Dr. Becky Kinkead, Ph.D.
Academic Appointment
Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Emory University School of Medicine
Postgraduate Training
Doctoral Candidate, Department of Pharmacology, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, 1990-1991; Teaching Assistant, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, 1992-1993; Doctoral Candidate, Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, 1991-Present; Markey Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, 1997-1999
Honors and Awards
American College of Neuropsychopharmacology, Bristol-Myers Squibb Travel Award, 2001; Society of Biological Psychiatry, Lilly Fellowship Award, 2001; Summer Neuropeptide Conference Travel Award, 1999; Markey Postdoctoral Fellowship Award, 1997-1999; NIH Predoctoral Training Award, 1990-1991; Rotary Club Academic Award, 1986; Kawanis Club Academic Award, 1986
Current Organizational Memberships
Society for Neuroscience; Society of Biological Psychiatry, American Society of Pharmacological and Experimental Therapeutics
Research Interests
Neuropsychopharmacology of antipsychotic drugs, neuropeptides, sex differences in schizophrenia
Year Joined Emory as a Faculty Member
1999
Dr. Kinkead's Biographical Summary