Genetic and Epigenetic Modeling of Gulf War Illness
Location
Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
Start Date
6-9-2024 12:30 PM
End Date
6-9-2024 2:00 PM
Description
In this seminar, Dr. Jones will present genetic and epigenetic evidence in the effort to answer both questions.
1. All else being equal, what is the difference between those who became sick and those who did not?
2. Why have these veterans been sick for so long?
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Sep 6th, 12:30 PM
Sep 6th, 2:00 PM
Genetic and Epigenetic Modeling of Gulf War Illness
Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
In this seminar, Dr. Jones will present genetic and epigenetic evidence in the effort to answer both questions.
1. All else being equal, what is the difference between those who became sick and those who did not?
2. Why have these veterans been sick for so long?
Author Bio
Dr. jones has been at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center since September, 2014. He is probably best known for his work on brain iron metabolism, function, and problems. He and colleagues have elucidated the role of iron in neurological diseases and have shown that iron regulation is largely local.
Dr. Jones received his Ph.D. from the Department of Psychology at the University of Arizona, although most of his research was conducted at the Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, College of Pharmacy under the directions of Drs. Paul Consroe and Hugh E. Laird II. His first postdoctoral training was in neurochemistry with Dr. Henry Yamamura in the Department of Pharmacology, University of Arizona and his second postdoctoral training was in pharmacogenetics with Dr. V. Gene Erwin at the Alcohol Research Center, Institute for Behavioral Genetics, University of Colorado, School of Pharmacy. His major research interests center on the genetic basis for individual differences in responses to drugs and more lately, toxins and toxicants.
Recently, he has conducted research in a genetic reference population of mice to study the genetic basis for individual differences in susceptibility to develop Gulf War Illness. In 1991, the USA and allies sent nearly 1,000,000 troops to the Middle East to counter Saddam Hussein's aggression against Kuwait. Of those sent to the arena, between 25 and 35% of the combatants became sick with a multi-symptomatic malaise we now call Gulf War Illness.
Moreover, many of those afflicted are still sick, more than 30 years on. Dr. Jones is interested in elucidating two aspects:
1. All else being equal, what is the difference between those who became sick and those who did not?
2. Why have these veterans been sick for so long?