Sanjay Kumar Jain, M.B.B.S., M.D.

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  • Director, Center for Infection and Inflammation Imaging Research
  • Professor of Pediatrics
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Languages: English, Hindi

Expertise

Infectious Diseases and International Health, Pediatric Infectious Disease ...read more

Research Interests

Tuberculosis; Pediatric tuberculosis; Imaging for infections and inflammatory diseases; CNS tuberculosis; Cellular and low-cost technologies to improve health care; Mycobacteria ...read more

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The Johns Hopkins Hospital

Appointment Phone: 410-614-3917
600 N. Wolfe Street
Cancer Research Building II
Baltimore, MD 21287
Phone: 410-502-8241 | Fax: 410-614-8173
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Background

Dr. Sanjay Kumar Jain is a Professor of Pediatrics, Radiology and Radiological Science. He is also a Professor of International Health at the Bloomberg School of Public Health. His areas of clinical expertise include pediatric infectious diseases, tuberculosis / mycobacterial infections, and international health.

Dr. Jain serves as the director of the Center for Infection and Inflammation Imaging Research and is a member of the Center for TB Research at Johns Hopkins. He is also the Vice Chair for Basic & Translational Research for the Department of Pediatrics and the principal investigator for the Pediatric Infectious Diseases NIH T32 award that supports the fellowship program. 

Born in Halifax, Canada, Dr. Jain grew up in India. He received his medical degree in 1999 from All India Institute of Medical Sciences in New Delhi, where he was a house officer in neuroradiology. He trained in pediatrics at Penn State Children’s Hospital, Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, and the Tufts University School of Medicine. He was a clinical fellow in pediatric infectious diseases at Johns Hopkins before joining its faculty in 2005. Dr. Jain was named an associate professor of pediatrics in 2011 and professor of pediatrics, radiology and radiological science in 2017.

The major focus of Dr. Jain’s research is on pathogenesis of infections, with a special emphasis on bacteria and high-containment pathogens such as Mycobacterium tuberculosis (causative agent of tuberculosis) and recently SARS-CoV-2. Dr. Jain’s laboratory utilizes small animal models and cutting-edge molecular imaging technologies to develop and test novel radiopharmaceutical imaging methods (CT, PET, SPECT, MRI) to study disease pathogenesis as well as to develop precision medicine tools for the diagnosis and monitoring of infections. They have the unique capacity to image animals infected with high-containment pathogens (up to biosafety level-3). Several novel tracers developed in his laboratory are now being tested in first-in-human studies. Dr. Jain is also involved with developing innovative technologies to improve childhood immunizations and health of young children in the developing world.

Dr. Jain is funded through several NIH and other grants. Notably, he is also the recipient of the prestigious NIH Director’s New Innovator Award (2009) and the NIH Director’s Transformative Research Award (2014). Dr. Jain is the founding member and past chair of the Infectious Diseases subgroup and current board member of the World Molecular Imaging Society. He serves as a reviewer for multiple scientific journals and NIH study panels.

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Titles

  • Director, Center for Infection and Inflammation Imaging Research
  • Vice Chair for Basic & Translational Research, Department of Pediatrics
  • Professor of Pediatrics
  • Professor of Radiology and Radiological Science

Departments / Divisions

Centers & Institutes

Education

Degrees

  • MBBS; All India Institute of Medical Sciences (1999)

Residencies

  • Pediatrics; Penn State Health Milton S Hershey Medical Center (2000)
  • Pediatrics; Tufts-New England Medical Center Hospitals (2002)

Fellowships

  • Pediatric Infectious Diseases; Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine (2005)

Board Certifications

  • American Board of Pediatrics (Pediatric Infectious Diseases) (2005)
  • American Board of Pediatrics (Pediatrics) (2002)

Research & Publications

Core Facility:

  • Infection and Inflammation Imaging Research at the Division of Infectious Diseases (Ci3R), Center for

Patents

Bacteria-specific labeled substrates as Imaging biomarkers to diagnose, locate and monitor infections
Patent # PCT/US2013/059897 | 

Radiolabeled PABA and derivatives thereof for use as functional renal imaging agents
Patent # US Patent Application Number 62/729,876 | 

Mycobacterial polypeptide for use in producing vaccine to prevent grampositive bacterial infection
Patent # PCT/US2008/0241182 A1 | 

Academic Affiliations & Courses

Graduate Program Affiliation

Pathobiology

Activities & Honors

Honors

  • Named Marylands Innovator of the Year, The Daily Record, 2008
  • Named amongst Americas Best and the Brightest in the Arts, Sciences and Social change, The Genius Issue & Innovators, Esquire Magazine, 2007
  • Program Choice Award, IDSA, 2005
  • Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society Award, IDSA, 2005
  • Transformative Research Award, National Institutes of Health, 2014
  • NIH Director’s New Innovator Award, National Institutes of Health, 2009
  • Clinician Scientist Award, Johns Hopkins University, 2005 - 2007
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