Prentiss Jones, PhD

Prentiss Jones, PhD portrait
  • Interim Chair, Department of Pathology
  • Associate Professor, Department of Pathology
    • Primary Address
    • Business
    • Western Michigan University Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine
    • 1000 Oakland Drive
    • Kalamazoo, MI, United States 49008

Biography

Biography

Prentiss Jones, PhD, is a toxicologist with Western Michigan University Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine. He is a graduate of Northern Illinois University in DeKalb, Illinois. He earned a master's degree in biological sciences from Purdue University in Hammond, Indiana, and a PhD from Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo, Michigan.

Dr. Jones is a fellow of the American Board of Forensic Toxicology. In his role as a toxicologist, he has assisted county coroners with forensic cases involving drug-related deaths, provided courtroom testimony as a forensic toxicology expert, and assisted in the investigation of sudden, unexpected deaths.

Dr. Jones has research interest in ethanol pharmacokinetics, the relationship of lean body mass to ethanol, enzyme multiplied immunoassay testing interferences produced by non-steroidal anti-inflammatory medications in drug abuse in urine testing, and methadone exposure in neonates via unconventional routes.

Education

  • PhD 2006, Biological Sciences, Western Michigan University
  • PhD 2006, Biological Sciences, Western Michigan University
  • MS 1990, Biological Sciences, Purdue University
  • MS 1990, Biological Sciences, Purdue University
  • BS 1988, Biology and Chemistry, Northern Illinois University
  • BS 1988, Biology and Chemistry, Northern Illinois University
  • AA 1986, Liberal Science, Kennedy-King College, City Colleges of Chicago
  • AA 1986, Liberal Science, Kennedy-King College, City Colleges of Chicago