School of Graduate Studies

MD-PhD Program

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Name: Jake Doiron

Year in Program: L2

Hometown: Atlanta, GA

Education: BS in Biochemistry from Berry College, Rome, GA
 

Past Research Experience: Design, synthesis, and pharmacological analysis of drugs for the treatment of Cystic Fibrosis in the labs of Dr. Mark Turlington, Dr. Steven Rowe, and Dr. Ken Martin. 

Publications:

Doiron JE, Le CA, Bacsa J, et al. Structural Consequences of the 1,2,3-Triazole as an Amide Bioisostere in Analogues of the Cystic Fibrosis Drugs VX-809 and VX-770. ChemMedChem. 2020, https://doi.org/10.1002/cmdc.202000220 [published online before print, 2020 May 8].

Jake E. Doiron, Christina A. Le, Britton K. Ody, Jonathon B. Brace, Savannah J. Post, Nathan L. Thacker, Harrison M. Hill, Gary W. Breton, Matthew J. Mulder, Sichen Chang, Thomas M. Bridges, Liping Tang, Wei Wang, Steven M. Rowe, Stephen G. Aller, and Mark Turlington. Evaluation of 1,2,3-triazoles as amide bioisosteres in cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulators VX-770 and VX-809. Chem. Euro. J. 2019, 25(14), 3662-3674.
 

Current Research Interest: Pharmacological/Biochemical approach to drug development

Current Medical Interest: Internal Medicine

Career Goal: I would ideally like to contribute directly to patient outcome through my work as a clinician while being able to forward the knowledge of the medical field through research. 

What makes you unique?: I rarely drink coffee.  

What makes you common?: I like sports, good beer and good food.