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Department of Pathology

Nancy Jenny, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor
Department of Pathology

Contact Information

E-mail: Nancy.Jenny@uvm.edu
Office Location: Colch Res Facil 201b

Website

Jenny Lab

Education

1986 B.S., Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY
1990 Ph.D.,Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY

Research Interests

To examine how inflammatory and immune factors are associated with development and progression of aging-related diseases like atherosclerosis, dementia and frailty. My research covers hypothesis-driven studies of relationships between inflammation and immune phenotypes with disease to genome wide association studies looking to identify new pathways associated with inflammation and immunity.

Academic Appointments

2003 – Present Research Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology, University of Vermont College of Medicine, Burlington, Vermont
2000 – 2003 Research Associate, Department of Pathology, University of Vermont College of Medicine, Burlington, Vermont
1999 – 2000 Research Associate, Department of Biochemistry, University of Vermont College of Medicine, Burlington, Vermont
1993 – 1999 Postdoctoral Associate, Department of Biochemistry, University of Vermont College of Medicine, Burlington, VT
1990 – 1993 Postdoctoral Training Fellow, Hemostasis and Thrombosis Program for Academic Trainees, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT

Awards and Honors

2008 - 2011 American Heart Association Epidemiology and Prevention Council Spring Conference Program Committee
2008 - 2009 International Scientific Advisory Board of the XXIInd International Society on Thrombosis and Haemostasis Congress
2007 - Present American Heart Association International Mentoring Program
2006 Fellow of the American Heart Association and the Council on Epidemiology and Prevention
2006 Selected to attend Sixth Annual Short Course in Statistical Genetics for Obesity and Nutrition Researchers sponsored by the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive & Kidney Diseases
2005-2011 Editorial Board: Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis and Vascular Biology
2004 Junior Faculty Travel Award to attend the American Geriatrics Society Research Agenda for Frailty in Older Adults: Towards Better Understanding of Physiology and Etiology Conference
2003 Finalist, American Heart Association National Scientific Sessions. Poster Competition in Population Science
2002 Finalist, Sandra Daugherty Award for Excellence in Cardiovascular Disease and Hypertension Epidemiology, American Heart Association
2001 American Heart Association, Travel Stipend to Attend Ten-Day Seminar on the Epidemiology and Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease
1999 National Institutes of Health, Travel Award to Attend Ethics in Science Workshop
1995 National Institutes of Health, Young Investigator Travel Award to Attend International Symposium on Basement Membranes
1992 and 1994 American Heart Association, Travel Stipend for Young Investigators
1991 American Society of Hematology, Travel Award
1990 - 1993 Hemostasis and Thrombosis Program for Academic Trainees
1989 Biochemistry/Biophysics Fellowship, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
1986 Phi Lambda Upsilon (National Chemistry Honorary)

Publications

2012 Desantis AS, Diezroux AV, Hajat A, Aiello AE, Golden SH, Jenny NS, Seeman TE, Shea S.Associations of salivary cortisol levels with inflammatory markers: The Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis
Psychoneuroendocrinology. 2012 Jul;37(7):1009-18. Epub 2011 Dec 16.

2012 Ix JH, Katz R, de Boer IH, Kestenbaum BR, Peralta CA, Jenny NS, Budoff M, Allison MA, Criqui MH, Siscovick D, Shlipak MG.Fetuin-a is inversely associated with coronary artery calcification in community-living persons: the multi-ethnic study of atherosclerosis. Clin Chem. 2012 May;58(5):887-95. Epub 2012 Feb 29.

2012 Burnett-Hartman AN, Fitzpatrick AL, Kronmal RA, Psaty BM, Jenny NS, Bis JC, Tracy RP, Kimura M, Aviv A.Telomere-associated polymorphisms correlate with cardiovascular disease mortality in Caucasian women: The Cardiovascular Health Study.  Mech Ageing Dev. 2012 May;133(5):275-81. Epub 2012 Mar 16.

2012 Jenny NS, French B, Arnold AM, Strotmeyer ES, Cushman M, Chaves PH, Ding J, Fried LP, Kritchevsky SB, Rifkin DE, Sarnak MJ, Newman AB,Long-term Assessment of Inflammation and Healthy Aging in Late Life: The Cardiovascular Health Study All Stars. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci. 2012 Feb 24.

For a complete list of Nancy Jenny's publications, please visit PubMed.