Gailen D. Marshall, Jr., MD, PhD
University of Mississippi Medical Center
Division of Clinical Immunology
2500 North State Street N416
Jackson, MS 35216-4505
Assistant: Kristina Mcdowell
Phone: (601) 815-5527
kmcdowell@umc.edu
Member Since: 2005
Member Status: Fellow
Title
R. Faser Triplett Sr. MD Chair of Allergy and Immunology; Billy S. Guyton distinguished Professor
Specialty/Subspecialty
AllergyImmunology
Clinical Interest(s)
improving clinical control of allergic, immunologic and rheumatologic diseases and quality of life in underserved minority asthma patients
Research Interest(s)
- Psychoneuroimmunology - the effects of stress on the immune system
- Identifying the stress susceptible individual with molecualr approaches
- Use of serum IgE as a biomarker in nonallergic inflammatory diseases
- Identifying Biomarkers associated with analgesia in sickle cell disease
- Identifying psychophysiological factors associated with progression of rhinitis to asthma
Current / Former SSCI Roles
Councilor 2010-2014Secretary-Treasurer 2015-2018; President 2019-2020;Mentor of the Year (Postgraduate) 2015
Publications
About Gailen D. Marshall, Jr., MD, PhD
Gailen D. Marshall, Jr. MD, PhD, FACP, FSSCI is the R Faser Triplett Sr. MD Chair of Allergy and Immunology, Billy S. Guyton Distinguished Professor, Professor of Medicine, Pediatrics, Pathology and Population Health Sciences, Vice Chair for Research, Director of the Division of Clinical Immunology and Chief, Laboratory of Behavioral Immunology Research at the University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson. He received both his PhD in Immunology and MD from the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston, began internal medicine training at the University of Iowa and completed his residency, chief residency and Allergy-Immunology fellowship at the University of Tennessee at Memphis.
His clinical interests include developing integrative approaches for the care of patients with inflammatory diseases such as allergy/asthma, autoimmunity, cancer, cardiovascular diseases, diabetes and long COVID. His major research interests are focused on the effects of psychological stress and environmental factors on immune responses involved in inflammatory diseases and defining immune and genetic biomarkers with potential to identify individual stress susceptibility in healthy individuals and patients .
He has published over 200 peer reviewed articles, reviews, editorials and book chapters. He is an active speaker in regional, national and international venues. He has extensive editorial involvement with multiple journals around the world and currently serves as Editor-in-chief of the Annals of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology.
Dr. Marshall has been a member of the Southern Society for Clinical Investigation since 2005 and presently serves as Secretary-Treasurer. He is also member of the Finance, Membership and Southern Regional Meeting Program Committees.