Garilyn Jentarra, Ph.D.Profile page
Program Director
Precision Medicine
- Program DirectorPrecision Medicine
- 623-572-3334 (Work)
- Midwestern University, Precision Medicine Program, 19555 N 59th Ave, Glendale, AZ, 85013, United States
BIO
Dr. Jentarra received her Ph.D. in Molecular and Cellular Biology from Arizona State University in 2004. She completed her Postdoctoral Fellowship in Developmental Neurogenetics at the Barrow Neurological Institute in Phoenix, Arizona in 2010 and continued there as a Research Associate studying Rett syndrome and other neurogenetic disorders until 2012. She began her teaching/research career at Midwestern University in 2012 in the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics. At Midwestern, Dr. Jentarra established her research program with several Rett Syndrome studies and later expanded into Alzheimer's disease research. Since then, her research at Midwestern has primarily been focused on Alzheimer's disease. In 2019, Dr. Jentarra was appointed the Program Director for the newly established Precision Medicine Program in the College of Graduate Studies at Midwestern. She guided the Program's development and oversaw its successful launch in June 2021. Since then she has both continued to direct the Program and has taught in many of it's courses.
MIDWESTERN UNIVERSITY APPOINTMENTS
- ProfessorArizona College of Optometry
- ProfessorCollege of Dental Medicine-Arizona
- ProfessorCollege of Graduate Studies - Arizona
ACADEMIC POSITIONS
- Program DirectorMidwestern University, Precision Medicine Program, Glendale, AZ, United States30 Jun 2019 - present
- ProfessorMidwestern University, Precision Medicine Program, Glendale, AZ, United States30 Jun 2023 - present
- Associate ProfessorMidwestern University, Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, Glendale, AZ, United States30 Jun 2017 - 29 Jun 2021
- Assistant ProfessorMidwestern University, Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, Glendale, AZ, United States11 May 2012 - 30 May 2017
- Faculty Research AssociateBarrow Neurological Institute, Developmental Neurogenetics, Phoenix, United States30 Apr 2010 - 27 Apr 2012
DEGREES
- Ph.D.Arizona State University, USA2004
POSTGRADUATE TRAINING
- Post-Doctoral FellowBarrow Neurological Institute, Neurogenetics, Phoenix, United States5 Jul 2004 - 29 Apr 2012NeurogeneticsPostdoctoral FellowshipSupervised by Narayanan VN
ACADEMIC DEGREE PROGRAM
- Doctor of Dental Medicine (D.M.D.)
- Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine (D.O.)
- Doctor of Optometry (O.D.)
- Doctor of Podiatric Medicine (D.P.M.)
- Doctor of Pharmacy (Pharm.D.)
- Master of Science in Precision Medicine (M.S.)
- Post-Graduate Certificate in Precision Medicine
CAMPUS
- Glendale