Brandon C McKinney, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry
Contact Details
3811 O'Hara St.
Pittsburgh
PA
15213
Email mckinneybc@upmc.edu
Education & Training
MD
University of Michigan, School of Medicine
PhD
Neuroscience, University of Michigan, Rackham Graduate School
Psychiatry, Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic of UPMC
Training for Transformative Discovery in Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Professional Affiliations
Member, American Psychiatric Association
Selected Honors & Awards
Outstanding Resident Award, National Institute of Mental Health
Research Interests
Epigenetic mechanisms in schizophrenia; Epigenetics in Alzheimers disease & normal aging; Epigenetics
Selected Research Publications & Products- McKinney B. C., Ding, Y., Lewis, D.A., Sweet, R.A.. DNA Methylation as a Mechanism for Reduced Dendritic Spine Density in Schizophrenia. Translational Psychiatry. 2017. (PMID: 28195572).
- McKinney B. C., Lin, H., Ding, Y., Lewis, D.A., Sweet, R.A., DNA methylation evidence against the accelerated aging hypothesis of schizophrenia. npj Schizophrenia. 2017. (PMID: 28560259).
- McKinney BC, Lin CW, Oh H, Tseng G, Lewis DA, Sibille E., Hypermethylation of BDNF and SST Genes in the Orbital Frontal Cortex of Older Individuals: A Putative Mechanism for Declining Gene Expression with Age. Neuropsychopharmacology 2015. (PMID: 25881116; PMCID: PMC4569950).
- McKinney B.C., Oh H., Sibille E., Age-by-Disease Biological Interactions: Implications for Late Life Depression. Front Genet, 3:237; 2012. (PMID: 23162569; PMCID: PMC3499806).
- McKinney B.C., Sibille E., The Age-by-Disease Interaction Hypothesis of Late-Life Depression. Am J Geriatr Psychiatry. 2012. (PMID: 23570886; PMCID: PMC3549303).
Clinical Interests
General adult psychiatry; Integrated behavioral health in primary care
Education Interests
Research mentoring of undergraduates; Research mentoring of medical students; Clinical mentoring of medical students, residents
