UCSF Program in Microbial Pathogenesis and Host Defense

Principal Investigator


Jane E. Koehler, M.D.

Jane E. Koehler, M.A., M.D.

Professor of Medicine
Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine
Mailing Address (including express mail):
University of California at San Francisco
513 Parnassus Avenue, Room S-380
San Francisco, CA 94143-0654

Office Location: HSE-401

Phone: (415) 476-3536
Fax: (415) 476-9364
Email: jkoehler@medicine.ucsf.edu



Faculty Appointments/Employment

July 1988-June 1992 Clinical Instructor of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, UCSF
February 1991-June 1992 Assistant Research Microbiologist, Department of Laboratory Medicine, UCSF
July 1992-July 1994 Assistant Adjunct Professor of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, UCSF
August 1994-June 1998 Assistant Professor of Medicine in Residence, Division of Infectious Diseases, UCSF
July 1998-March 2002 Associate Professor of Medicine in Residence, Division of Infectious Diseases, UCSF
April 2002-June 2004 Associate Professor of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, UCSF
July 2004-present Professor of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, UCSF

Honors and Awards

1982-1984 Frank McCleary Medical Scholarship
1983 Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society, Junior Initiate
1983-1984 American Association of University Women National Graduate Fellowship
1984 Graduation with Distinction, George Washington University School of Medicine
1984 American Medical Women's Association Scholarship Achievement Citation
1984 Kane-King Obstetrical Honor Society for Clinical Achievement
1984 Huron W. Lawson Award in Obstetrics and Gynecology
1984 Hyman R. Posin Prize in Neurology
1993 Marilyn Coward Memorial Lecturer (N. CA American Society for Microbiology)
1994 ICAAC Young Investigator Award (American Society for Microbiology)
1994-1995 Pierre Richard Dick-Virbac Fondation First International Award
1994-1998 Pew Scholar in the Biomedical Sciences
1995 Western Society for Clinical Investigation
1997 American Society for Clinical Investigation
2001 Ann Sullivan Baker Visiting Professorship (Massachusetts General Hospital)
2002-2003 Executive Leadership in Academic Medicine (ELAM) Fellow
2003-2008 Burroughs Wellcome Fund Clinical Scientist Award in Translational Research
2008 Chancellor’s Award for the Advancement of Women
2008 Smadel Lecture (named scientific award lecture), Infectious Diseases Society of America
2009 Inaugural Distinguished Professorship in Infectious Diseases, Medical College of Wisconsin
2010 Distinguished Lecturer Award, University of South Florida

Ancillary Positions Held

2001-present Faculty Member, Biomedical Sciences Graduate Program, UCSF

Undergraduate Education

1975
Vassar College, A.B. Biology


Graduate Education

1978
University of California-Berkeley, M.A. Microbiology
1975-1978 Graduate Research

Graduate Project, UC-Berkeley, Department of Microbiology and Immunology: “Transcription of Bacillus subtilis genome during transition from vegetative to sporulating state.” Utilized the bacteriophage SPO-1 genome as an in vivo probe of RNA polymerase activity.
1975-1978 Graduate Fellowships

UC-Berkeley Training Fellowship
NIH Training Fellowship
1975-1980 Graduate Employment

Teaching Assistant, UC-Berkeley, Department of Microbiology and Immunology: taught all laborator sessions for introductory and advanced microbiology (8 hours/week, for 3 quarters).

Staff Research Associate, UC-San Francisco, Department of Pharmacology: investigated membrane changes induced by the binding of enkephalins and opiates to membrane receptors.


Medical Education

1980-1984
George Washington University, M.D.

Research and Clinical Training

June 1984-June 1987 Internship and Residency
University of California-San Francisco
Internal Medicine (Categorical)
July 1987-June 1988 Clinical Fellow
University of California-San Francisco, Department of Medicine
Division of Infectious Diseases
July 1988-June 1992 Postdoctoral Research Fellow
University of California-San Francisco, Department of Medicine
Division of Infectious Diseases
July 1988-June 1990 Postdoctoral Research Fellow
University of California-San Francisco, Department of Medicine
Division of Clinical Pharmacology/Experimental Therapeutics

Certification/Licensure (California)
1985 Diplomate, National Board of Medical Examiners
1987 Diplomate, American Board of Internal Medicine
1990
Diplomate, Infectious Diseases

Professional Memberships

Infectious Diseases Society of America
American Federation for Clinical Research
American Society for Microbiology
American Society for Clinical Investigation

Invited Reviewer (Selected)

1993-present
PNAS, New England Journal of Medicine, J Experimental Med, JAMA, Lancet, Ann Int Med, Infection & Immun, J Bacteriol, Cellular Microbiol, AJM, J Infect Dis, Clin Infect Dis, Antimicrob Agents Chemother, J Clin Microbiol, Burroughs Wellcome Adhoc Grant Reviewer


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