Amanda Kentner

Amanda Kentner, PhD

Professor of Psychology

School

School of Arts and Sciences

Department

School of Arts and Sciences

Office Location

Matricaria 4005E

Boston

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About

Amanda (Mandy) Kentner, Ph.D., is a full professor at MCPHS. She teaches courses and directs a behavioral neuroscience-focused laboratory examining how exposure to infection during early development imparts long-term disruptions in social and cognitive functioning. Her laboratory is also interested in factors that offer protective or rehabilitative potential, like environmental enrichment, maternal care, and pharmacological agents. Dr. Kentner has received multiple MCPHS Excellence in Research Mentorship awards and was honored with the inaugural MCPHS Gail P. and Edward A. Bucher Trustees’ Award for Excellence in Student-Faculty Research Collaboration in 2018. Her laboratory is supported by an R15 AREA grant from the National Institute of Mental Health.

Education

  • PhD, Experimental Psychology, University of Ottawa, Canada
  • BA, Psychology, University of Ottawa, Canada

Research Interests

  • Animal Models
  • Early Life Adversity
  • Environmental Enrichment
  • Neuroendocrinology
  • Maternal Care
  • Sex Differences
  • Rigor & Reproducibility
  • Behavioral Neuroscience
 

 

Featured Affiliations

2022-present | Member, Board of Directors of the PsychoNeuroImmunology Research Society (PNIRS)

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2022-present | Member, Animal Research Committee of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology (ACNP)

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2021-present | Member, Membership Committee of the PsychoNeuroImmunology Research Society (PNIRS)

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Education

  • PhD, Experimental Psychology, University of Ottawa, Canada
  • BA, Psychology, University of Ottawa, Canada

Research Interests

  • Animal Models
  • Early Life Adversity
  • Environmental Enrichment
  • Neuroendocrinology
  • Maternal Care
  • Sex Differences
  • Rigor & Reproducibility
  • Behavioral Neuroscience
 

 

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