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Deanna L. Kelly, PharmD, BCPP

Dr. William and Carol Carpenter Professor in Psychiatry for Mental Illness Research

Academic Title:

Professor

Primary Appointment:

Psychiatry

Administrative Title:

Acting Director, Maryland Psychiatric Research Center

Additional Title:

MPower Professor, University of Maryland Strategic Partnership: MPowering the State, Director of Treatment Research Program at MPRC, Affiliate Professor of Pharmacy Practice and Science

Location:

MPRC, Treatment Research Program

Phone (Primary):

410-402-6861

Phone (Secondary):

410-402-6860

Fax:

410-402-6880

Education and Training

Education

  • Duquesne University, Mylan School of Pharmacy (Magna Cum Laude), B.S., Pharmacy, 1995
  • Duquesne University, Mylan School of Pharmacy, Pharm.D., 1996

Post Graduate Education and Training

  • University of Maryland Baltimore, Psychiatric Pharmacy Practice Residency, 1996-1997 

Certifications

  • Board Certified in Psychiatric Pharmacy Practice, 1998-present

Biosketch

Deanna L. Kelly, Pharm.D., BCPP is Professor of Psychiatry at University of Maryland Baltimore School of Medicine and Affiliate Professor in the School of Pharmacy. She is currently Director and Chief of the Treatment Research Program at the Maryland Psychiatric Research Center (MPRC). https://www.mprc.umaryland.edu/Clinical-Care/Treatment-Programs/MPRC-Treatment-Research-Program/

Dr. Kelly received her Bachelor of Science and Doctorate in Pharmacy at Duquesne University in Pittsburgh, PA. She completed residency training in psychiatric pharmacy practice at the University of Maryland in 1997 and became board certified in psychiatric pharmacy practice in 1998. 

Dr. Kelly has led and been involved in numerous clinical trials in schizophrenia and severe mental illness and has been active in psychopharmacology research for almost 25 years. 

Dr. Kelly has coauthored and authored 19 books and book chapters, published over 220 peer-reviewed articles, presented over 250 scientific posters and has given over 175 invited lectures. She has coauthored four editions of the book entitled “Pharmacologic Treatment of Schizophrenia.” She also authors the Schizophrenia chapter for “Pharmacotherapy, Principles and Practice.” 

She is Past President for the College of Psychiatric & Neurologic Pharmacists (CPNP), a Fellow of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology (ACNP), currently serves as a clozapine content expert for the American Psychiatric Association SMI Adviser, and is a champion of clozapine use, women's health issues, inflammation and immune dysfunction in schizophrenia and for finding new treatments.

In 2017, she was awarded the prestigious Maltz Prize for Innovative and Promising Schizophrenia Research by the Brain and Behavior Research Foundation. In addition, she is the recipient of NIMH R37 MERIT Award Grant for Successful Continuous Excellence in Research (2020), Inaugural MPower Professorsship Award - University of Maryland Strategic Partnership MPowering the State (2021) and Outstanding Mentor Recognition Award at MSRD - 44th Annual Awards Program (2021).

Additionally, her work and scientific expertise has been featured in the New York Times, Women’s Day Magazine, Gluten-Free Living, Vice Media, Clinical Psychiatry News, Psychiatric News and Medscape Medical News. She can be found on twitter at @ProfDeannaK.

Research/Clinical Keywords

Schizophrenia research, antipsychotic medication, women, gluten, clozapine, inflammation, clinical trials.

Highlighted Publications

Kelly DL, Glassman M, Wonodi I, Vyas G, Richardson CM, Nwulia E, Wehring HJ, Oduguwa T, Mackowick M, Hipolito MMS, Peters O, Rai N, Park J, Adebayo AO, Gorelick DA, Weiner E, Liu F, Kearns AM, Adams HA, Love RC, Chen S, Olaniyan A, Ambulos N, McKoy D, Nallani MC, Lanzkron S, Mengistab M, Barr B, Davis E, Lawal R, Buchanan RW, Adebayo R. Clozapine and neutrophil response in patients of African descent: A six-month, multinational, prospective, open-label clinical trial. Schizophr Res. 2023 Aug 24:S0920-9964(23)00260-8. doi: 10.1016/j.schres.2023.08.002. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 37633776.

Kelly, DL, Sullivan KM, McEvoy JP, McMahon RP, Wehring HJ, Liu F, Warfel D, Vyas G, Richardson CM, Fischer BA, Keller WR, Koola MM, Feldman, SM, Russ JC, Keefe RS, Osing J, Hubzin L, August A, Walker TM, Buchanan RW.  Adjunctive Minocycline in clozapine treated schizophrenia patients with persistent symptoms. J Clin Psychopharmacol. 2015 Aug;35(4):374-81. doi: 10.1097/JCP.0000000000000345. PMID: 26082974

Richardson CM*, Davis EA,* Vyas GR, DiPaula BA, McMahon RP, Kelly DL. Evaluation of the safety of clozapine use in patients with benign neutropenia.  J Clin Psych 2016;77(11):e1454-e1459.  PMID: 27736047.

Cihakova D, Eaton WW, Talor MV, Harkus UH, Demyanovich H, Rodriguez K, Feldman S, Kelly DL.   Gliadin-related antibodies in schizophrenia. Schizophrenia Research, 2018;195;585-586 PMID: 28886891

Kelly DL, Freudenreich O, Sayer MA, Love RC. Addressing barriers to clozapine underutilization: a national effort. Psychiatr Serv 2018;69:224-227. PMID  29032704

Kelly DL, Demyanovich HK, Eaton W, Cascella N, Jackson J, Fasano A, Carpenter WT. Antigliadin antibodies (AGA IgG) related to peripheral inflammation in schizophrenia. Brain Behav Immun 2018;69:57-59. PMID  29074356

Kelly DL, Powell MM, Wehring HJ, Sayer MA, Kearns AM, Hackman AL, Buchanan RW, Nichols RB, Adams HA, Richardson CM, Vyas G, McMahon RP, Earl AK, Sullivan KM, Liu F, Luttrell SE, Dickerson FB, Feldman SM, Narang S, Koola MM, Buckley PF, RachBeisel JA, McEvoy JP. Adjunct Aripiprazole Reduces Prolactin and Prolactin-Related Adverse Effects in Premenopausal Women With Psychosis: Results From the DAAMSEL Clinical Trial. J Clin Psychopharmacol. 2018 Aug;38(4):317-326. PMID: 29912799

Kelly DL, Li X, Kilday C, Feldman S, Clark S, Liu F, Buchanan RW, Tonelli LH. Increased circulating regulatory T cells in medicated people with schizophrenia. Psychiatry Res. 2018 Sep 5;269:517-523. doi: 10.1016/j.psychres.2018.09.006. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 30195746

Kelly DL, Demyanovich HK, Rodriguez KM, Ciháková D, Talor MV, McMahon RP, Richardson CM, Vyas G, Adams HA, August SM, Fasano A, Cascella NG, Feldman SM, Liu F, Sayer MA, Powell MM, Wehring HJ, Buchanan RW, Gold JM, Carpenter WT, Eaton WW. Randomized controlled trial of a gluten-free diet in patients with schizophrenia positive for antigliadin antibodies (AGA IgG): a pilot feasibility study. J Psychiatry Neurosci.2019 Jul 1;44(4):269-276. PMID: 30938127

Siskind D, Honer WG, Clark S, Correll CU, Hasan A, Howes O, Kane JM, Kelly DL, Laitman R, Lee J, MacCabe JH, Myles N, Nielsen J, Schulte PF, Taylor D, Verdoux H, Wheeler A, Freudenreich O. Consensus statement on the use of clozapine during the COVID-19 pandemic. J Psychiatry Neurosci. 2020 Apr 3;45(4):200061. doi: 10.1503/jpn.200061. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 32242646

Kim E, Keskey Z, Kang M, Kitchen C, Bentley WE, Chen S, Kelly DL, Payne GF. Validation of oxidative stress assay for schizophrenia. Schizophr Res. 2019 Oct;212:126-133. doi: 10.1016/j.schres.2019.07.057. Epub 2019 Aug 6. PMID: 31399268

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The Maltz Prize for Innovative & Promising Schizophrenia Research (Video)

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