• Professor of Medicine, Infectious Disease
• Professor of Microbiology & Immunology
• Executive Associate Dean
  for Strategic Planning, Analysis and Operations

• Campus Address:
• Telephone: (317)
• E-mail: rbjones@iupui.edu

Hal Broxmeyer named distinguished professor at IUSM (click here for more details)

Janice Blum discusses Immunology & Infectious Diseases (click here for more details)

Training:
• B.A., 1964, Chemistry, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
• M.D., 1970, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
• Ph.D., 1970, Biochemistry, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
• Internship, 1970-71, University of Washington, Seattle
• Research Naval Officer, 1971-74, Naval Medical Research Institute,
  Bethesda, Maryland
• Residency, 1974-76, Internal Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle
• Fellowship, 1976-78, Infectious Diseases, University of Washington, Seattle
• Research Sabbatical, September 1991-February 1992, Laboratory
  Intracellular Parasites, Rocky Mountain Laboratories, National Institutes
  of Health, Hamilton, Montana

Description and summary of research focus of the laboratory:
The Chlamydia Laboratory is interested in the molecular and clinical epidemiology of Chlamydia trachomatis infections in humans. The primary focus of their laboratory over the last several years has been defining epidemiological factors which affect transmission and persistence of C. trachomatis infections in patients. This has included the description of heterotypic antibiotic resistance in selected C. trachomatis isolates. They are presently attempting to define the role of this resistance in development of persistent infections and their consequences. They are currently using PCR and DNA sequencing to identify variance of strains and to determine transmission patterns among sexual partners. In addition, they are studying in vitro genetic recombination among different strains of selected C. trachomatis as a means by which they may escape immune surveillance.

Publications
Kirkpatrick L, Jones RB. Book Chapter 10. Measuring productivity in the academic setting. One Revolution: Managing the Academic Medical Practice in an Era of Rapid Change. Ed: Bachrach DJ and Nicholas WR. Medical Group Management Association, Englewood, Colorado, 1997. Pp.187-205.

Jones RB.   Book Chapter 11. 1999. Chlamydial Infection. Sexually Transmitted Diseases and Adverse Outcomes of Pregnancy. Ed. Hitchcock PJ, MacKay HT, Wasserhet JN, and Binder R. American Society for Microbiology, Washington, DC. in press.

Jones RB. Book Chapter 306: Chlamydial Infections. Textbook of Internal Medicine, 4th Edition, Ed: Kelley WN, J.P. Lippincott Co., Philadelphia, 2000, Pp 2113-2118.

Jones RB and Batteiger BE. Book Chapter 167: Introduction to Chlamydial Diseases, Section C, Mandell, Douglas and Bennett's Principles and Practice of Infectious Diseases , Churchill Livingstone, -5 th Edition, 2000. Pp.1986-1989.

Jones RB and Batteiger BE. Book Chapter 168: Chlamydia trachomatis (Trachoma, Perinatal Infections, Lymphograuloma Venereum, and Other Genital Infections). Mandell, Douglas and Bennett's Principles and Practice of Infectious Diseases, Churchill Livingstone, 5 th Edition, 2000. Pp. 1989-2004.

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