Kristin Dupre, Ph.D.

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Branch Chief
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Office of Neuroscience Communications & Engagement (ONCE)
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Neuroscience Content and Strategy
Areas of Interest

NIH BRAIN Initiative, NIH Blueprint, NIH Child Care Board

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Dr. Kristin Dupre is the Chief of the Neuroscience Content and Strategy (NCS) Branch in the Office of Neuroscience Communications and Engagement (ONCE) at the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS). The NCS Branch works closely with NINDS leadership and across the Institute on communications activities and provides coordination and management support for trans-NIH neuroscience research programs, such as the Brain Research Through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies® (BRAIN) Initiative and the NIH Blueprint for Neuroscience Research.

Dr. Dupre manages the BRAIN Multi-Council Working Group as its Science Committee Specialist. She also serves as the Executive Secretariat for the NIH Blueprint for Neuroscience Research, which is a collaborative framework that includes the NIH Office of the Director and 12 NIH Institutes and Centers that support research on the nervous system. In her role as Chief, Dr. Dupre oversees the work of the NCS Branch, which includes management of the NINDS Director’s Messages and leadership of the strategic scientific and policy efforts relating to neuroethical implications of neuroscience research, including the BRAIN Neuroethics Working Group.

Dr. Dupre participates in the NINDS Diversity Working Group, the NINDS Data Interest Group, and BRAIN’s Team Dissemination. She also serves as the Co-Chair of the NIH Child Care Board, which advises the NIH Director on child and family programs and promotes affordable, accessible, and quality child care and related resources for the NIH community. Prior to joining ONCE, Dr. Dupre was an intramural postdoctoral fellow and Research Fellow in the laboratory of Dr. Judith Walters in the Neurophysiology Pharmacology Section of NINDS.  She earned her B.S. in Psychology from Le Moyne College (Syracuse, NY) and her M.S. in Psychology and Ph.D. in Behavioral Neuroscience from Binghamton University (State University of New York), where she studied the neural mechanisms of dyskinesia in a rat model of Parkinson’s disease using a variety of pharmacological, biochemical, neuromolecular, and behavioral techniques.