Ann K Kennedyمشاهده پروفایل
استادیار مدعو
Ann K Kennedy is an Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Department of Neuroscience at Northwestern University's Feinberg School of Medicine, leading theoretical neuroscience research on animal behavior and neural mechanisms using computational approaches. Her educational background includes: BS in Biomedical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University (2008) BA, Johns Hopkins University (2008) PhD in Neuroscience, Columbia University (2014) Kennedy's research integrates dynamical systems, statistical modeling, and machine learning to decode distributed neural control of behavior. Her lab investigates hypothalamic regulation of aggression, basal ganglia-behavior correlations, hippocampal social bonding mechanisms, and cnidarian neural evolution, focusing on how motivational states reshape neural activity. Recent publications reveal trends in computational neuroscience emphasizing neural heterogeneity, dynamical systems modeling, and machine learning applications to behavioral data, bridging theoretical frameworks with experimental neuroscience across diverse organisms and brain regions. Her major scientific awards include: Sloan Research Fellowship (2023) Eppendorf and Science Prize for Neurobiology (2022) Pew Scholar in the Biomedical Sciences (2024) Kennedy's research is supported by significant grants including the Sloan Fellowship ($75,000) and Pew Scholar award (four-year funding), enabling high-risk computational modeling of hypothalamic circuits. She mentors graduate students and postdocs in developing stochastic models to predict how experience reshapes neural activity underlying survival behaviors. Her laboratory employs interdisciplinary approaches combining theoretical modeling with experimental data from mice, cnidarians, and other models to investigate how stress, social isolation, and hunger modulate neural circuits controlling aggression and pain.
