The Phil F. Jenkins Research Professorship in Depression
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| Jon-Kar Zubieta and Phil Jenkins Photo: Gregory Fox |
Jon-Kar Zubieta, M.D. (Residency 1993), Ph.D., was installed as the first Phil F. Jenkins Research Professor of Depression December 11, 2006, at a ceremony in the Ford Amphitheatre.
Zubieta, an associate professor of psychiatry and of radiology, and associate research professor in the Molecular and Behavioral Neuroscience Institute, joined the U-M faculty in 1995. He has become a pioneer in the use of neurochemical imaging tools for the study of psychiatric disease and their integration with genetic and clinical information to understand the pathophysiology of mood disorders.
Phil F. Jenkins established his second professorship in the Medical School to support research that will advance the understanding of the causes of depression and bipolar disorder, and to translate newly generated knowledge into the development of new, more effective treatments.
In 1999, Jenkins established the Phil F. Jenkins Complementary and Alternative Medicine Endowment Fund at the U-M, and in 2003, he gave
$2 million to the Medical School to help build the newly opened Rachel Upjohn Building, which houses the Depression Center. In 1999, Jenkins lost his wife of 47 years, who suffered from depression.
Jenkins founded Dexter, Michigan-based Sweepster Inc., a company that manufactures attachment, walk-behind, self-propelled and airport runway sweepers for all types of equipment used in airports, municipalities, agriculture and construction around the globe.
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