Chan Lab
Biography
Kenny Chan, PhD completed his doctoral studies at the University of Toronto under the supervision of Dr. Amira Klip and Dr. Dana Philpott, studying the impact of dietary and gut-derived compounds on metabolic inflammation and insulin resistance. In 2018, he pursued postdoctoral training at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai under the mentorship of Dr. Scott Russo, where he investigated bi-directional gut-brain signaling linking chronic stress and intestinal inflammation and barrier permeability. Dr. Chan was appointed as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Molecular Pathobiology at the New York University College of Dentistry in 2025.
Dr. Chan’s laboratory studies the role of the gut-brain-immune axis in stress-linked neuropsychiatric and functional gastrointestinal disorders. Throughout his career, Dr. Chan has been supported by numerous grants and awards including an Ontario Graduate Scholarship, CIHR Postdoctoral Fellowship, NARSAD Young Investigator Grant from the Brain & Behavior Research Foundation, and a K99/R00 Pathway to Independence Award from NIDDK.