Consensus on Pharmacogenomic Testing in Psychiatry," 2020, Pharmacopsychiatry
  • "Identifying the Common Genetic Basis of Antidepressant Response," 2021, Biological Psychiatry Global Open Science
  • "GWAS Meta-Analysis of Suicide Attempt: Identification of 12 Genome-Wide Significant Loci and Implication of Genetic Risks for Specific Health Factors," 2023, American Journal of Psychiatry
  • "Melatonin's Neuroprotective Role in Mitochondria and Its Potential as a Biomarker in Aging, Cognition and Psychiatric Disorders," 2021, Translational Psychiatry
  • "Genomics Yields Biological and Phenotypic Insights into Bipolar Disorder," 2025, Nature

Best Publications

  • Biological insights from 108 schizophrenia-associated genetic loci

    Stephan Ripke;Stephan Ripke;Benjamin M. Neale;Benjamin M. Neale;Aiden Corvin;James T. R. Walters

  • Genetic relationship between five psychiatric disorders estimated from genome-wide SNPs

    S. Hong Lee;Stephan Ripke;Stephan Ripke;Benjamin M. Neale;Benjamin M. Neale;Stephen V. Faraone

  • STOPP (Screening Tool of Older Person's Prescriptions) and START (Screening Tool to Alert doctors to Right Treatment). Consensus validation.

    P Gallagher;C Ryan;S Byrne;Julia Kennedy

  • Common schizophrenia alleles are enriched in mutation-intolerant genes and in regions under strong background selection

    Antonio F. Pardiñas;Peter Holmans;Andrew J. Pocklington;Valentina Escott-Price

  • Genome-wide association study identifies 30 loci associated with bipolar disorder

    Eli A. Stahl;Eli A. Stahl;Gerome Breen;Andreas J. Forstner;Andrew McQuillin

  • West of Scotland Coronary Prevention Study: Identification of high-risk groups and comparison with other cardiovascular intervention trials

    J Shepherd;SM Cobbe;AR Lorimer;JH McKillop

  • Large-scale genome-wide association analysis of bipolar disorder identifies a new susceptibility locus near ODZ4

    Pamela Sklar;Pamela Sklar;Stephan Ripke;Stephan Ripke;Laura J. Scott;Ole A. Andreassen

  • Modeling Linkage Disequilibrium Increases Accuracy of Polygenic Risk Scores

    Bjarni J. Vilhjálmsson;Jian Yang;Hilary K. Finucane;Alexander Gusev

  • Genome-wide association study of more than 40,000 bipolar disorder cases provides new insights into the underlying biology

    Niamh Mullins;Andreas J. Forstner;Andreas J. Forstner;Andreas J. Forstner;Kevin S. O'Connell;Kevin S. O'Connell;Brandon Coombes

  • Serotonin transporter promoter gain-of-function genotypes are linked to obsessive-compulsive disorder.

    Xian-Zhang Hu;Robert H. Lipsky;Guanshan Zhu;Longina A. Akhtar

  • Genomic Relationships, Novel Loci, and Pleiotropic Mechanisms across Eight Psychiatric Disorders

    Phil H. Lee;Verneri Anttila;Hyejung Won;Yen-Chen A. Feng

  • Multiple dopamine D4 receptor variants in the human population

    Van Tol Hh;Wu Cm;Guan Hc;Ohara K

  • Genome-wide association study identifies eight risk loci and implicates metabo-psychiatric origins for anorexia nervosa

    Hunna J. Watson;Hunna J. Watson;Hunna J. Watson;Zeynep Yilmaz;Laura M. Thornton;Christopher Hübel;Christopher Hübel

  • Dopamine D4 receptor gene polymorphism is associated with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.

    LaHoste Gj;Swanson Jm;Wigal Sb;Glabe C

  • Treatment-Resistant Schizophrenia: Treatment Response and Resistance in Psychosis (TRRIP) Working Group Consensus Guidelines on Diagnosis and Terminology.

    Oliver D. Howes;Rob McCutcheon;Ofer Agid;Andrea De Bartolomeis

  • A human gene that shows identity with the gene encoding the angiotensin receptor is located on chromosome 11

    Brian F. O'Dowd;Michael Heiber;Audrey Chan;Henry H.Q. Heng

  • Contribution of copy number variants to schizophrenia from a genome-wide study of 41,321 subjects

    Christian R Marshall;Daniel P Howrigan;Daniel P Howrigan;Daniele Merico;Bhooma Thiruvahindrapuram

  • Role of translocator protein density, a marker of neuroinflammation, in the brain during major depressive episodes.

    Elaine Setiawan;Alan A. Wilson;Alan A. Wilson;Romina Mizrahi;Pablo M. Rusjan

  • The brain-derived neurotrophic factor gene confers susceptibility to bipolar disorder: evidence from a family-based association study.

    Maria Neves-Pereira;Emanuela Mundo;Pierandrea Muglia;Nicole King

  • A hypervariable segment in the human dopamine receptor D4 (DRD4) gene

    Jay B. Lichter;Cathy L. Barr;James L. Kennedy;Hubert H.M. Van Tol

Frequent Co-Authors

Herbert Y. Meltzer
Herbert Y. Meltzer Northwestern University
Jeffrey A. Lieberman
Jeffrey A. Lieberman Columbia University
Cathy L. Barr
Cathy L. Barr University Health Network
Fabio Macciardi
Fabio Macciardi University of California, Irvine
Robert D. Levitan
Robert D. Levitan Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
John S. Strauss
John S. Strauss Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
Aristotle N. Voineskos
Aristotle N. Voineskos Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
Stephan Ripke
Stephan Ripke Massachusetts General Hospital
John B. Vincent
John B. Vincent Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
Margaret A. Richter
Margaret A. Richter Sunnybrook Health Science Centre

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