Christopher W Jones
Research Assistant Professor of Psychiatry
Associate Member, Institute for Translational Medicine and Therapeutics (ITMAT) of the University of Pennsylvania
Department: Psychiatry
Contact information
Department of Psychiatry, Unit for Experimental Psychiatry
Division of Sleep and Chronobiology
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
1016 Blockley Hall, 423 Guardian Drive
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Division of Sleep and Chronobiology
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
1016 Blockley Hall, 423 Guardian Drive
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Office: 215-898-9665
Education:
BA (Biology)
University of Delaware Honors College, 2007.
PhD (Neuroscience)
Tulane Brain Institute, Tulane University, 2019.
BA (Biology)
University of Delaware Honors College, 2007.
PhD (Neuroscience)
Tulane Brain Institute, Tulane University, 2019.
Post-Graduate Training
Biomedical Postdoctoral Fellow, Center for Sleep and Circadian Neurobiology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, 2019-2022.
Permanent linkBiomedical Postdoctoral Fellow, Center for Sleep and Circadian Neurobiology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, 2019-2022.
Selected Publications
Jones CW*, Basner M*, Mollicone DJ, Mott CM, Dinges DF: Sleep deficiency in spaceflight is associated with degraded neurobehavioral functions and elevated stress in astronauts on six-month missions aboard the International Space Station. Sleep 45(3): zsac006, 2022 Notes: *Co-first authors; Editor's Choice.Galli O*, Jones CW*, Larson O, Basner M, Dinges DF: Predictors of interindividual differences in vulnerability to neurobehavioral consequences of chronic partial sleep restriction. Sleep 45(1): zsab278, 2022 Notes: *Co-first authors.
Howell MP, Jones CW, Herman CA, Mayne CV, Fernandez C, Theall KP, Drury SS: Impact of prenatal tobacco smoking on infant telomere length trajectory and ADHD symptoms at 18 months: A longitudinal cohort study. BMC Medicine 20: 153, 2022.
Cordoza M, Jones CW, Dinges DF: Biologic Effects of Disrupted Sleep. Sleep in Critical Illness: Physiology, Assessment, and Its Importance to ICU Care. GL Weinhouse & JW Devlin (eds.). Springer, Cham, Page: 69-90, 2022 Notes: doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-06447-0_5.
Tu D, Basner M, Smith MG, Williams ES, Ryder VE, Romoser AA, Ecker A, Aeschbach D, Stahn AC, Jones CW, Howard K, Kaizi-Lutu M, Dinges DF, Shou H: Dynamic ensemble prediction of cognitive performance in spaceflight. Scientific Reports 12: 11032, 2022.
Esteves K*, Jones CW*, Wade M, Callerame K, Smith AK, Theall KP, Drury SS: Adverse childhood experiences: Implications for offspring telomere length and psychopathology. American Journal of Psychiatry 177(1): 47-57, 2020 Notes: *Co-first authors.
Jones CW, Esteves K, Gray SAO, Clarke TN, Callerame K, Theall KP, Drury SS: The transgenerational transmission of maternal adverse childhood experiences (ACEs): Insights from placental aging and infant autonomic nervous system reactivity. Psychoneuroendocrinology 106: 20-27, 2019.
Jones CW, Gray SAO, Theall KP, Drury SS: Polymorphic variation in the SLC5A7 gene influences infant autonomic reactivity and self-regulation: A neurobiological model for ANS stress responsivity and infant temperament. Psychoneuroendocrinology 97: 28-36, 2018.
Dismukes A, Shirtcliff E, Jones CW, Zeanah C, Theall K, Drury S: The development of the cortisol response to dyadic stressors in Black and White infants. Development and Psychopathology 30(5): 1995-2008, 2018.
Drury S, Howell BR, Jones C, Esteves K, Morin E, Schlesinger R, Meyer JS, Baker K, Sanchez MM: Shaping long-term primate development: Telomere length trajectory as an indicator of early maternal maltreatment and predictor of future physiologic regulation. Development and Psychopathology 59(5): 1539-1551, 2017.