Dr. Jenny Wilkerson joined the BHI as a core faculty member in January, and she is an Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology at Rutgers New Jersey Medical School.
Dr. Wilkerson received her Ph.D. in Biomedical Sciences from the University of New Mexico School of Medicine, Department of Neurosciences. She completed her postdoctoral fellowship in the Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology at Virginia Commonwealth University, where she was awarded the highly competitive Ruth L. Kirschstein F32 Individual National Research Service Award.
Prior to joining Rutgers, Dr. Wilkerson held faculty appointments as a research track faculty member at the University of Florida College of Pharmacy, and as a tenure-track Assistant Professor in the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences in the Jerry H. Hodge School of Pharmacy at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center.
The Wilkerson Laboratory has secured multiple National Institutes of Health awards, as well as state and private funding. Her research integrates behavioral neuroscience and pharmacology to advance preclinical drug development, with a focus on peripheral and central mechanisms underlying pathological pain, sex differences, substance use disorders, and the neurobiological actions of natural products.
In her spare time, Dr. Wilkerson enjoys spending time with her family and traveling.
