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Associate Professor of Pathology and Infectious Diseases and
Microbiology, University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute
Email: fjenkins@pitt.edu
Phone: 412-623-3233
Fax: 412-623-1119

Assistant: Dawn Robertson,
Phone: 412-623-1117  Email: robertsondc@upmc.edu

Research Program
Dr. Jenkins’ research interests can be divided into two separate areas.  He is a molecular
virologist and interested in molecular and epidemiological studies on human herpesvirus 8.
He is also interested in the effects of stress on cells and the immune system.  Current studies
are focused on the effects of stress hormones on immune and non-immune cells at the molecular
level.  These interests originated from earlier studies on stress-induced reactivation of latent
herpesviruses.  He has managed the Behavioral medicine Endocrine Laboratory for the last 12
years.
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Leadership Positions and Honors
Vice-Chair and Member, University of Pittsburgh Institutional Animal Care and
Use Committee (IACUC)
Chair, Comprehensive Examination Committee, Molecular Virology and Microbiology
Graduate Program, School of Medicine
Chairman, Graduate Oversight / Curriculum Committee, Department of Infectious Diseases
and Microbiology, School of Public Health
Member, Comprehensive Examinations Committee, Molecular Virology and  Microbiology
Graduate Program, School of Medicine
Representative Publications 
Jenkins FJ, Baum AS: Stress and reactivation of latent herpes simplex virus: A fusion of
biobehavioral medicine and molecular biology.  Ann Behav Med 17:116-123, 1995.
Delahanty DL, Dougall AL, Craig KJ, Jenkins FJ, Baum A: Chronic stress and natural killer
cell activity following exposure to traumatic death. Psychosom Med 59:467-476, 1997.
Dougall AL, Baum A, Jenkins FJ:  Daily fluctuation in chronic fatigue syndrome severity
and symptoms. J Appl Behav Res 3:12-28, 1997.
Jenkins FJ:  Biological bases for genetic risk testing.  In DS Krantz, A Baum, Eds,
Technology and Methods in Behavioral Medicine. Mahwah, NJ:  Lawrence Erlbaum Associates,
1998, pp. 3-14.
Flint MS, Carroll JE, Jenkins FJ, Chambers WH, Han ML, Baum A: Genomic profiling of
restraint stress-induced alterations in mouse T lymphocytes. J Neuroimmunol 167:34-44,
2005.View Adobe .pdf File . . .
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