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 (1113)
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
Harvey Philip D., Bosia Marta, Cavallaro Roberto, Howes Oliver D., Kahn René S., Leucht Stefan, Müller Daniel R., Penadés Rafael, Vita Antonio Sep 2022, In: Schizophrenia Research: Cognition. 29 , p. 1-13 13 p.
Haas Shalaila S, Doucet Gaelle E, Antoniades Mathilde, Modabbernia Amirhossein, Corcoran Cheryl M, Kahn René S, Kambeitz Joseph, Kambeitz-Ilankovic Lana, Borgwardt Stefan, Brambilla Paolo, Upthegrove Rachel, Wood Stephen J, Salokangas Raimo K R, Hietala Jarmo, Meisenzahl Eva, Koutsouleris Nikolaos, Frangou Sophia Sep 2022, In: Schizophrenia Research: Cognition. 29 , p. 100252
Schwarz Tommer, Boltz Toni, Hou Kangcheng, Bot Merel, Duan Chenda, Loohuis Loes Olde, Boks Marco P, Kahn René S, Ophoff Roel A, Pasaniuc Bogdan 14 Jul 2022, In: HGG advances. 3 , p. 1-12
Kahn Rene S., Correll Christoph, Kane John M., Arevalo Christina, Simmons Adam, Graham Christine, Yagoda Sergey, McDonnell David Jul 2022, In: Bipolar Disorders. 24 , p. 29-29
Haas Shalaila S., Ge Ruiyang, Sanford Nicole, Modabbernia Amirhossein, Reichenberg Abraham, Whalley Heather C., Kahn René S., Frangou Sophia 22 Jun 2022, In: Frontiers in Psychiatry. 13
Koevoets Martijn G.J.C., Prikken Merel, Hagenaar Doesjka A., Kahn René S., van Haren Neeltje E.M. 15 Jun 2022, In: Frontiers in Psychiatry. 13
Berdenis van Berlekom Amber, Kübler Raphael, Hoogeboom Jeske W, Vonk Daniëlle, Sluijs Jacqueline A, Pasterkamp R Jeroen, Middeldorp Jinte, Kraneveld Aletta D, Garssen Johan, Kahn René S, Hol Elly M, de Witte Lot D, Boks Marco P 2 May 2022, In: Nutrients. 14 , p. 1-19