Kyle D Ketchesin, PhD

Assistant Professor of Psychiatry

Areas of Expertise

  • Substance Use Disorders
  • Mood Disorders
  • Basic & Translational Neuroscience
Kyle D Ketchesin, PhD

Expertise & Interests

Research Interests

Circadian rhythms in psychiatric disorders; Epigenetics; Multi-omics

Selected Publications

  1. Perez MS, Yin R, Scott MR, Zong W, Seney ML, Xue X, Hildebrand MA, Shankar VG, Glausier JR, Lewis DA, Tseng GC, Ketchesin KD & McClung CA. (2025). Sex and regional differences in gene expression across the striatum in psychosis. Translational Psychiatry, 15(1):192. doi: 10.1038/s41398-025-03395-3.
  2. Ketchesin KD, Becker-Krail DD, Xue X, Wilson RS, Lam TT, Williams KR, Nairn AC, Tseng GC & Logan RW. (2023). Differential effects of cocaine and morphine on the diurnal regulation of the mouse nucleus accumbens proteome. Journal of Proteome Research, 22(7):2377-2390. doi: 10.1021/acs.jproteome.3c00126.
  3. Ketchesin KD, Zong W, Hildebrand MA, Scott MR, Seney ML, Cahill KM, Shankar VG, Glausier JR, Lewis DA, Tseng GC & McClung CA. (2023). Diurnal alterations in gene expression across striatal subregions in psychosis. Biological Psychiatry, 93(2):137-148. doi: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2022.08.013.
  4. Ketchesin KD, Zong W, Hildebrand MA, Seney ML, Cahill KM, Scott MR, Shankar VG, Glausier JR, Lewis DA, Tseng GC & McClung CA. (2021). Diurnal rhythms across the human dorsal and ventral striatum. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 118(2):e2016150118. doi: 10.1073/pnas.2016150118.
  5. Ketchesin KD, Becker-Krail D & McClung CA. (2020). Mood-related central and peripheral clocks. European Journal of Neuroscience, 51(1):326-345. doi: 10.1111/ejn.14253.

Education & Credentials

Education & Training

Education
PhD, Neuroscience, University of Michigan
Postdoctoral
Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

Professional Affiliations

  • Member, Society for Neuroscience
  • Member, Research Society on Alcohol
  • Member, Society for Research on Biological Rhythms

Selected Honors & Awards

  • Young Investigator Award, Brain & Behavior Foundation
  • Hamilton Family Award for Basic Neuroscience Research in Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine