Grand Rounds with Kenneth Kendler, MD

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Name: Kenneth Kendler, MD

Title: Professor

Institution: Virginia Commonwealth University

Presentation: The Genetic Epidemiology of Psychiatric and Substance Use Disorders

Educational Objectives:

• To understand role of genetic factors across major psychiatric and drug abuse disorders
• To understand contribution of genetic factors to major patterns of comorbidity
• The review critical role of development, gene-environment correlation and interaction in etiology of psychiatric disorders
• To explore new aggregate molecular tools to address genetic epidemiological questions

See Dr. Kendler's faculty webpage