Craig Jenne

Dr. Craig Jenne is an Assistant Professor in the Departments of Critical Care Medicine and Microbiology, Immunology and Infectious Diseases. Dr. Jenne completed his PhD at the University of Calgary in 2005 followed by Post-doctoral positions at the University of California, San Francisco and the Australian National University before returning to Calgary in 2009. Dr. Jenne began an independent research program in 2013 using intravital microscopy to study infectious disease such as drug resistant bacterial infections and influenza. Of particular interest is how infection, immunity and inflammation interact with hemostasis leading disseminated coagulation in the critical ill. Dr. Jenne’s group is supported by funding from the Canadian Institutes for Health Research, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council, the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada and the Canadian Cancer Society Research Institute. In addition, Dr. Jenne serves as the Scientific Director of the Snyder Translational Laboratory in Critical Care Medicine. The Snyder Lab works to foster clinical research projects by providing “wet bench” and biochemical support to clinical researchers, analyzing patient samples for biomarkers to develop an understand the underlying mechanisms of critical illness in an effort to improve patient care and outcomes.