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photo Jana Lynn Jacobs, PhD

Infectious Diseases

Research Assistant Professor of Medicine

Email: jlj90@pitt.edu

Phone: 412-648-8578
Contact
Office: Scaife Hall Room A807.1
3550 Terrace St
Pittsburgh, PA 15261
 
Phone: 412-648-8578
Fax:
E-mail: jlj90@pitt.edu
Administrative Assistant:
Mary Ann Brown
Address: Falk Medical Building, Suite 5B
3601 Fifth Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15213
Email: mab403@pitt.edu
Phone: 412-648-6273
Fax: 412-648-6399
Education and Training
Education
PhD Infectious Diseases and Microbiology, University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health, 2014
BS Biology, Eastern Michigan University, 2004
Research Interest
My research is focused on the persistent reservoir that precludes HIV-1- infected patients on antiretroviral therapy from acheiving cure. In particular I focus on the development of molecular-based assays to characterize the reservoir and assess clinical strategies aimed at perturbing or eliminating this reservoir.
Sponsored Research/Activities
Title: Adapting the HIV Single-Copy Assay Version 2.0 (iSCA2.0) to Detect HBV DNA
Role: Principal Investigator
Funding Agency: Gilead Sciences, Inc
Start Year: 2019
End Year: 2020

Division Websites

Cardiology

Endocrinology and Metabolism

Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition

General Internal Medicine

Geriatric Medicine
Hematology/Oncology

Infectious Diseases

Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Medicine

Renal-Electrolyte

Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology

Contact

Department of Medicine
1218 Scaife Hall
3550 Terrace Street
Pittsburgh, PA 15261
Email:  chairoff@pitt.edu
Phone:  412-648-9636
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