Jennifer Shinae Jennings

Clinical Director with extensive experience in post-deployment research focusing on traumatic brain injury, neurodegenerative disease, and chronic pain. Proven track record of leadership since 2019 at the CA WRIISC, paired with a pivotal role in establishing the Women’s Operational Military Exposure Network (WOMEN) in 2023. Core competencies include program development, health assessment, and veteran advocacy. Committed to advancing healthcare solutions for women veterans facing deployment-related health concerns.

• Military Environmental Exposures and Breast Cancer in Women Veterans, AMSUS 2025
• Placement of Ventricular Catheters by Neurosurgical Residents: Accuracy and Complications in Relation to Previous Experience, American Association of Neurological Surgeons, National meeting, 2009
• The Use of Recombinant Factor VII for Intraoperative Hemorrhage in Tumor Resection in Infants, Congress of Neurological Surgeons, National meeting, 2006
• Long-term Survival in an Infant with Giant Intracranial Meningeal Sarcoma, AANS, National meeting, 2006
• Comparison in Head Injury Outcomes at a Major Trauma Center in Response to Changing Referral Patterns because of Discontinuation of State Support, Congress of Neurological Surgeons, National meeting, 2005
• Predictive Factors in Replacement of Vagal Nerve Stimulator Generators, American Association of Neurological Surgeons, National meeting, 2005

• A Multipronged Approach to Caring for Women Veterans with Military Environmental Exposures https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38890077/
• Military environmental exposures and risk of breast cancer in active-duty personnel and Veterans: a scoping review https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38544835/
• MMR Vaccination: A Potential Strategy to Reduce Severity and Mortality of COVID-19 Illness, https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33198951/, 02/01/21
• Diffusion tensor tractography of brainstem fibers and its application in pain, https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32069284/, 02/18/20
• Brainstem damage is associated with poorer sleep quality and increased pain in gulf war illness veterans, https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34144059/, 09/01/21

• California State License, since 2014
• New York State License, since 2010
• Oregon State License since 2021
• ABNS Neurosurgery Written Board Exam, 01/01/09
• USMLE Steps I, II, III, 01/01/03

• Caring for Post-Combat Veterans at the WRIISC: Recommendations for Management of Chronic Pain, Spotlight on Pain Management National teleconference, 06/01/18
• Differentiating Traumatic Brain Injury and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder with the use of Diffusion Tensor Imaging and Volumetric Analysis, WRIISC PA Annual Meeting
• Differentiating Traumatic Brain Injury and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder with the use of Diffusion Tensor Imaging and Volumetric Analysis, American Association of Neurological Surgeons, National meeting, 04/01/17
• Pink Concussion Conference – Focus on TBI in Women, 10/01/16
• Recent Advances in the Treatment of Traumatic Brain Injury, Neurology and Neurosurgery Grand Rounds, Sutter Sacramento, 01/01/14
• Recent Advances in the Treatment of Traumatic Brain Injury, Neurology and Neurosurgery Grand Rounds, SUNY Syracuse, 01/01/10
• The Role of the NMDA Receptor and Downstream Kinases in Traumatic Brain Injury, Plasticity, and Neuronal Excitotoxicity, AANS Annual Meeting Chicago, 01/01/08
• Calcium Dependent Regulation of Neuronal Development and Regeneration, Neurosurgery Research Day, SUNY Syracuse, 03/01/08
• The Role Of CamKIV in Granule Neuron Survival and Maturation, Neurosurgery Research Day, SUNY Syracuse, 04/01/07
• The Evaluation and Treatment of Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus, Neurology and Neurosurgery Grand Rounds, 01/01/04