Brian K. Kennedy

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Brian K. Kennedy Jr.
Born (1967-01-30) January 30, 1967 (age 57)
Louisville, Kentucky, United States
Nationality American
Alma mater Northwestern University
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
SpouseBrenda Kennedy
Children Austin J. Kennedy
Scientific career
Institutions National University of Singapore
Buck Institute for Research on Aging
University of Washington
Guangdong Medical College
Doctoral advisor Leonard P. Guarente

Brian K. Kennedy is the former President and CEO of the Buck Institute for Research on Aging in Novato, California. Having started in July 2010, Kennedy was asked to resign in October 2016. [1] [2] His resignation raised serious questions about Buck Leadership. [3]

Kennedy has published over 80 manuscripts in prestigious journals, including Cell , Nature, Science, Genes & Development, and PNAS . The potential public health benefits claimed in one study were questioned by the UK National Health Service in 2014. [4]

Kennedy has served on the NIH Cellular Mechanisms of Aging and Development study section since 2006, acting as Committee Chair since 2010. He has also served on the grant review committee for the American Federation for Aging Research Grants since 2006. He has acted as an Associate Editor for the Journal of Gerontology: Biological Science since 2006 and Cell Cycle since 2010. Currently, he is co-Editor-in-Chief of Aging Cell. Kennedy has served as a consultant for Biotech and Pharmaceutical companies [5] [6] and is a co-founder of the Nuvita Animal Health Corporation, a now-defunct dog food company. [7] He is also Chairman of Mount Tam Biotechnologies, [8] which is traded as a penny stock. [9] In August 2016, Mount Tam Biotechnologies merged with Tabacalera Ysidron, [10] a defunct cigar company which had failed in its plan to distribute Nicaraguan cigars. [11]

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