Blair Jenkins, MD, PhD

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Clinical Assistant Professor of Dermatology
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Blair Jenkins, MD, PhD
portrait of Blair Jenkins
Clinical Assistant Professor
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    Dr. Blair Jenkins, MD PhD is a clinical assistant professor in the Department of Dermatology. Dr. Jenkins earned her bachelor’s degree at Yale University. She completed her MD, PhD, and residency training at Columbia University in New York City. She was co-Chief resident in her final year of dermatology residency.

    Dr. Jenkins has a long-standing interest in treating patients with itchy skin conditions such as eczema, chronic hives, lichen planus and prurigo nodularis. She recognizes the negative impact chronic itching can have on quality of life and strives to help patients with these conditions find relief. Dr. Jenkins is also invested in treating conditions that disproportionately affect patients with skin of color, such as pigment disorders and scarring hair loss. She conducts research related to both itch and skin of color.

    Research Overview

    Chronic itch, eczema, skin of color

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    • Journal Article
      Screening strategies used by academic dermatology programs to allocate away rotation opportunities for visiting medical students
      Osborne G, Mervak J, Jenkins B. Journal of American Academy of Dermatology, 2025 Aug 11; DOI:10.1016/j.jaad.2025.07.064
    • Journal Article
      Atypical Mpox Cutaneous Presentation After Full Vaccination
      Schreidah CM, Jenkins BA, Trager MH, Husain S, Coromilas AJ, Dastidar JG, Miko BA, Zucker J, Gallitano SM. American Journal of Dermatopathology, 2025 May 1; 47 (5): 404 - 407. DOI:10.1097/DAD.0000000000002945
      PMID: 39983067
    • Journal Article
      Pemphigus Vulgaris With Esophageal Involvement in an Atopic Child Successfully Treated With Dupilumab
      Yun S, Jenkins BA, Scollan ME, Defelice AR, Leiferman KM, Milner JD, Lauren CT. Pediatric Dermatology, 2025 Mar 1; 42 (2): 371 - 375. DOI:10.1111/pde.15779
      PMID: 39660847
    • Journal Article
      Clinical Management of Neuropathic Itch
      Auyeung KL, Jenkins BA, Kim BS. JAMA Dermatology, 2023 Dec 20; 159 (12): 1391 - 1392. DOI:10.1001/jamadermatol.2023.3384
      PMID: 37728895
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      Spatiotemporal dynamics of sensory neuron and Merkel-cell remodeling are decoupled during epidermal homeostasis.
      Clary RC, Jenkins BA, Lumpkin EA. bioRxiv, 2023 Feb 14; DOI:10.1101/2023.02.14.528558
      PMID: PMC9949164
    • Journal Article
      Lanolin
      Jenkins BA, Belsito DV. Dermatitis, 2023 Jan 1; 34 (1): 4 - 12. DOI:10.1089/derm.2022.0002
      PMID: 36917502
    • Journal Article
      Camphor white oil induces tumor regression through cytotoxic T cell-dependent mechanisms
      Moayedi Y, Greenberg SA, Jenkins BA, Marshall KL, Dimitrov LV, Nelson AM, Owens DM, Lumpkin EA. Molecular Carcinogenesis, 2019 May 1; 58 (5): 722 - 734. DOI:10.1002/mc.22965
      PMID: 30582219
    • Journal Article
      The cellular basis of mechanosensory Merkel-cell innervation during development
      Jenkins BA, Fontecilla NM, Lu CP, Fuchs E, Lumpkin EA. Elife, 2019 Feb 1; 8: DOI:10.7554/eLife.42633
      PMID: 30794158