Harlan P. Jones, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Molecular Biology and Immunology
University of North Texas Health Science Center
Fort Worth, Texas 76107
Phone: (404) 712-8321; fax: (404) 712-9755
Email: hajones@hsc.unt.edu
Birthplace: Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Education/Training:
2002-2004 Postdoctoral trainee, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Emory
University School of Medicine, Atlanta Georgia.
2001-2002 Postdoctoral trainee, Department of Molecular Biology and Immunology, University of
North Texas Health Science Center, Fort Worth, Texas.
1997-2001 Ph.D., Biomedical Sciences, University of North Texas Health Science Center, Fort
Worth Texas.
1995-1997 M.S., Biological Sciences, Southern University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
1988-1993 B.S., Microbiology and Immunology, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge,
Louisiana.
Work Experience:
2004University of North Texas Health Science Center, Department of Molecular Biology
and Immunology, Fort Worth, Texas
2002-2004 Visiting lecturer, Department of Immunology and Microbiology, (Transplant
Immunology and Tumor Immunology Section), Morehouse School of Medicine.
1998-2000 Graduate teaching assistant, Department of Molecular Biology and Immunology,
University of North Texas Health Science Center, Fort Worth Texas.
1996-1997 Laboratory teaching assistant, Department of Microbiology, Louisiana State
University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
1994-1995 Cytology clerk, Louisiana Reference Laboratory, Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
1988-1992 Laboratory technician, Department of Microbiology, Louisiana State University, Baton
Rouge, Louisiana.
Honors:
2004. Invited to present research at the Inaugural Quality of Life Symposium sponsored by the
Winship Cancer Institute.
2004. Nominated by Nominated by Chairman of the Department of Psychiatry, Emory University
School of Medicine to receive a Travel Fellowship Award to attend the 2004 American
College of Neuropsychopharmacology Meeting.
2003. Invited to present research at the Grand Opening Ceremony of the Winship Cancer
Institute and symposium, Winship Cancer Institute, Emory University School of Medicine.
2003. Recipient of The American Association Of Immunologist (AAI) Minority Travel Award to
attend the AAI National Meeting.
2002. Invited guest lecturer for the Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Morehouse
School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia.
2002. Recipient of a National Institutes of Health Postdoctoral Minority Supplement grant
sponsored by the National Cancer Institute.
2002. Selected as the first postdoctoral fellow of the Psychoneuroimmunology and Oncology
Program. A program sponsored by the Department of Psychiatry and the Winship Cancer
Institute, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia.
2001. Recipient of National Institutes of Health postdoctoral trainee supplement award to support
postdoctoral research at Univ. North Texas Heath Science Center, Fort Worth, Texas.
2001. Selected as a member of The Who’s Who Among Students in American Universities and
Colleges.
2001. Invited lecturer for the Mycoplasma Symposium of the 101st General Meeting of the
American Society for Microbiology.
1999. Invited guest lecturer at Jarvis Christian College, Jarvis, Texas.
1999. Invited lecturer for the American Association of Immunologists (AAI) Symposium on
Mucosal Immunity at the National Meeting of AAI.
1999. Recipient of the National Institutes of Health graduate student supplement award to support
dissertation research at the University of North Texas Health Science Center.
1999. Graduate Student Association Outstanding Graduate Student, Department of Molecular
Biology and Immunology.
1999. The recipient of Abbott Laboratories’ Research Achievement Award for the outstanding oral
presentation at the University of North Texas Health Science Center’s Research
Appreciation Day.
1999. A recipient of the American Physiological Society’s minority travel fellowship award.
1999. First place oral presentation, Southwest Meeting Society of Experimental Biology and
Medicine, Galveston Texas.
1998. A recipient of the Abbott Laboratories’ Research Achievement Award for the outstanding
oral presentation at the University of North Texas Health Science Center’s Research
Appreciation Day.
1997. Third place poster competition, Southwest Meeting Society of Experimental Biology and
Medicine, San Antonio, Texas.
1997. A recipient of the Abbott Laboratories’ Research Achievement Award for oral presentation
at the University of North Texas Health Science Center’s Research Appreciation Day.
1997. Awarded Highest GPA honors by Graduate School’s Department of Biological Sciences
and the Phi Sigma Honor Society at Southern University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
1996. Recipient of National Institutes of Health Bridge Grant Award, A program sponsored by the
University of North Texas Health Science Center and Southern University.
1994. The recipient of the Dean’s List recognition award for academic achievement at Louisiana
State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
1988. The recipient of a full academic scholarship to attend Louisiana State University, Baton
Rouge, Louisiana.
Organizations/Memberships:
1999-2004.
2000-2002.
1997-2001.
1996-2001.
A member of the American Association of Immunologist.
A member of the American Society of Microbiologist.
A member of the Society of Experimental Biology and Medicine.
A member of the Black Graduate Student Association, Graduate School, University
of North Texas Health Science Center, Fort Worth, Texas.
1995-1997. A member of the Phi Sigma Honor Society, Graduate School, Southern University,
Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
Publications:
Matthew D. Woolard, Lisa M. Hodge, Harlan P. Jones, Trenton Schoeb and Jerry W. Simicka.
Interferon-Gamma is critical for control of mycoplasmosis disease in the lung but is not
important in the upper respiratory tract. J Immunol 2004 June 1.
Jones HP, Simecka JW.T lymphocyte responses are critical determinants in the pathogenesis
and resistance to mycoplasma respiratory disease. Department of Psychiatry and
Behavioral Sciences, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA. Front
Biosci. 2003 May 1;8:d930-45.
Sun X, Hodge LM, Jones HP, Tabor L, Simecka JW. Co-expression of granulocyte-macrophage
colony-stimulating factor with antigen enhances humoral and tumor immunity after DNA
vaccination. Vaccine. 2002 Jan 31;20 (9-10):1466-74.
Jones HP, Tabor L, Sun X, Woolard MD, Simecka JW. Depletion of CD8+ T cells exacerbates
CD4+ Th cell-associated inflammatory lesions during murine mycoplasma respiratory
disease. J Immunol 2002 Apr 1;168(7):3493-501.
Jones HP, Hodge LM, Fujihashi K, Kiyono H, McGhee JR, Simecka JW. The pulmonary
environment promotes Th2 cell responses after nasal-pulmonary immunization with
antigen alone, but Th1 responses are induced during instances of intense immune
stimulation. J Immunol 2001 Oct 15;167(8):4518-26.
Hodge LM, Marinaro M, Jones HP, McGhee JR, Kiyono H, Simecka JW. Immunoglobulin A (IgA)
responses and IgE-associated inflammation along the respiratory tract after mucosal but
not systemic immunization.
Infect Immun. 2001 Apr;69 (4):2328-38.
Carter, R, and Jones, HP, The vascular biology of atherosclerosis, Lipid Metabokism and Health
p2680. Mofatt and Stamford (In press).
Manuscripts:
Jones HP, Aldridge, BA, Williams, KB, Moore, J. and Weiss, JM. Stress effects on lung
metastasis is greater in aged rats.
Jones HP, Aldridge, BA, Bristoll, J and Weiss, JM. The lung environment selectively activates B
cells in response to MADB106 tumor cells.
Jones HP, Aldridge, BA Williams,KB, Moore, J. and Weiss, JM. Stress selectively alters B cell
influx into the lungs of tumor-injected rats.