Ph.D. Cornell in Microbiology; USAMRIID immunologist, 1972. Jahrling is the Institute's principal scientific advisor on issues related to medical defense against infectious disease threats. He has authored or co-authored more than 160 scientific publications, chiefly in the areas of filovirus and poxvirus research. Subject matter expert and consultant to numerous agencies including NIH, the National Academy of Sciences, the World Health Organization, the Department of State, the National Security Council, and the CDC. Recipient of numerous awards and honors including the Secretary of Defense Medal for Meritorious Civilian Service; the Federal Career Service Outstanding Professional Award; the Department of the Army Achievement Medal for Civilian Service; the Order of Military Medical Merit; and the Joel M. Dalrymple Award for Distinguished Medical Service (awarded by the Association of Military Surgeons of the United States).
Recent Publications
Geisbart TW, Jahrling PB. Exotic emerging viral diseases: progress and challenges. Nat Med. 2004 Dec;10(12 Suppl):S110-21.
Rubins KH, Hensley LE, Jahrling PB, Whitney AR, Geisbert TW, Huggins JW, Owen A, Leduc JW, Brown PO, Relman DA. The host response to smallpox: analysis of the gene expression program in peripheral blood cells in a nonhuman primate model. 2004 Oct 11.
Jahrling PB, Hensley LE, Martinez MJ, Leduc JW, Rubins KH, Relman DA, Huggins JW. Exploring the potential of variola virus infection of cynomolgus macaques as a model for human smallpox. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2004 Oct 19;101(42):15196-200.
Earl PL, Americo JL, Wyatt LS, Eller LA, Whitbeck JC, Cohen GH, Eisenberg RJ, Hartmann CJ, Jackson DL, Kulesh DA, Martinez MJ, Miller DM, Mucker EM, Shamblin JD, Zwiers SH, Huggins JW, Jahrling PB, Moss B. Immunogenicity of a highly attenuated MVA smallpox vaccine and protection against monkeypox. Nature. 2004 Mar 11;428(6979):182-5.
Geisbert TW, Jahrling PB. Towards a vaccine against Ebola virus. Expert Rev Vaccines. 2003 Dec;2(6):777-89. Review.
Geisbert TW, Young HA, Jahrling PB, Davis KJ, Kagan E, Hensley LE. Mechanisms underlying coagulation abnormalities in ebola hemorrhagic fever: overexpression of tissue factor in primate monocytes/macrophages is a key event. J Infect Dis. 2003 Dec 1;188(11):1618-29.
Sullivan NJ, Geisbert TW, Geisbert JB, Xu L, Yang ZY, Roederer M, Koup RA, Jahrling PB, Nabel GJ. Accelerated vaccination for Ebola virus haemorrhagic fever in non-human primates. Nature. 2003 Aug 7;424(6949):681-4.
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