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Jenica Chambers, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Pharmacology and Molecular Sciences


Dr. Chambers completed her undergraduate studies at Williams College in Massachusetts where she earned a B.A. in biology and chemistry. She was awarded a Ph.D. in pharmacology from the Department of Pharmacology and Cancer Biology at Duke University. Her doctoral research focused on elucidating the signaling pathways that regulate Zipper Interacting Protein Kinase (ZIPK) activity in smooth muscle and developing novel small molecule inhibitors of ZIPK, with the goal of developing drugs that treat and prevent conditions such as hypertension and stroke.

Dr. Chambers started her career in medical education by completing the Medical Education Training Program at Ross University School of Medicine in 2015 and later joined the Department of Pharmacology at Ross University as an assistant professor.