JeffreyDanielJenksMDMPH(He/Him)

Infectious Disease

Medical and Laboratory Director, Durham County Department of Public Health

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I am a board certified physician with dual specialties in internal medicine and infectious diseases, a Master of Public Health degree with a concentration in health systems management, and a graduate of the Boonshoft School of Medicine Physician Leadership Development Program. I am currently the Medical Director at the Durham County Department of Public Health.

University of California (San Diego) Medical CenterFellowship, Infectious Disease, 2013 - 2016
Boston University Medical CenterResidency, Internal Medicine, 2010 - 2013
Wright State University Boonshoft School of MedicineMPH, Public Health, 2005 - 2010
Wright State University Boonshoft School of MedicineClass of 2010
Loyola University ChicagoBS, Anthropology, Cum laude, 1999 - 2001
Ohio Wesleyan UniversityN/A, Sociology/Anthropology, 1997 - 1999

 Young Investigator Scholarship Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI), 2016
 Gamma Alpha Chapter, Delta Omega Honorary Society in Public Health Boonshoft School of Medicine, 2016
 Robert Russell, M.D. Chapter of the Gold Humanism Honor Society Boston University School of Medicine, 2013
 Arnold P. Gold Foundation Humanism and Excellence in Teaching Award Boston University School of Medicine, 2013
Boonshoft School of Medicine Chapter of the Gold Humanism Honor Society Boonshoft School of Medicine, 2008
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PubMed

43 citations
Clinical characteristics and outcomes of invasive Lomentospora prolificans infections: Analysis of patients in the FungiScope® registry
Jeffrey D. Jenks, Danila Seidel, Oliver A. Cornely, Sharon C.-A. Chen, Sebastiaan J. van Hal
Mycoses. 2020-05-01
196 citations
The Antifungal Pipeline: Fosmanogepix, Ibrexafungerp, Olorofim, Opelconazole, and Rezafungin.
Martin Hoenigl, Rosanne Sprute, Matthias Egger, Amir Arastehfar, Oliver A. Cornely
Drugs. 2021-10-09
147 citations
Risk factors and outcome of pulmonary aspergillosis in critically ill coronavirus disease 2019 patients-a multinational observational study by the European Confederati...
Juergen Prattes, Joost Wauters, Daniele Roberto Giacobbe, Jon Salmanton-García, Johan Maertens
Clinical Microbiology and Infection. 2021-08-26

Books/Book Chapters

Encyclopedia of AIDS
Chapter: M. avium Complex and other non-tuberculosis mycobacteria and HIV
 Jenks JD, Benson CA2016

Most of Durham’s Monkeypox Cases Are in Black Men. Most Getting the Vaccine Are WhiteAugust 23rd, 2022
What You Need to Know About COVID-19 Rebound Cases and What It Means for Isolation GuidanceAugust 1st, 2022