Stephen C. Jones, Ph.D. Curriculum Vitae

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1 Stephen C. Jones, Ph.D. Curriculum Vitae Contact Information: Work Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine 230 West 125 th Street New York, NY Phone: , 4609 Fax: Education Ph.D., Immunology Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA, 2003 Dissertation: Immunopathogenesis of graft-versus-host disease across a minor histocompatibility antigen barrier. Mentor: Dr. Robert Korngold, Ph.D. B.S., Biology King s College, Wilkes-Barre, PA, GPA with Magna Cum Laude Honors Biology, Philosophy, and King s College (Aquinas) Honor Societies Teaching Experience Full time positions Assistant Professor Course Director: Introduction to Immunology and Microbiology, First year DO course; Medical Microbiology and Immunology, Second year DO course; Immunology, Masters of Interdisciplinary Science May, 2009-Present Assistant Professor Immunology Program Director-Academy of Medical Educators Touro University College of Medicine, Hackensack, NJ June, 2008-May, 2009 Page 1 of 7

2 Part time positions Adjunct Instructor Lander College for Women, Tour College, New York, NY Jan 2012-present Adjunct Instructor Community College of Morris, Randolph, NJ February, 2009-Present Adjunct Instructor North Country Community College, Saranac Lake, NY September, 2006 through May, 2008 Laboratory teaching assistant-masters Level Fundamentals of Molecular Biology Class College of graduate studies, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA, 2001 Research Experience Assistant Professor Active projects: Mechanisms of Immunesuppression in the elderly; Mechanisms of immune suppression in patients with Multiple Myeloma; Mechanisms of regulation of inflammation in zebrafish. May, 2009-Present Immunology Postdoctoral Fellowship Trudeau Institute, Saranac Lake, NY, July, 2003-June, 2008 CD4 + T cell vaccine strategies incorporating toll-like receptor agonists Mentor: Dr. Susan L. Swain, Ph.D. Laboratory Research Technician Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA, July, 1996-June, 1997 Volunteer Service Lecturer, East Harlem Tutoring Program Chair, Community Outreach Committee. Touro University College of Medicine, Hackensack, NJ, Volunteer participant in high school mock college interview day Lake Placid High School, Lake Placid, NY, May of 2006 & 2007 Page 2 of 7

3 Volunteer, Children s Summer Learning Program Wyoming Valley Children s Association, Wilkes-Barre, PA, Summer, 1995 Academic service Student Promotions Committee Member, Jan., 2009-Present Rank and Credentials Committee Member, Sept., 2009-Present Chairman, Jan., 2011-Present TourCOM Institutional Biosafety Committee Member, Jan., 2011-Present Biomedical Research Committee Member, Jan., 2011-Present Touro College Graduate School Faculty Senate Member, Feb., 2011-Present Biosafety Officer Jan., 2011-Present Co-Chair, Faculty Forum Sept., 2009-August 2011 Member, LCME Self Study Committee on Faculty Affairs Touro University College of Medicine, Hackensack, NJ, Postdoctoral Representative to Trudeau Institute Biological Safety Committee. Responsible for reviewing experimental protocols involving infectious agents in order to maintain a safe work environment. Trudeau Institute Saranac Lake, NY, August, 2004-September, Awards and Fellowships 2012 Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine Teacher of the Year Award. Presented at the Class of 2014 White Coat Ceremony. New York Academy of Medicine. May, 2012 Page 3 of 7

4 Touro College Faculty Research Award. Amount: $4,300 Mechanisms of suppression of the immune system in patients with multiple myeloma. Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Grant. National Institutes of Health competitive postdoctoral fellowship. Amount: $150,000 Boosting Aged CD4 + T Cell Immunity to Respiratory Virus Infection. January, 2006-May, The Ernest McCulloch & James Till Award: awarded for the best basic science paper published by a new investigator. Presented by the American Society for Blood and Marrow Transplantation, Orlando, FL. February, Professional Memberships New York State Osteopathic Medical Society (NYSOMS) Sept., 2009-Present Member, American Association of Immunologists Publications Jones, S. C., P. Sayles, and S. L. Swain. Intestinal helminth infection provides protection from lethal influenza infection. Manuscript in preparation. Jones, S. C., Brahmakshatriya, V., Huston, G., Dibble, J., and S. L. Swain. TLR activated dendritic cells enhance the response of aged naïve CD4 T cells via an IL-6 dependent mechanism. The Journal of Immunology, 2010, 185 (11): Jones, S. C., K. Klise-Dwyer, G. Huston, J. Dibble, S. Eaton, L. Haynes and S. L. Swain. Impact of post-thymic cellular longevity on the development of age-associated CD4+ T cell defects. Journal of Immunology. 2008;180: Swain, SL, Agrewala, JN, Brown, DM, Jelly-Gibbs, DM, Golech, S, Huston, G, Jones, SC, Kamperschroer, C, Lee, W-H, McKinstry, K, Roman, E, Strutt, T, Weng, N CD4 memory: Generation and multi-faceted roles for CD4 T cells in protective immunity to influenza. Immunological Reviews. 2006; 211:8-22. Friedman, TM, Jones, SC, Statton, D, Murphy, GF, and Korngold, R. Evolution of responding CD4 + and CD8 + T cell repertoires during the development of graft-versus-host disease directed to minor histocompatibility antigens. Biology of Blood and Marrow Transplantation. 2004;10: Page 4 of 7

5 Jones, SC, Friedman, TM, Murphy, GF, and Korngold, R. Specific donor Vβ-associated CD4 + T cell responses correlate with severe acute graft-versus-host disease directed to multiple minor histocompatibility antigens. Biology of Blood and Marrow Transplantation. 2004;10: Jones, SC, Murphy, GF, Friedman, TM, Korngold, R. Importance of minor histocompatibility antigen expression by nonhematopoietic tissues in a CD4 + T cell-mediated graft-versus-host disease model. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 2003;112: Whitaker-Menezes, D, Jones, SC, Friedman, TM, Korngold, R, Murphy, G. An epithelial target site in experimental graft-versus-host disease and cytokine-mediated cytotoxicity is defined by cytokeratin 15 expression. Biology of Blood and Marrow Transplantation. 2003;9: Deguchi, M, Whitaker-Menezes, D, Jones, SC, Aiba, S, Nakagawa, S, Tagami, H, Korngold, R, Murphy, GF. 12E2: A cloned murine dermal cell with features of dermal dendrocytes and capacity to produced Kaposi s sarcoma-like tumors. American Journal of Pathology. 2003;163: Jones, SC, Murphy, GF, Korngold, R. Post-hematopoietic cell transplantation control of graftversus-host disease by donor CD T cells to allow an effective graft-versus-leukemia response. Biology of Blood Marrow Transplantation. 2003;9: Friedman, TM, Statton, D, Jones, SC, Berger, MA, Murphy, GF, Korngold, R. Vβ spectratype analysis reveals heterogeneity of CD4 + T-cell responses to minor histocompatibility antigens involved in graft-versus-host disease: correlations with epithelial tissue infiltrate. Biology of Blood and Marrow Transplantation. 2001;7:2-13. Book Chapters Co-Authored Korngold, R, Jones, SC, and Friedman, TM. Animal models of graft-versus-host disease. In: Graft-vs.-Host Disease, Third Edition Ferrara, L., Cook, K., and Deeg, H. (Eds). Marcel Dekker, Inc. New York, NY. First Author Abstracts Presented Jones, SC, Roberts D, Dibble J and Swain, SL. TLR activated APC enhance the response of aged CD4 T cells via an IL-6 dependent mechanism. American Association of Immunologists San Diego, CA Jones, SC, Dibble J, Roberts D, and Swain SL. TLR9 Activated Dendritic Cells Enhance Aged CD4 + T cell Responses. Immunological Memory Keystone Meeting Santa Fe, NM. Page 5 of 7

6 Jones, SC, Dibble, J, Swain, SL. Toll like receptor ligands as adjuvants to enhance the aged CD4 + T cell response. Viral Immunology and Influenza Keystone Meeting Steamboat Springs, CO. Jones, SC, Sayles, P, and Swain, SL. Concomitant intestinal helminth infection provides protection from influenza infection Upstate Immunology Conference. Bolton Landing, NY. Jones, SC, and Swain, SL. CD4 + T cell vaccination enhances recovery from influenza infection. American Association of Immunologists San Diego, CA. Oral Presentation. Jones, SC, and Swain, SL. Early T cell proliferation in the absence of adjuvant does not correlate with effector function. 12 th International Congress of Immunology Montreal, Canada. Jones, SC, Murphy, G, Korngold, R. The delayed infusion of donor CD4 + CD25 + T cells controls graft-versus-host disease while allowing an effective graft-versus-leukemia response. American Society for Blood and Marrow Transplantation Keystone, CO. Jones, SC, Murphy, G, Korngold, R. Post-hematopoietic cell transplant control of graft-versushost disease by donor CD4 + CD25 + T cells to allow for an effective graft-versus-leukemia response. American Society of Hematology Philadelphia, PA. Oral Presentation. Jones, SC, Korngold, R. Using donor CD4 + CD25 + T cells to regulate acute graft-versus-host disease post-transplant. American Association of Immunologists New Orleans, LA. Jones, SC, Friedman, TM, Murphy, G, Korngold, R. Contrasting disease severity across related minor histocompatibility barriers: evidence of similar peripheral T cell alloresponses without progression to acute graft-versus-host disease. American Society for Blood and Marrow Transplantation Orlando, FL. Jones, SC, Friedman, TM, Murphy, G, Korngold, R. Focusing on key T cell specificities as potent mediators of acute GVHD. American Society for Blood and Marrow Transplantation Keystone, CO. Jones, SC, Friedman, TM, Murphy, G, Korngold, R. Contrasting tissue injury in experimental models of graft-versus-host disease elicited across related minor histocompatibility antigen barriers. American Society for Blood and Marrow Transplantation Anaheim, CA. Jones, SC, Friedman, TM, Murphy, G, Korngold, R. Characterizing the epithelial infiltration of Vβ families in a CD4 + T cell mediated murine model of acute GVHD. American Society for Blood and Marrow Transplantation Keystone, CO. Jones, SC, Friedman, TM, Murphy, G, Korngold, R. Identification by immunohistochemistry of responding TCR Vβ families in a CD4 + T cell dependent murine model of GVHD. American Association of Immunologists Washington, DC. Page 6 of 7

7 References Available upon request Page 7 of 7