Clinical and Research Background
Dr. Kennedy’s research focuses on developing and using high-accuracy sequencing methods to detect low-frequency somatic mutations. He is one of the primary developers of Duplex Sequencing, which increases the accuracy of these platforms by >10,000-fold. He is using this new technology to study the accumulation of mutations (in both the nuclear and mitochondrial genomes) during aging in a variety of disease contexts.
Research Interests
Somatic Genomics, Mutagenesis
Academic and Medical Appointments
Assistant Professor, Department of Laboratory Medicine & Pathology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 2020-Present
Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 2016-2020
Acting Instructor, Department of Pathology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 2014-2016
Education and Training
Senior Fellow, Department of Pathology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 2008-2014
PhD in Chemistry, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, 2001-2007
BS in Chemistry, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, 1998-2001
Publications
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