Denis Francis Kinane (born 29 January 1957) is a Scottish immunologist, cell biologist, infection, immunity and genomics specialist.

Kinane has held professorial appointments in pathology, periodontology, immunology, infection and immunity at medical and dental schools in the UK, United States and Switzerland.

2020 - Date Founder and Chief Medical Officer Cignpost Diagnostics Ltd. After working with charity Project Little Boat, which was set up in March 2020, sourcing PPE and other essential equipment.

Kinane co-founded Cignpost Diagnostics[12][13] with Nick Markham and Steve Whatley and is the Chief Medical Officer.

He set up the Cignpost Diagnostics Institute which is bringing together the best minds within virology to analyse positive Covid cases.