Jessica Jimenez, MD, PhD
Clinical Fellow
Neurology
School of Medicine

Education & Training

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• Sleep Medicine Fellowship UCSF 06/2025
• Neurology Residency UCSF 06/2024
• MD PhD Neurobiology; Medicine Columbia University 04/2020
• BS Neuroscience UCLA 06/2011

Grants and Projects

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• Effects of Sleep Loss on Memory Consolidation Within a Corticothalamic Circuit, NIH, 2026-2031

Publications (17)

Top publication keywords:
NeuronsMemoryMedication ErrorsAnxietyVasoactive Intestinal PeptideToxicity TestsPlant ExtractsHypothalamic Area, LateralCA1 Region, HippocampalFearDentate GyrusPair BondDrug Dosage CalculationsHealth LiteracyDrug Labeling

• A screening strategy for identifying the developmental and reproductive toxicity potential of botanicals.
  Pharmaceutical biology 2026 Mahony C, Bartlett A, Fitzpatrick S, Galli C, Hunt P, Inselman A, Jimenez J, Krzykwa J, Larson J, Rider C, Rogers J, Sutherland V, Welch K, Mitchell CA
• Highly unstable heterogeneous representations in VIP interneurons of the anterior cingulate cortex.
  Molecular psychiatry 2022 Johnson C, Kretsge LN, Yen WW, Sriram B, O'Connor A, Liu RS, Jimenez JC, Phadke RA, Wingfield KK, Yeung C, Jinadasa TJ, Nguyen TPH, Cho ES, Fuchs E, Spevack ED, Velasco BE, Hausmann FS, Fournier LA, …
• Contextual fear memory retrieval by correlated ensembles of ventral CA1 neurons.
  Nature communications 2020 Jimenez JC, Berry JE, Lim SC, Ong SK, Kheirbek MA, Hen R
• A Distributed Neural Code in the Dentate Gyrus and in CA1.
  Neuron 2020 Stefanini F, Kushnir L, Jimenez JC, Jennings JH, Woods NI, Stuber GD, Kheirbek MA, Hen R, Fusi S
• A neuronal signature for monogamous reunion.
  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 2020 Scribner JL, Vance EA, Protter DSW, Sheeran WM, Saslow E, Cameron RT, Klein EM, Jimenez JC, Kheirbek MA, Donaldson ZR

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• Adult-born hippocampal neurons bidirectionally modulate entorhinal inputs into the dentate gyrus.
  Science (New York, N.Y.) 2019 Luna VM, Anacker C, Burghardt NS, Khandaker H, Andreu V, Millette A, Leary P, Ravenelle R, Jimenez JC, Mastrodonato A, Denny CA, Fenton AA, Scharfman HE, Hen R
• Hippocampal neurogenesis confers stress resilience by inhibiting the ventral dentate gyrus.
  Nature 2018 Anacker C, Luna VM, Stevens GS, Millette A, Shores R, Jimenez JC, Chen B, Hen R
• Efficient and accurate extraction of in vivo calcium signals from microendoscopic video data.
  eLife 2018 Zhou P, Resendez SL, Rodriguez-Romaguera J, Jimenez JC, Neufeld SQ, Giovannucci A, Friedrich J, Pnevmatikakis EA, Stuber GD, Hen R, Kheirbek MA, Sabatini BL, Kass RE, Paninski L
• Anxiety Cells in a Hippocampal-Hypothalamic Circuit.
  Neuron 2018 Jimenez JC, Su K, Goldberg AR, Luna VM, Biane JS, Ordek G, Zhou P, Ong SK, Wright MA, Zweifel L, Paninski L, Hen R, Kheirbek MA
• Pictograms, Units and Dosing Tools, and Parent Medication Errors: A Randomized Study.
  Pediatrics 2017 Yin HS, Parker RM, Sanders LM, Mendelsohn A, Dreyer BP, Bailey SC, Patel DA, Jimenez JJ, Kim KA, Jacobson K, Smith MCJ, Hedlund L, Meyers N, McFadden T, Wolf MS
• Liquid Medication Dosing Errors by Hispanic Parents: Role of Health Literacy and English Proficiency.
  Academic pediatrics 2017 Harris LM, Dreyer BP, Mendelsohn AL, Bailey SC, Sanders LM, Wolf MS, Parker RM, Patel DA, Kim KYA, Jimenez JJ, Jacobson K, Smith M, Yin HS
• Parent Preferences and Perceptions of Milliliters and Teaspoons: Role of Health Literacy and Experience.
  Academic pediatrics 2017 Torres A, Parker RM, Sanders LM, Wolf MS, Bailey SC, Patel DA, Jimenez JJ, Kim KA, Dreyer BP, Mendelsohn AL, Yin HS
• Ad26/MVA therapeutic vaccination with TLR7 stimulation in SIV-infected rhesus monkeys.
  Nature 2016 Borducchi EN, Cabral C, Stephenson KE, Liu J, Abbink P, Ng'ang'a D, Nkolola JP, Brinkman AL, Peter L, Lee BC, Jimenez J, Jetton D, Mondesir J, Mojta S, Chandrashekar A, Molloy K, Alter G, Gerold JM, …
• Liquid Medication Errors and Dosing Tools: A Randomized Controlled Experiment.
  Pediatrics 2016 Yin HS, Parker RM, Sanders LM, Dreyer BP, Mendelsohn AL, Bailey S, Patel DA, Jimenez JJ, Kim KA, Jacobson K, Hedlund L, Smith MC, Maness Harris L, McFadden T, Wolf MS
• Effect of Medication Label Units of Measure on Parent Choice of Dosing Tool: A Randomized Experiment.
  Academic pediatrics 2016 Yin HS, Parker RM, Sanders LM, Dreyer BP, Mendelsohn A, Bailey S, Patel DA, Jimenez JJ, Kim KA, Jacobson K, Hedlund L, Landa R, Maness L, Tailor Raythatha P, McFadden T, Wolf MS
• Local and regional heterogeneity underlying hippocampal modulation of cognition and mood.
  Frontiers in behavioral neuroscience 2014 Tannenholz L, Jimenez JC, Kheirbek MA
• Interaction of FUS and HDAC1 regulates DNA damage response and repair in neurons.
  Nature neuroscience 2013 Wang WY, Pan L, Su SC, Quinn EJ, Sasaki M, Jimenez JC, Mackenzie IR, Huang EJ, Tsai LH