Jessie Ferrell is an Assistant Professor at Northeast Ohio Medical University (NEOMED) in Rootstown, Ohio. She earned her M.S. in Zoology from The University of Akron and her Ph.D. in Neuroscience from Kent State University. She joined NEOMED as a postdoc in 2011, then as a Research Assistant Professor in 2015 and tenure-track Assistant Professor in 2022.

Research Expertise

Circadian physiology

Hepatology

Neurodegeneration & the gut-brain axis

Teaching

Foundations of Medicine (FOM, 1st year medical students)

Gastro-Repro-Endo (GRE, 1st year medical students)

Evidence-Based Medicine (EBM, 1st & 2nd year medical students)

Cell & Molecular Signaling (Kent State University, BMS)

Memberships

American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD)

Society for Research on Biological Rhythms (SRBR)

Research Society on Alcohol (RSA)