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Faculty
Andrew Jenkins Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences Joined USJ:B.Sc., A.R.C.S., Imperial College, University of London
- E: [email protected]
- P: 860.231.5809
About
Before joining USJ, Dr. Jenkins was Director of Graduate Studies and Associate Professor of Pharmacology, Chemical Biology and Anesthesiology in the School of Medicine at Emory University. Prior to this he received postdoctoral training at Weill Medical College of Cornell University and the University of Chicago.
Affiliations
Editorial Board, Molecular Pharmacology
Courses Taught
- Neuropharmacology
- Psychopharmacology
- Computational Methods in Pharmacology and Neuroscience
Publications
Dr. Jenkins has published more than 50 original papers and reviews in Nature, Science Translational Medicine, Journal of Neuroscience, Annals of Neurology, Psychopharmacology, Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics. His work focuses on the modulation of ion channels by sleep-inducing chemicals.
Research
Dr. Jenkins’ research has investigated the mechanisms of general anesthetics, the molecular basis for sleeping disorders and the structure and function of ion channels, with a central focus on using patch clamp electrophysiology to study the GABA(A) receptor.