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ERIN LORAINE KINNALLY, PH.D.
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, DAVIS
ONE SHIELDS AVENUE
DAVIS, CA 95616
PH: (530) 753-0748
ELKINNALLY@UCDAVIS.EDU
WWW.ERINKINNALLY.COM
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ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS
2015 -
Assistant Research Psychologist, Department of Psychology, UC Davis,
Davis, CA
2013 - 2015 Lecturer, Department of Psychology, UC Davis, Davis, CA
2012 - 2015 Assistant Project Scientist, UC Davis, Davis, CA
EDUCATION AND TRAINING
2007- 2012
Postdoctoral Fellowship in Neuroscience, Columbia University, NY, NY
Title: Early Life Stress and Epigenetic Development in Humans and Nonhuman Primates
Mentor: J. John Mann, M.D.
2003 – 2007
Ph.D. in psychology, University of California, Davis, CA
Title: Genetic and Developmental Risk Factors for Impulsivity and
Aggression in Rhesus Macaques (Macaca mulatta)
Mentor: John P. Capitanio, Ph.D.
2000 – 2003
M. A. in psychology, University of Nebraska at Omaha, Omaha, NE
Title: Serotonin Function and Behavior in Marmosets (Callithrix kuhlii)
Mentor: Jeffrey A. French, Ph.D.
1992 – 1996
B.A. in psychology and history, Hamilton College, Clinton, NY
Title: Glucose and Dopamine Receptor Mediated Memory in Rats
Mentor: Douglas A. Weldon, Ph.D.
GRANTS
2014
2012
2010
R21 HD009799 “Epigenetics and the Transgenerational Effects of
Early Stress”, Role: P.I., ($231,600 total costs; funding period 9/2014-9/2015)
R03 HD069600 “Developing a Translational Monkey Model of Maternal
Care” Role: P.I. ($153, 917 total costs; funding period 3/2012-2/2015)
P51 NCRR 3P51RR000169-48S1 “Epigenetic Risk Following Early Life Stress”
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Role: P.I. ($90,000 total costs; funding period 5/2010-4/2012
FELLOWSHIPS AND AWARDS
2015
2013
2011
2009
2008
2007
2006
2004
2002
2001
2000
1999
1996
UC Davis Academic Federation Research Travel Grant
AAAS Conference Travel Award
NICHD Paternal Involvement Workshop Young Investigator Travel Award
UC Davis Academic Federation Innovative Development Award
Janssen Fellowship in Translational Neuroscience, Columbia University
Postdoctoral Fellowship, Sackler Foundation for Developmental Psychobiology,
Columbia University
Clinical Translational Science Award, Columbia University
National Research Service Award (NRSA), Neurobehavioral Sciences
T32MH015174 Columbia University Role: Trainee; PI: Rene Hen
NRSA Training Fellowship, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford
University (declined)
NRSA Training Fellowship, Behavioral Genetics, University of Colorado,
Boulder (declined)
Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation Dissertation Fellowship
Graduate Fellowship, University of California Davis
Student International Travel Award, University of California at Davis
Best Poster Presentation, American Society of Primatologists Conference
National Science Foundation Predoctoral Fellowship
University of Nebraska at Omaha, Research Travel Grant
American Society of Primatologists General Small Grant
Rhoden Biological Sciences Award, University of Nebraska, Omaha
Honorable Mention, National Science Foundation Predoctoral Fellowship
Graduate Fellowship, University of Nebraska at Omaha
Graduate Fellowship, Psychology, Tulane University, (declined)
Departmental Distinction, Psychobiology Senior Thesis, Hamilton College
BOOK CHAPTERS
21. Ahmed, F.U. and Kinnally, E. L. (2016) Cumulative Gene x Environment Influences on
Neurobehavioral Development in Humans and Non-human Primates. In: Complex
Phenotypes: Methodological Issues in Gene-Environment Interactions. Editor: Michael
Windle. MIT Press: Cambridge, MA. In press.
20. Kinnally, E. L. (2012) Genome-Environment Coordination in Neurobehavioral
Development. In: Building Babies: Primate Development in Proximate and Ultimate
Perspective. Editors Clancy K., Hinde, K. and Rutherford, J.N. Springer: New York, NY.
ARTICLES IN PEER-REVIEWED JOURNALS
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19. Kinnally E.L., Taylor, M., Pluess, M., and Belsky, J. Intergenerational Transmission
of Maternal Behavior in Rhesus Macaques: A Preliminary Test of the Cumulative
Genetic Plasticity Hypothesis. Submitted.
18. Kinnally, E.L. and Capitanio, J.P. (2015) Paternal Early Experiences Influence Infant
Development through Non-Social Mechanisms in Rhesus Macaques In press, Frontiers in
Zoology.
17. McIlmoyle, G. Satkoski Trask, J. Kinnally, E.L., Ng, J, Glenn Smith, D. and
Kanthaswamy, S. (2015) Bisulfite restriction analysis reveals CpG methylation in the
serotonin transporter gene promoter region is not correlated with age and social ranking in
male Macaca mulatta. Journal of Nature and Science, 1 (4) e72.
16. Kinnally, E.L. (2014) Epigenetic Plasticity Following Early Stress Predicts Long-Term
Health Outcomes in Rhesus Macaques. American Journal of Physical Anthropology,
55(2):192-9.
15. Kinnally, E.L. Feinberg, C., Kim, D., Ferguson, K., Coplan, J.D., and Mann, J.J. (2013)
Transgenerational Effects of Early Variable Foraging Demand Stress in Female Bonnet
Macaques. American Journal of Primatology, 75, 509-17.
14. Karere, G.M., Sullivan, E.C., Kinnally, E.L., Capitanio, J.P., and Lyons, L.A. (2012)
Enhancing genotyping of MAOA and 5-HTT in rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta). Journal
of Medical Primatology, 41(6): 407-11.
13. Kinnally, E.L. and Mann, J.J. (2012) Early Stress Programming and Suicide. Psychiatric
Annals, 42, 95-100.
12. Kinnally, E.L. Feinberg, C., Kim, D., Ferguson, K., Leibel, R., Coplan, J.D., and
Mann, J.J. (2011) DNA Methylation as a Risk Factor in the Effects of Early Life Stress.
Brain, Behavior and Immunity, 25 (8): 1548-53.
11. Kinnally, E.L., Capitanio, J.P, Leibel, R Deng, L., LeDuc, C., Haghighi, F., and Mann,
J.J. (2010) Epigenetic Regulation of Serotonin Transporter Expression and Behavior in Infant
Rhesus Macaques. Genes, Brain and Behavior, 9, 575-582.
10. Kinnally, E.L., Karere, G.M., Mendoza, S.P. Lyons, L.A., Mason, W.A., & Capitanio,
J.P. (2010) Serotonin Pathway Gene-Gene and Gene-Environment Interactions Influence
Behavioral Response to Stress in Infant Rhesus Macaques. Development and
Psychopathology, 22 (1), 35-44.
9. Kinnally, E.L., Tarara, E.R., Abel, K., Mendoza, S.P. Lyons, L.A., Mason, W.A., &
Capitanio, J.P. (2010) Serotonin Transporter Expression is Influenced by Early Life Stress
and Predicts Disinhibited Behavior in Infant Rhesus Macaques. Genes, Brain and Behavior,
9, 45-52.
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8. Kinnally, E. L., Huang, Y. Y., Haverly, R., Burke, A.K. Brent, D.A., Oquendo, M.A.,
Galfalvy, H., and Mann, J. J. (2009) Parental Care Moderates the Influence of MAOA-uVNTR
Genotype and Childhood Stressors on Trait Impulsivity and Aggression in Adult Women.
Psychiatric Genetics, 19, 126-133.
7. Miller, J. M., Kinnally, E.L, Ogden, R.T., Oquendo, M.A., Mann, J.J., Parsey, R.V.
(2009) Childhood abuse is associated with low serotonin transporter availability in patients
with major depressive disorder. Synapse, 63 (7) 565-573.
6. Karere, G.M., Kinnally, E.L, Sanchez, J. N., Famula, T., Lyons, L.A., & Capitanio, J.P.
(2009) What is Early Adversity? Monoamine Oxidase A Promoter Polymorphism Variation
Influences Infant Response to a Human Intruder in Rhesus Macaques. Biological Psychiatry,
65, 770-7.
5. Kinnally, E.L., Whiteman, H.J., Mendoza, S.P. & Capitanio, J.P. (2008) Dimensions of
Response to Novelty are Associated with Aggression and Social Engagement in Adult Male
Rhesus Macaques. Journal of Comparative Psychology, 122(2):195-203.
4. Kinnally, E.L., Lyons, L.A., Abel, K., Mendoza, S.P. & Capitanio, J.P. (2008) The
Effects of Experience and Genotype on Serotonin Transporter Gene Expression in Response
to Maternal Separation in Infant Rhesus Macaques. Genes, Brain, and Behavior, 7(4):481-6
3. Kinnally, E.L., Jensen, H.A., Ewing, J., & French, J.A. (2006) Serotonin Function is
Associated with Behavioral Response to a Novel Conspecific in Marmosets (Callithrix
kuhlii). American Journal of Primatology, 68, 812-824.
2. Baboval, T., Henion T., Kinnally E., & Smith F. I. (2000) Molecular Cloning of Rat
Alpha-1,3-fucosyltransferases IX (Fuc-TIX) and Comparison of the Expression of Fuc-TIV
and Fuc-TIX Genes During Rat Postnatal Cerebellum Development. Journal of Neuroscience
Research; 62:206-215.
1. Baboval T., Crandall J. E., Kinnally E., Chou D. K. H., & Smith F. I. (2000) Restriction
of High CD15 Expression to a Subset of Rat Cerebellar Astroglial Cells Can Be Overcome
by Transduction with Adenoviral Vectors Expressing the Rat Alpha-1,3-fucosyltransferase
IV gene. Glia; 31:144-154.
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
UNDERGRADUATE COURSES
PSYCH 113 Developmental Psychobiology, UC Davis (instructor, 2014, 2015)
PSYCH 121 Physiological Psychology, UC Davis (instructor, 2013, 2014)
NPB 150/PSYCH 122 Advanced Animal Behavior, UC Davis (instructor, 2013)
NPB 152/PSYCH 123 Hormones and Behavior, UC Davis (instructor 2013 – 2015)
PSYCH 126 Health Psychology, UC Davis (instructor, 2015)
PSYCH 199 Special Study for Advanced Undergraduates UC Davis (instructor, 2004-2013)
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MENTORSHIP (UNDERGRADUATE AND POST-BACCALAUREATE)
Amy Williams (primate behavior, physiology), University of Nebraska, 2001
Elyssa Firbas (primate behavior), University of Nebraska, Omaha, 2001-2002
*Jennifer Ewing (primate behavior, physiology), University of Nebraska 2000-2002
*Heather J. Whiteman (primate behavior), UC Davis, 2003-2005
Elizabeth Milano (genetics), UC Davis, 2004-2005
*Jessica Sanchez (genetics), UC Davis, 2003-2006
Jennifer Cotton (primate behavior) UC Davis, 2006-2007
*Caroline Feinberg, (primate behavior), Columbia University 2008
*David Kim, (primate behavior), Columbia University 2008
*Rina Haverly, (statistics, neuroscience), Columbia University 2007-2009
*Molly Taylor (primate behavior), UC Davis, 2009-2010
Jenna Jubber (molecular biology), UC Davis 2010
Denise Lopez (primate behavior), UC Davis 2011
Margery Magill (primate behavior), UC Davis 2011
*Jennifer Huntley (molecular biology and primate behavior), UC Davis, 2011-2012
*Sierra Young (primate behavior), UC Davis, 2012
Hannah Page (molecular biology), UC Davis, 2012
Danielle Peterson (molecular biology), UC Davis, 2012
Jordan Anderson (molecular biology and primate behavior), UC Davis 2012-present
Jerry Ngov (primate behavior), UC Davis 2013-2014
Matthew Do (primate behavior), UC Davis 2013
Chelsie Antonio (primate behavior), UC Davis 2013
*Mireille Gonzales (primate behavior), UC Davis, 2013-2014
*Fatima Ahmed (primate behavior), UC Davis, 2013-2014
Connie Tran (primate behavior), UC Davis, 2013-2014
Samuel Braverman-Kennedy (primate behavior), UC Davis, 2013-2014
Shawna Parker (molecular biology and primate behavior), UC Davis, 2013-2015
Kyle Rich (primate behavior), UC Davis, 2014-2015
Steten Martinez (molecular biology and primate behavior), UC Davis, 2015-present
* Co-authors on original research papers or chapters (published or in preparation)
UNDERGRADUATE THESES MENTORED
2014 Connie Tran, Senior Research Project, University Honors Program
Title: Context-Dependent Effects of Social Rank on Access to Females in
Rhesus Macaques (Macaca mulatta)
2015 Jordan Anderson, Senior Research Project, Provost’s Undergraduate Fellowship
Title: The Relationship between Imitation, Affiliation, and Plasticity Genotypes in
Rhesus Macaques (Macaca mulatta)
GUEST LECTURES
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Undergraduate Brain, Mind and Behavior Series, UC Davis, 2011
PSYCH 290 Stress, UC Davis, 2010
PSYCH 162 Personality Theory, UC Davis, 2010
Undergraduate Brain, Mind and Behavior Series, UC Davis, 2010
PSYCH 208 Physiology and Behavior, UC Davis, 2006
PSYCH 4230 Behavioral Neuroscience, University of Nebraska, Omaha, 2002
Needham High School “Research in Psychology”, 1999
PROFESSIONAL
Teacher, Kaplan GRE Preparation Center, Omaha, NE, 2001-2002
Teacher, NOVA Intercultural Institute, Tokyo, Japan, 1996-1997
SELECTED ORAL PRESENTATIONS
ZIF, University of Bielefeld, Germany, Adaptive Behavioral Development Conference, 2014
AAAS Annual Meeting, Chicago, 2014
Center for Poverty Research Conference, UC Davis, 2013
University of California Berkeley, Department of Psychology, 2013
Society of Experimental Social Psychology Conference, 2012
University of California, Davis, Department of Animal Science, 2012
Biological Psychiatry Meeting, Symposium on Gene-Environment Interactions, 2012
Biological Psychiatry Meeting, Symposium on MAOA and Psychiatry, 2011
Harvard Medical School, New England Primate Research Center, 2011
University of Michigan, Department of Psychology, 2011
Columbia University, Sackler Institute for Developmental Psychobiology, 2009
University of California, San Francisco, Department of Psychiatry, 2009
The Ohio State University, Department of Pharmacogenomics, 2007
Stanford University, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, 2007
University of Colorado, Boulder, Institute for Behavior Genetics, 2007
Stony Brook University, Department of Psychology, 2006
Yale University, Department of Psychiatry, 2006
American Society of Primatologists, Primate Genetics Symposium, 2006
PUBLISHED ABSTRACTS (AS FIRST AUTHOR)
Epigenetic Reprogramming of “Social Genes” by Early Social Experience, Invited Oral
Presentation, Society of Experimental Social Psychology, Austin TX, 2012
Early Life Stress and Epigenetic Plasticity in Rhesus Macaques, Invited Oral
Presentation, Society of Biological and Psychiatry, Philadelphia, PA 2012
Intergenerational Transmission of Maternal Care in Rhesus Macaques. American Society
of Primatologists, September, 2011.
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MAOA, Early Life Experience, and Impulsivity in Rhesus Macaques. Invited Oral
Presentation, Society of Biological Psychiatry, San Francisco, CA May 2011.
Whole Genome Methylation and Early Life Stress in Rhesus Macaques. Oral
Presentation, Society for Biological Psychiatry, San Francisco, CA May 2011.
Epigenetic Regulation of Serotonin Transporter and Stress Adaptation in Humans and
Non-human Primates. Oral Presentation, Society of Biological Psychiatry, New Orleans,
May, 2010.
Early Life Stress and Methylation of a Serotonin Transporter CpG Island are Associated with
Behavioral Stress Reactivity in Adult Female Bonnet Macaques (Macaca radiata). Oral
Presentation, American Society of Primatologists, San Diego, September, 2009.
Epigenetic Regulation of Serotonin Transporter in Infant Rhesus Macaques. Poster
Presentation, Society of Biological Psychiatry, Vancouver, May, 2009
Genetic, Temperamental, and Social Factors Predict Maternal Behavior in Female Rhesus
Macaques (Macaca mulatta). Poster Presentation, International Society for Developmental
Psychobiology, Washington, D.C., November, 2008.
Maternal Aggression and Genotype Predict Infant Serotonin Transporter Gene Expression
and Behavior in Infant Rhesus Macaques. Poster Presentation, Society for Neuroscience
Meeting, San Diego, CA, 2007.
Serotonin Transporter Genotype and Early Experience Impact Serotonin Transporter Gene
Expression in Response to Maternal Separation in Infant Rhesus Macaques. Poster
Presentation, Society for Neuroscience Meeting, Atlanta, GA, November, 2006.
The Role of Serotonin Pathway Polymorphisms in Infant Temperament and Adult
Personality in Rhesus Macaques. Invited Oral Presentation, Primate Genetics Symposium,
American Society of Primatologists Meeting, San Antonio, TX, August, 2006.
Early Rearing Predicts Infant Temperament and Adult Response to Novelty in Female
Rhesus Macaques. Oral Presentation, American Society of Primatologists Meeting, San
Antonio, TX, August, 2006.
Serotonin Pathway Polymorphism Haplotype Influences Response to Maternal Separation in
Infant Rhesus Macaques. Poster Presentation, International Behavior and Neural Genetics
Meeting, Vancouver, BC, May 2006.
Neuroendocrine Responsivity, Monoamine Genotype, and Response to Novelty in Adult
Male Rhesus Macaques, Oral Presentation, American Society of Primatologists Meeting,
Portland, OR, August, 2005.
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Serotonin Transporter Genotype and Early Environmental Factors Contribute to Infant
Rhesus Macaque Behavioral Response to Novelty, Human Intruder, and Maternal
Separation, Poster Presentation, American Society of Primatologists Meeting, Portland, OR,
August, 2005.
Interactive Effects of rhMAO-A-LPR and rh5-HTTLPR Genotype on Macaque Personality
Factors, Poster Presentation, Primate Genomics Conference, Seattle, WA, March, 2005.
Infant Temperament and Response to Maternal Separation are Associated with MAOA
Genotype in Rhesus Macaques, Poster Presentation, American Society of Primatologists
Meeting, Madison, WI, June, 2004.
Serotonergic Mechanisms Influence HPA axis- and Behavioral Response to Novel
Conspecific in Wied’s Black Tufted-ear Marmosets (Callithrix kuhlii), Poster Presentation,
American Society of Primatologists Meeting, Calgary, AB, August, 2003.
Serotonin Function and Behavior in Wied’s Black Tufted-Ear Marmosets (Callithrix kuhlii),
Oral Presentation, American Society of Primatologists Meeting, Oklahoma City, OK, June
2002.
Maternal Androgens and Parity Impact Infant Investment in Callithrix kuhlii (C. kuhlii)”.
Poster presentation, Animal Behavior Society conference, Corvallis, OR, July, 2001.
PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES
2000 –
2006 –
2008 –
American Society of Primatologists (ASP)
Society for Neuroscience (SFN)
Society of Biological Psychiatry (SOBP)
PROFESSIONAL SERVICE
2015 –
2015
2013
2011 – 2015
2008 – 2010
2006 – 2010
2006 – 2007
2002 – 2015
2002
2002 –
Editorial Review Board, Environmental Epigenetics, Oxford Press
Grant Reviewer, Leakey Foundation
Grant Reviewer, Harry Frank Guggenheim Research Foundation
Co-chair, Committee for Research and Development, ASP
Organizer, Epigenetics Seminar Series, Columbia University
Committee for Education, ASP
Faculty Search Committee, Psychobiology, University of California Davis
Committee for Research and Development, ASP
Faculty Search Committee, Psychobiology, University of Nebraska Omaha
Ad-hoc reviewer: American Journal of Primatology, Animal Behaviour,
Archive of General Psychiatry, Behavioural Brain Research, Biological
Psychiatry, Brain, Behavior and Immunity, Cerebral Cortex, Current Opinions
in Behavioral Science, Development and Psychopathology, Epigenetics,
European Psychiatry, Genes, Brain and Behavior, Hormones and Behavior,
International Journal of Developmental Neuroscience, International Journal of
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Molecular Sciences, International Journal of Neuropsycho-pharmacology,
Journal of Affective Disorders, Journal of Comparative Psychology, PLoS
ONE, Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences,
Psychoneuroendocrinology, Translational Psychiatry
Neuroscience Awareness Week, Harvard University Shriver Center
SPECIALIZED SKILLS
Molecular genetic assay development (genotyping, DNA sequencing, quantitative PCR)
Epigenetic assay development (sodium bisulfite pyrosequencing)
Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) development
Non-human primate neuroanatomy (dissection, neuron isolation)
Non-human primate behavioral methodology
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Research Associate, AmberGen Inc., Boston, MA (2002-2003)
Research Technician, Harvard University Shriver Center for Developmental Neuroscience,
Waltham, MA (1998-2000)
Research Technician, Department of Neuroscience and Behavior, Gunma University School
of Medicine, Maebashi, Japan (1997-1998)