prof. dr. R.S. (René) Kahn
prof. dr. R.S. (René) Kahn
- Psychiatry
Research Programs
Biography
Biography
Dr René Kahn is Professor and until 2017, was Chair of the Department of Psychiatry and Head of the Division of Neurosciences at the University Medical Center, Utrecht, The Netherlands. In 1995 he received a Fulbright Scholarship for study at Yale and subsequently did a Fellowship in Biological Psychiatry at the Montefiore Hospital and Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York. He then moved to the Mount Sinai School of Medicine where he conducted schizophrenia research and became Unit Chief of one of the research units.
Dr Kahn has received many grants for his research into the origins and treatment of schizophrenia. His current research interests include neuroimaging in schizophrenia and the genetic dissection of complex traits in specific psychiatric disorders. He has published over 500 research papers and book chapters. He is on the editorial boards of Schizophrenia research, Schizophrenia Bulletin, Early Interventions in Psychiatry and European Neuropsychopharmacology. He was both Treasurer and Vice-President of the European College for Neuropsychopharmacology and currently is President-Elect of the Schizophrenia International Research Society. He sat on the Neuroscience andd Mental Health Board of the Medical Research Council of the UK and was on the scientific advisory group for CNS of the European Medicines Agency. He leads a large EU-funded study, OPTiMiSE, on developing a treatment algorithm in first episode schizophrenia. He is honorary lifetime professor at Jilin University in Changchun, P.R. China and a member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences.
As of January 2017, he is appointed head of the Department of Psychiatry at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York. His main tasks at UMC Utrecht are now: coaching his PhD students and coordinating research projects.
Most recent key publications
1: Kahn RS, Fleischhacker WW, Boter H, Davidson M, Vergouwe Y, Keet IP, Gheorghe MD, Rybakowski JK, Galderisi S, Libiger J, Hummer M, Dollfus S, López-Ibor JJ, Hranov LG, Gaebel W, Peuskens J, Lindefors N, Riecher-Rössler A, Grobbee DE, EUFEST study group. E
2: van der Schot AC, Vonk R, Brans RG, van Haren NE, Koolschijn PC, Nuboer V, Schnack HG, van Baal GC, Boomsma DI, Nolen WA, Hulshoff Pol HE, Kahn RS. Influence of genes and environment on brain volumes in twin pairs concordant and discordant for bipolar disorder. Arch Gen Psychiatry. 2009 Feb,66(2):142-51
3: van der Schot AC, Vonk R, Brouwer RM, van Baal GC, Brans RG, van Haren NE, Schnack HG, Boomsma DI, Nolen WA, Pol HE, Kahn RS. Genetic and environmental influences on focal brain density in bipolar disorder. Brain. 2010 Sep 12
4: van Haren NE, Schnack HG, Cahn W, van den Heuvel MP, Lepage C, Collins L, Evans AC, Hulshoff Pol HE, Kahn RS Changes in cortical thickness during the course of illness in schizophrenia Arch Gen Psychiatry. 2011 Sep,68(9):871-80
5: van Haren NE, Rijsdijk F, Schnack HG, Picchioni MM, Toulopoulou T, Weisbrod M, Sauer ,H, van Erp TG, Cannon TD, Huttunen MO, Boomsma DI, Hulshoff Pol HE, Murray RM, Kahn RS. The genetic and environmental determinants of the association between brain abnormalities and schizophrenia: the schizophrenia twins and relatives consortium. Biol Psychiatry. 2012 May 15,71(10):915-21
Side Activities
Chair of the Division of Psychiatry at the Icahn School of Medicine of Mount Sinai (ISMMS) in New York, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai (ISMMS) since January 1st 2017.
Fellowship and Awards
1985 Fulbright Scholarship
1989 Ramaer Medaille
2009 Member Royal Netherlands Academy for Arts and Sciences
Research Output (1131)
Levi Linda, Bar-Haim Mor, Winter-van Rossum Inge, Davidson Michael, Leucht Stefan, Fleischhacker Wolfgang W, Park Jinyoung, Davis John M, Kahn Renè S, Weiser Mark 31 Mar 2023, In: Schizophrenia bulletin. 49 , p. 903-913 11 p.
Nasib Lyliana G, Winter-van Rossum Inge, Zuithoff Nicolaas P A, Boudewijns Zimbo S R M, Leucht Stefan, Kahn René S 29 Mar 2023, In: The Journal of clinical psychiatry. 84 10 p.
Susai Subash Raj, Föcking Melanie, Mongan David, Heurich Meike, Coutts Fiona, Egerton Alice, Whetton Tony, Winter-van Rossum Inge, Unwin Richard D, Pollak Thomas A, Weiser Mark, Leboyer Marion, Rujescu Dan, Byrne Jonah F, Gifford George W, Dazzan Paola, Koutsouleris Nikolaos, Kahn René S, Cotter David R, McGuire Philip 14 Mar 2023, In: Schizophrenia bulletin. 49 , p. 893-902 10 p.
de Witte Lot D, Munk Laursen Thomas, Corcoran Cheryl M, Kahn René S, Birnbaum Rebecca, Munk-Olsen Trine, Bergink Veerle 3 Mar 2023, In: Schizophrenia bulletin. 49 , p. 953-961 9 p.
Winter-van Rossum Inge, Weiser Mark, Galderisi Silvana, Leucht Stefan, Bitter Istvan, Glenthøj Birte, Hasan Alkomiet, Luykx Jurjen, Kupchik Marina, Psota Georg, Rocca Paola, Stefanis Nikos, Teitelbaum Alexander, Bar Haim Mor, Leucht Claudia, Kemmler Georg, Schurr Timo, Davidson Michael, Kahn René S., Fleischhacker W. Wolfgang, 1 Mar 2023, In: The lancet. Psychiatry. 10 , p. 197-208 12 p.
Sher Leo, Challman Katelyn N, Smith Emma C, New Antonia S, Perez-Rodriguez M Mercedes, McClure Margaret M, Goodman Marianne, Kahn René S, Hazlett Erin A 23 Feb 2023, In: Psychiatry Research. 322 , p. 115132
Dwyer Dominic B, Chand Ganesh B, Pigoni Alessandro, Khuntia Adyasha, Wen Junhao, Antoniades Mathilde, Hwang Gyujoon, Erus Guray, Doshi Jimit, Srinivasan Dhivya, Varol Erdem, Kahn Rene S, Schnack Hugo G, Meisenzahl Eva, Wood Stephen J, Zhuo Chuanjun, Sotiras Aristeidis, Shinohara Russell T, Shou Haochang, Fan Yong, Schaulfelberger Maristela, Rosa Pedro, Lalousis Paris A, Upthegrove Rachel, Kaczkurkin Antonia N, Moore Tyler M, Nelson Barnaby, Gur Raquel E, Gur Ruben C, Ritchie Marylyn D, Satterthwaite Theodore D, Murray Robin M, Di Forti Marta, Ciufolini Simone, Zanetti Marcus V, Wolf Daniel H, Pantelis Christos, Crespo-Facorro Benedicto, Busatto Geraldo F, Davatzikos Christos, Koutsouleris Nikolaos, Dazzan Paola 2023, In: Molecular Psychiatry. 28 , p. 2008-2017 10 p.
Aichholzer Mareike, Gangadin Shiral S., Sommer Iris E.C., Wijkhuis Annemarie, de Witte Lot D., Kahn René S., Bahn Sabine, Drexhage Hemmo A., Schiweck Carmen Dec 2022, In: Brain, Behavior, and Immunity - Health. 26 , p. 100551
Zaki Jihan K, Lago Santiago G, Rustogi Nitin, Gangadin Shiral S, Benacek Jiri, van Rees Geertje F, Haenisch Frieder, Broek Jantine A, Suarez-Pinilla Paula, Ruland Tillmann, Auyeung Bonnie, Mikova Olya, Kabacs Nikolett, Arolt Volker, Baron-Cohen Simon, Crespo-Facorro Benedicto, Drexhage Hemmo A, de Witte Lot D, Kahn René S, Sommer Iris E, Bahn Sabine, Tomasik Jakub 30 Oct 2022, In: Translational Psychiatry. 12
Bethlehem R A I, Seidlitz J, White S R, Vogel J W, Anderson K M, Adamson C, Adler S, Alexopoulos G S, Anagnostou E, Areces-Gonzalez A, Astle D E, Auyeung B, Ayub M, Bae J, Ball G, Baron-Cohen S, Beare R, Bedford S A, Benegal V, Beyer F, Blangero J, Blesa Cábez M, Boardman J P, Borzage M, Bosch-Bayard J F, Bourke N, Calhoun V D, Chakravarty M M, Chen C, Chertavian C, Chetelat G, Chong Y S, Cole J H, Corvin A, Costantino M, Courchesne E, Crivello F, Cropley V L, Crosbie J, Crossley N, Delarue M, Delorme R, Desrivieres S, Devenyi G A, Di Biase M A, Huang H, Kahn R S, Lee S, Li J, Wang Y S, 23 Sep 2022, In: Nature. 610 , p. E6