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Michael P Jankowski, PhD

Assistant Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics

Assistant Professor, Department of Anesthesia / Division of Pain Management

Phone: 513-803-7966

Email: michael.jankowski@cchmc.org

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Specialties

Chronic Pain, Neurodevelopmental Diseases

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Biography

Dr. Jankowski joined the faculty in the Department of Anesthesia/ Division of Pain Management at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center in November of 2011. Previously, he had been awarded both pre-doctoral (2006) and postdoctoral National Research Service Awards (2008) prior to becoming faculty at the University of Pittsburgh. While a member of the Department of Neurobiology at the University of Pittsburgh, he presented several public presentations including one seminar titled, “Interfering with the Molecular Mechanisms of Pain” at the Center for Neuroscience at the University of Pittsburgh’s Annual Retreat in 2009, and another titled, ”Preparation and Delivery of siRNAs to Sensory Neurons” at the International Association for the Study of Pain’s Satellite Symposium: “Nociceptors: New Biology” in Edinburgh, Scotland in 2008.

He is currently a member of the Society for Neuroscience, the International Association for the Study of Pain, the Society for Pediatric Anesthesia and the American Pain Society.

Education and Training

MS: Neuroscience, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pa. 2003.
PhD: Neurobiology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pa. 2006.
Postdoctoral Training: University of Pittsburgh. 2006-2010.

Publications

Jankowski, M.P., Rau, K.K., Soneji, D.J., Anderson, C.E., Molliver, D.C., and Koerber, H.R. Purinergic receptor P2Y1 regulates polymodal C-fiber thermal sensitivity during peripheral inflammation. Pain. 153:410-9. 2012.

Li, L., Rutlin, M., Abraira, V., Cassidy, C., Jankowski, M.P., Luo, W., Heintz, N., Koerber, H.R., Woodbury, C.J., and Ginty, D.D. The functional organization of cutaneous low-threshold mechanosensory neurons. Cell. 147: 1615-27. 2011.

Molliver, D.C., Rau, K.K., McIlwrath, S.L., Jankowski, M.P., and Koerber, H.R. The ADP receptor P2Y1 is necessary for normal thermal sensitivity in cutaneous polymodal nociceptors. Mol. Pain. 7: 13. 2011.

Koerber, H.R., McIlwrath, S.L., Lawson, J.J.., Malin, S.A., Anderson, C.E., Jankowski, M.P., and Davis, B.M. Mouse cutaneous C-fibers lacking TRPV1 are sensitized to heat following peripheral inflammation. Molecular Pain. 6: 58. 2010.

Jankowski, M.P., Rau, K.K., Soneji, D.J., Anderson, C.E., and Koerber, H.R. Enhanced artemin/GFRa3 levels regulate mechanically insensitive, heat sensitive C-fiber recruitment after axotomy and regeneration. J. Neurosci. 30: 16272-83. 2010.

Rau, K.K., McIlwrath, S.L., Wang, H., Lawson, J.J., Jankowski, M.P., Zylka, M.J., Anderson, D.J., and Koerber, H.R. Mrgprd enhances excitability in specific populations of cutaneous murine polymodal nociceptors. J. Neurosci. 29: 8612-9. 2009.

Jankowski, M.P., McIlwrath, S.L., Cornuet, P.K., Jing X, Salerno K.M., Koerber, H.R., and Albers, K.M. Sox11 transcription factor regulates peripheral nerve regeneration in the adult. Brain Res. 1256: 43-54. 2009b.

Jankowski, M.P., Lawson, J.J., McIlwrath, S.L., Rau, K.K., Anderson, C.E., Albers, K. M., and Koerber, H.R. Sensitization of cutaneous nociceptors following nerve transection and regeneration: Possible role of target derived neurotrophic factor signaling. J. Neurosci. 29: 1636-47. 2009a.

Jankowski, M.P. and Koerber, H.R. Neurotrophic Factors and Nociceptor Sensitization. In Translational Pain Research: From Mice to Men. Eds.: Kruger and Light, CRC Press. 31-50. 2009.

Grants

Molecular mechanisms of musculoskeletal pain. Principal Investigator. Rita Allen Foundation Award In Pain.

Peripheral mechanisms of musculoskeletal pain after ischemic tissue injury. Principal Investigator. International Society for the Study of Pain, Early Career Grant.