Jonathan Kipnis, PhD

BJC Investigator, Alan A. and Edith L. Wolff Distinguished Professor of Pathology and Immunology

Divisions

Immunobiology

Division: Immunobiology

Lab Links
Kipnis Lab
BIG Center

 

Titles

Professor of Neurology, Neuroscience and Neurosurgery
Director, Brain Immunology and Glia (BIG) Center

Education

BSc, Biology: Tel Aviv University, Ramat Aviv, Israel (1995-1998)

MSc, Neurobiology: Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel (1998-1999)

PhD, Neuroimmunology: Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel (1999-2004)

Recognition

Sir Charles Clore scholarship and award of excellence in doctoral studies, 2002

Representative of Israeli Student Delegation for the International Summit of the American Academy of Achievement (Dublin, Ireland), 2002

Representative of Israeli Student Delegation, International Summit for Nobel Prize Laureates in Medicine (Lindau), 2003

Distinguished Prize for excellence in doctoral studies awarded by the Israeli Parliament (Knesset), 2004

Prize of excellence for doctoral studies awarded by the Feinberg Graduate School, Weizmann Institute of Science, 2004

Vada Kinman Oldfield Alzheimer’s Research Award, University of Nebraska Medical Center, 2006

Robert Ader New Investigator Award, 2011

PsychoNeuroImmunology Research Society (PNIRS), 2011

Jordi Folch-Pi award, American Society for Neurochemistry, 2012

Distinguished Research Career Development Award, University of Virginia, 2014

Gutenberg Research College (GRC) fellowship, Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz, 2015

Harrison Foundation Distinguished Teaching Professorship in Neuroscience, 2016

NIH Director’s Pioneer Award, 2018

NIH/NIA MERIT Award, 2020

Member, National Academy of Medicine, 2022

DBBS Affiliations

Immunology

Neuroscience

Research Interests

Dr. Jonathan (Jony) Kipnis’s research group focuses on the complex interactions between the immune system and the central nervous system (CNS). The goal is to elucidate the cellular and molecular mechanisms underlying these interactions in neurodegenerative, neurodevelopmental, and mental disorders as well as in physiology (including healthy aging).

Selected Publications

WashU Medicine Profile

Assistant

Tracy Duckett

Office Manager IV