Gerard Pierre Jenkins

Mens (Mind) / Corpus (Body) / Anima (Soul)

Education & Scholarship

THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCSICSO - San Francisco, CA

Post Doctorate Scholar – Clinical Pharmacology & Pharmacogenomics (May 2008 – August 2009)

Relevant Experience: Executed a retrospective clinical study on the genotype-phenotype correlations of drug transport genes for pharmacogenomics research in Diabetes.


VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY - Nashville, TN

M.D. Medicine – School of Medicine (August 2004 – May 2008)

Relevant Coursework: Neurological & Surgical Intensive Care, Healthcare Economics, Anesthesiology, Hematology/Oncology, Advanced Biochemistry


COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY - New York, NY

M.A. Biomedical Informatics – College of Physicians & Surgeons (September 2003 – July 2004)

M.A. Biotechnology – Graduate School of Arts & Science (September 2001 – May 2003)

Relevant Coursework: Information & Database Systems, Accounting & Finance, Artificial Intelligence, Drugs & Disease, Biostatistics, Genomics


THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN - Ann Arbor, MI

B.S. Biochemistry – College of Literature Science & Arts (September 1997 – May 2001) 

Minor Philosophy – College of Literature Science & Arts (September 1997 – May 2001)

Relevant Coursework: Analytical & Physical Chemistry, Differential Equations, Logic, Ethics, Macroeconomics, Race & Ethnicity, Calculus III, Rationalism, Genetics
Vanderbilt
Columbia
Michigan


Honors & Awards

Mensa International Member, American Group



American Medical Association (AMA) Member



American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA) Member



American College of Physicians (ACP) Member



Medical Scholars Recipient 2008 – 2009 (Vanderbilt)



Dean’s Scholarship Recipient 2004 – 2008 (Vanderbilt)



National Dean’s List 1999 – 2001 (Michigan)



Abstract poster presentation at the American Thoracic Society International Conference 2013



National Recipient of the Resident Development Scholarship, twenty awards out of six thousand applicants – American Thoracic Society 2013



National Recipient of the Minority Trainee Development Scholarship, awarded for excellence in research training – American Thoracic Society 2013



Two abstract poster presentations at the American College of Physicians Northern California Conference 2010, 2011



Faculty appointed student to present research at an Institute of Healthcare Improvement, Health Profession Education Collaborative Conference (Vanderbilt) 2007



Three abstract poster presentations at the American Medical Informatics Association Conference 2005, 2006, 2007



National Distinguished Poster Award in Medical Informatics, American Medical Informatics Association Conference 2006



Master’s Thesis on Vertebrate Organogenesis and Morphogenesis 2003



Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons – National Institute of Health Research Fellowship 2002



The University of Michigan Medical School Acknowledgement for Research Excellence as an Undergraduate Student 2000



Cornell University Weill Medical College – Travelers Summer Fellowship 2000



Faculty appointed student representative at a National Conference for Educational & Institutional Change (Michigan) 1999



The University of Michigan Medical School – National Science Foundation Research Fellowship, Howard Hughes Medical Institute 1998



Twice elected class president (Vanderbilt), twice elected biotechnology club president (Columbia), twice elected student government member (Michigan)



Three time elected resident physician of the month for outstanding patient care and medical management (Santa Clara Valley Medical Center)


Publications & Presentations

Diebold RJ, Rajaram N, Leonard DA, Kerppola TK. Molecular basis of cooperative DNA bending and oriented heterodimer binding in the NFAT1Fos-JunARRE2 complex. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA, July 95(14): 7915-7920, 1998. (acknowledgement)


Jerome-Majewska LA, Jenkins GP, et al. Tbx3, the ulnar-mammary syndrome gene, and Tbx2 interact in mammary gland development through a p19Arfp53-independent pathway. Developmental Dynamics, December 234(4): 922-933, 2005. (2nd author) 


Jenkins GP, Aronsky DA. Feasibility Study for the Computerized Recruitment of Subjects for Research Studies. AMIA Annual Symposium Proceedings, 996, 2005. (1st author)


Jenkins GP, Johnston PE, Patel NR, et al. The Epidemiology of Medication Prescribing Errors in the Emergency Department. AMIA Annual Symposium Proceedings, 968, 2006. (1st author)


Aronsky D, Johnston P, Jenkins GP, et al. The Effect of Implementing Computerized Provider Order Entry on Medication Prescribing Errors in an Emergency Department. AMIA Annual Symposium Proceedings, October 863, 2007. (3rd author)


Jenkins Gerard P. Spontaneous Tumor Lysis Syndrome in Metastatic Melanoma. ACP Symposium for Northern California, November 2010. (1st author)


Jenkins Gerard P. A Unique Clonal Evolution of AML à MDS à ALL. ACP Symposium for Northern California, October 2011. (1st author)


Choi JH, Yee SW, Roden DM, Wilke RA, McCarty CA, Giacomini KM, Jenkins GP, et al. A Common 5’-UTR Variant In MATE2-K Is Associated With Poor Response to Metformin. Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics, November 90(5): 674-684, 2011. (10th author)


Matsson P, Yee SW, Markova S, Morrissey K, Jenkins GP, Xuan J, Jorgenson E, Kroetz J, Giacomini K. Discovery of Regulatory Elements in Human ATP-Binding Cassette Transporters Through Expression Quantitative Trait Mapping. Pharmacogenomics, June 12(3): 214-226, 2012. (5th author)


Jenkins Gerard P, et al. The Assessment of Codes & Rapid Response Teams Outside of the Critical Care Unit. ATS Annual Symposium, May 2013. (1st author)