Affiliation: Cardiovascular Branch, NHLBI

Dr. Leslie Kennedy is a Research Scholar in the Cardiovascular Branch of the National Heart Lung and Blood Institute (NHLB) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Dr. Kennedy’s work focuses on investigating the molecular underpinnings of cardiovascular pathologies, such as heart failure and hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. Dr. Kennedy earned her B.S. in Biology with honors from Elizabeth City State University, where she was awarded the Chancellor’s Distinguished Emblem Award and the Honors Program Merit Award. She then accepted a position as a postbaccalaureate fellow and laboratory manager in the Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Dr. Kennedy then earned her Ph.D. in Biology from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 2017 just prior to coming to the NHLBI as a postdoctoral fellow working in the Laboratory of Cardiac Physiology under the mentorship of Elizabeth Murphy, Ph.D. Within 3 years of beginning her postdoctoral fellowship, Dr. Kennedy was named an NIH Independent Research Scholar, which transitioned her from her fellowship to her current research scholar position heading the Laboratory of Cardiovascular Biology within the NHLBI.

 

Dr. Leslie Kennedy is a Research Scholar in the Cardiovascular Branch of the National Heart Lung and Blood Institute (NHLB) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Dr. Kennedy’s work focuses on investigating the molecular underpinnings of cardiovascular pathologies, such as heart failure and hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. Dr. Kennedy earned her B.S. in Biology with honors from Elizabeth City State University, where she was awarded the Chancellor’s Distinguished Emblem Award and the Honors Program Merit Award. She then accepted a position as a postbaccalaureate fellow and laboratory manager in the Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Dr