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Jerrold R. Turner, M.D., Ph.D.

Principal Investigator

I am a physician-scientist who has made and continues to make contributions to our understanding of epithelial and mucosal biology and gastrointestinal pathophysiology and is an active as an educator, mentor, surgical pathologist, and leader.

Education and Training

1984 B.A. Washington University, St. Louis, MO, magna cum laude
1984 M.A. Washington University, St. Louis, MO (Advisor: John P. Atkinson, M.D.)
1990 Ph.D. Case Western Reserve University (Advisor: Alan M. Tartakof, Ph.D.)
1991 M.D. Case Western Reserve University
1991-1993 Resident in Anatomic Pathology, Brigham and Women’s Hospital
1993 Fellow in Surgical Pathology (Joseph M. Corson, M.D.), Brigham and Women’s Hospital
1993 Chief Resident in Anatomic Pathology (Ramzi S. Cotran, M.D.), Brigham and Women’s Hospital
1994-1995 Fellow in Gastrointestinal and Hepatobiliary Pathology, Brigham and Women’s Hospital
1994-1995 Research Fellow, Department of Pathology (James L. Madara, M.D.), Brigham and Women’s Hospital
2014 Sabbatical, Laboratory of Host Defense (Warren Strober, M.D.). National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease

Academic, Clinical, and Administrative Appointments

1995-1996 Instructor in Pathology, Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School
1996-2001 Assistant/Associate Professor of Pathology, Wayne State University School of Medicine
2001-2016 Assistant/Associate/Professor of Pathology and Medicine (GI), The University of Chicago
2003-2007 Associate Residency Director, Department of Pathology, The University of Chicago
2007-2016 Associate Chair, Department of Pathology, The University of Chicago
2012-2016 Sara and Harold Lincoln Thompson Professor, The University of Chicago
2016- Senior Pathologist, Departments of Pathology and Medicine (GI), Brigham and Women’s Hospital
2017- Professor of Pathology and Medicine, Harvard Medical School

Editorships

2004-2006 Associate Editor, Laboratory Investigation
2006-2008 Senior Associate Editor, Laboratory Investigation
2011-2014 Associate Editor, Gastroenterology
2013-2014 Associate Editor, American Journal of Pathology
2014-2019 Editor-in-Chief (founding), Cellular and Molecular Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Publications