Eimear E Kenny, PhD
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DIRECTOR, INSTITUTE FOR GENOMIC HEALTH
PROFESSOR | Medicine, General Internal Medicine
PROFESSOR | Genetics and Genomic Sciences
Research Topics
Genetics, Genomics
Multi-Disciplinary Training Area
Disease Mechanisms and Therapeutics (DMT), Neuroscience [NEU]

BSc, Trinity College Dublin

MSc, University of Leeds

PhD, Rockefeller University

Post-doc, Stanford University

Publications

Selected Publications

Global multi-ancestry genome-wide analyses identify genes and biological pathways associated with thyroid cancer and benign thyroid diseases. Samantha L. White, Maizy S. Brasher, Jack Pattee, Wei Zhou, Sinéad Chapman, Yon Ho Jee, Caitlin C. Bell, Taylor L. Jamil, Martin Barrio, Christopher H. Arehart, Luke M. Evans, Jibril Hirbo, Nancy J. Cox, Peter Straub, Shinichi Namba, Emily Bertucci-Richter, Lindsay Guare, Ahmed Edris, Sam Morris, Ashley J. Mulford, Haoyu Zhang, Brian Fennessy, Martin D. Tobin, Jing Chen, Alexander T. Williams, Catherine John, David A. van Heel, Rohini Mathur, Sarah Finer, Marta R. Moksnes, Ben M. Brumpton, Bjørn Olav Åsvold, Raitis Peculis, Vita Rovite, Ilze Konrade, Ying Wang, Kristy Crooks, Sameer Chavan, Matthew J. Fisher, Nicholas Rafaels, Meng Lin, Jonathan A. Shortt, Alan R. Sanders, David C. Whiteman, Stuart MacGregor, Sarah E. Medland, Unnur Thorsteinsdóttir, Kári Stefánsson, Michael H. Preuss, Eimear Kenny. Nature Genetics

Healthcare professionals’ experiences returning monogenic, polygenic, and integrated risk results in the eMERGE study. Sabrina A. Suckiel, Laura Golfinopoulos, Courtney L. Scherr, Brenna M. Boyd, Wendy K. Chung, Hakon Hakonarson, Ingrid A. Holm, Iftikhar J. Kullo, Nita A. Limdi, Michael F. Murray, Melanie F. Myers, Cynthia A. Prows, Maya Sabatello, Georgia L. Wiesner, Eimear E. Kenny, Noura S. Abul-Husn. Human Genetics and Genomics Advances

Prediction and characterization of genetically regulated expression of asthma tissues from African-ancestry populations. Sarah D. Slack, Erika Esquinca, Christopher H. Arehart, Meher Preethi Boorgula, Brooke Szczesny, Alex Romero, Monica Campbell, Sameer Chavan, Nicholas Rafaels, Harold Watson, R. Clive Landis, Nadia N. Hansel, Charles N. Rotimi, Christopher O. Olopade, Camila A. Figueiredo, Carole Ober, Andrew H. Liu, Eimear E. Kenny, Kai Kammers, Ingo Ruczinski, Margaret A. Taub, Michelle Daya, Christopher R. Gignoux, Katerina Kechris, Kathleen C. Barnes, Rasika A. Mathias, Randi K. Johnson. Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

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Population Genomic Health: Bridging Genomics into Clinical Care

Physicians and scientists on the faculty of the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai often interact with pharmaceutical, device, biotechnology companies, and other outside entities to improve patient care, develop new therapies and achieve scientific breakthroughs. In order to promote an ethical and transparent environment for conducting research, providing clinical care and teaching, Mount Sinai requires that salaried faculty inform the School of their outside financial relationships.

Below are financial relationships with industry reported by Dr. Kenny during 2025 and/or 2026. Please note that this information may differ from information posted on corporate sites due to timing or classification differences.

Board Service

  • Overtone
  • Galateo Bio

Equity (Stock or stock options valued at greater than 5% ownership of a publicly traded company or equity of any value in a privately held company)

  • Galateo Bio

Mount Sinai's faculty policies relating to faculty collaboration with industry are posted on our website. Patients may wish to ask their physician about the activities they perform for companies.