
Jennifer S Davis, PhD
Department of Epidemiology, Division of Cancer Prevention and Population Sciences
Present Title & Affiliation
Primary Appointment
Instructor, Department of Epidemiology, Division of OVP, Cancer Prevention and Population Sciences, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
Education & Training
Degree-Granting Education
2011 | University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA, USA, PHD, Biomedical Sciences - concentration in Experimental Pathology |
2004 | California Baptist University, Riverside, CA, USA, BS, Biology |
Postgraduate Training
2013-2016 | Postdoctoral, Translational Science, UT MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX |
2011-2013 | Postdoctoral, Janice Davis Gordon Memorial Postdoctoral Fellow in Colorectal Cancer Prevention Research, UT MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX |
Selected Publications
Peer-Reviewed Articles
- Kumar R, Herold JL, Schady D, Davis J, Kopetz S, Martinez-Moczygemba M, Murray BE, Han F, Li Y, Callaway E, Chapkin RS, Dashwood WM, Dashwood RH, Berry T, Mackenzie C, Xu Y. Streptococcus gallolyticus subsp. gallolyticus promotes colorectal tumor development. PLoS Pathog 13(7):e1006440, 2017. e-Pub 2017. PMID: 28704539.
- Davis JS, Lee HY, Kim J, Advani SM, Peng HL, Banfield E, Hawk ET, Chang S, Frazier-Wood AC. Use of Non-Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs in U.S. Adults: Changes Over Time and by Demographic. Open Heart 4(1):e000550, 2017. e-Pub 2017. PMID: 28674622.
- Banfield EC, Liu Y, Davis JS, Chang S, Frazier-Wood AC. Poor Adherence to US Dietary Guidelines for Children and Adolescents in the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey Population. J Acad Nutr Diet 116(1):21-7, 2016. e-Pub 2015. PMID: 26391469.
- Davis JS, Gupta V, Gagea M, Wu X. An Advanced Histologic Method for Evaluation of Intestinal Adenomas in Mice Using Digital Slides. PLoS One 11(3):e0151463, 2016. e-Pub 2016. PMID: 26974326.
- Frazier-Wood AC, Kim J, Davis JS, Jung SY, Chang S. In cross-sectional observations, dietary quality is not associated with CVD risk in women; in men the positive association is accounted for by BMI. Br J Nutr 113(8):1244-53, 2015. e-Pub 2015. PMID: 25812570.
- Wang H, Davis JS, Wu X. Immunoglobulin Fc domain fusion to TRAIL significantly prolongs its plasma half-life and enhances its antitumor activity. Mol Cancer Ther 13(3):643-50, 2014. e-Pub 2014. PMID: 24431076.
- Davis JS, Nastiuk KL, Krolewski JJ. TNF is necessary for castration-induced prostate regression, whereas TRAIL and FasL are dispensable. Mol Endocrinol 25(4):611-20, 2011. e-Pub 2011. PMID: 21292828.
- Cornforth AN, Davis JS, Khanifar E, Nastiuk KL, Krolewski JJ. FOXO3a mediates the androgen-dependent regulation of FLIP and contributes to TRAIL-induced apoptosis of LNCaP cells. Oncogene 27(32):4422-33, 2008. e-Pub 2008. PMID: 18391984.
- Edwards RA, Wang K, Davis JS, Birnbaumer L. Role for epithelial dysregulation in early-onset colitis-associated colon cancer in Gi2-alpha-/- mice. Inflamm Bowel Dis 14(7):898-907, 2008. PMID: 18340649.