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James Kennedy

ResearcherUniversity of Toronto

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James Kennedy

Researcher

Health Sciences

University of Toronto

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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Has led research grants, which requires an independent research appointment. Ask their department whether they supervise graduate students.
4 publications in the last five years, latest in 2025.
Principal investigator on 6 research grants (6 CIHR), most recently in 2023.
Supervised 11 trainees who won CIHR awards, most recently in 2025.

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Research

Disease Severity Functional Outcomes Pharmacogenetics Response Schizophrenia Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorders Side Effects

Latest papers

Genome-wide analyses identify 30 loci associated with obsessive–compulsive disorder
Nature Genetics · 2025
Genome-wide analyses identify 30 loci associated with obsessive-compulsive disorder
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) · 2024
Severe acute haemolytic transfusion reaction secondary to a plasma incompatible group B platelet transfusion.
Transfusion medicine (Oxford, England) · 2023

All 24 publications

Latest funding

Impact of Genomic Factors in Accidental Lethal Opioid Overdose
CIHR · 2025 · Co-investigator
$726,750
Exploring Novel Genomic and Clinical Markers to Personalize Antipsychotic Prescription for Schizophrenia
CIHR · 2025 · Supervisor
$120,000
Proof-of-Concept Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Trial of the Cognitive Enhancer, Memantine for Gambling Disorder
CIHR · 2024 · Co-investigator
$569,926

All 44 grants and awards

24 publications.

Genome-wide analyses identify 30 loci associated with obsessive–compulsive disorder

Strom NI, Gerring ZF, Galimberti M, Yu D, Halvorsen MW, Abdellaoui A, Rodriguez-Fontenla C, Sealock JM, Bigdeli T, Coleman JR

Nature Genetics2025100 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1038/s41588-025-02189-z PMID: W4410325451

Genome-wide analyses identify 30 loci associated with obsessive-compulsive disorder

Strom NI, Gerring ZF, Galimberti M, Yu D, Halvorsen MW, Abdellaoui A, Rodriguez-Fontenla C, Sealock JM, Bigdeli T, Coleman JR

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)202435 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1101/2024.03.13.24304161 PMID: W4392968969

Severe acute haemolytic transfusion reaction secondary to a plasma incompatible group B platelet transfusion.

Bienz M, Gupta A, Goldstein J, Kennedy J, Lin Y

Transfusion medicine (Oxford, England)2023

DOI: 10.1111/tme.12938 PMID: 36380475

Mu opioid receptor gene variant modulates subjective response to smoked cannabis.

Bourgault Z, Matheson J, Mann RE, Brands B, Wickens CM, Tiwari AK, Zai CC, Kennedy J, Le Foll B

American journal of translational research2022

PMID: 35173880

Mild cognitive impairment and major depressive disorder are associated with molecular senescence abnormalities in older adults.

Diniz BS, Vieira EM, Mendes-Silva AP, Bowie CR, Butters MA, Fischer CE, Flint A, Herrmann N, Kennedy J, Lanctôt KL, Mah L, Pollock BG, Mulsant BH, Rajji TK, on behalf of the PACt‐MD Study Group

Alzheimer's & dementia (New York, N. Y.)2021

DOI: 10.1002/trc2.12129 PMID: 33816758

Influence of Cannabinoid Receptor 1 Genetic Variants on the Subjective Effects of Smoked Cannabis.

Murphy T, Matheson J, Mann RE, Brands B, Wickens CM, Tiwari AK, Zai CC, Kennedy J, Le Foll B

International journal of molecular sciences2021

DOI: 10.3390/ijms22147388 PMID: 34299009

Association of Factors Influencing Selection of Upfront Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation versus Nontransplantation Therapies in Myelofibrosis.

Smith E, Huang J, Viswabandya A, Maze D, Malik S, Cheung V, Siddiq N, Claudio J, Arruda A, Kennedy J, Bankar A, Law AD, Lam W, Michelis FV, Kim D, Lipton J, Kumar R, Mattsson J, McNamara C, Sibai H, Xu W, Gupta V

Transplantation and cellular therapy2021

DOI: 10.1016/j.jtct.2021.03.027 PMID: 33798769

Tibial tuberosity ossification predicts reoperation for growth disturbance in distal femoral physeal fractures.

Kennedy J, Westacott D, Camp M, Howard A

Journal of children's orthopaedics2020First author

DOI: 10.1302/1863-2548.14.190073 PMID: 32874363

Complex spatio-temporal distribution and genomic ancestry of mitochondrial DNA haplogroups in 24,216 Danes.

Bybjerg-Grauholm J, Hagen CM, Gonçalves VF, Bækvad-Hansen M, Hansen CS, Hedley PL, Kanters JK, Nielsen J, Theisen M, Mors O, Kennedy J, Als TD, Demur AB, Nordentoft M, Børglum A, Mortensen PB, Werge TM, Hougaard DM, Christiansen M

PloS one2018

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0208829 PMID: 30543675

Schizophrenia-associated mt-DNA SNPs exhibit highly variable haplogroup affiliation and nuclear ancestry: Bi-genomic dependence raises major concerns for link to disease.

Hagen CM, Gonçalves VF, Hedley PL, Bybjerg-Grauholm J, Bækvad-Hansen M, Hansen CS, Kanters JK, Nielsen J, Mors O, Demur AB, Als TD, Nordentoft M, Børglum A, Mortensen PB, Kennedy J, Werge TM, Hougaard DM, Christiansen M

PloS one2018

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0208828 PMID: 30532134

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James Kennedy

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Genome-wide analyses identify 30 loci associated with obsessive–compulsive disorder

Genome-wide analyses identify 30 loci associated with obsessive-compulsive disorder

Severe acute haemolytic transfusion reaction secondary to a plasma incompatible group B platelet transfusion.

Mu opioid receptor gene variant modulates subjective response to smoked cannabis.

Mild cognitive impairment and major depressive disorder are associated with molecular senescence abnormalities in older adults.

Influence of Cannabinoid Receptor 1 Genetic Variants on the Subjective Effects of Smoked Cannabis.

Association of Factors Influencing Selection of Upfront Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation versus Nontransplantation Therapies in Myelofibrosis.

Tibial tuberosity ossification predicts reoperation for growth disturbance in distal femoral physeal fractures.

Complex spatio-temporal distribution and genomic ancestry of mitochondrial DNA haplogroups in 24,216 Danes.

Schizophrenia-associated mt-DNA SNPs exhibit highly variable haplogroup affiliation and nuclear ancestry: Bi-genomic dependence raises major concerns for link to disease.

Frequent collaborators

Mario Masellis

Andrea Gonzalez

Paul Sandor

Manuel Mattheisen

Bernard Le Foll

Cathy Barr

Robert Levitan

John Strauss

Sandra Meier

Bruna Brands

Kathleen Askland

Andrew Howard

Rajat Kumar

Brittany Jamieson

Jonas Mattsson

Benoit Mulsant

Andrew Howard

Wei Xu

Arun Ravindran

Thomas Kislinger

Jennifer Crosbie

Nathan Herrmann

Romina Mizrahi