FRANCIS E. JENNEY, PHD 
Department of Bio-Medical Sciences - PCOM Georgia 

Research

Dr. Jenney’s research is focused on the role of metalloproteins in metabolism. Along with a number of collaborators, he is helping to look at the fine structure of metal centers in proteins, in particular in iron proteins that strictly anaerobic microorganisms use to protect themselves from oxygen.

In addition to these basic studies, his laboratory is also attempting to adapt some of these proteins for use as potential treatments for cancer, as well as problems such as ischemia-reperfusion injury. The extreme stability of proteins from organisms which flourish at and above 100°C, as well as the ability of some of these proteins to still function even 80°C below their optimal temperature, makes them of great potential utility.

Other

Select Volunteer and Leadership Activities

2021 – present	PCOMONE Assessment Team
2020 – present	Chair-Elect of Faculty Senate
2020 – present	PCOMONE Sequencing Team
2016 – present	Editorial Board of Applied and Environmental Microbiology
2016 – 2020	Research Committee
2016 – 2020	DO Curriculum Georgia (2018 – 2020, co-chair)
2016 – present	Biomedical Program SPEC Committee
2015 – present	AHEC Pathway to Medical School Planning Committee
2013 – present	Faculty advisor to Alpha Epsilon Lambda National Honors Society
2011 – 2020	DO Admissions Georgia (2010 – 2014, co-chair; 2014 – 2016, chair; 2016 – 2017, co-chair)
2013 – 2014	PCOM Faculty Senate Secretary
2012 – 2013	Middle States Accreditation Self-study Steering Committee Member
2011 – 2015	Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee
2011 – 2015	DO Curriculum Georgia
2011 – 2012	Institutional Environmental Health and Safety Committee
2011	AOA Self-Study Committee – Preclinical Curriculum
2010 – 2011	Faculty Senate Member at Large