Janusz Jankowski

Jankowski was educated at Hillhead High School, Glasgow a state co-educational school. He graduated from the University of Glasgow with a Baccalaureate in Medicine and Surgery (1983), the University of Dundee for a Doctorate of Medicine in Molecular Medicine (1996),{{cite web|title=Graduation List University of Dundee 1996 |url=https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/12032379.dundee-university/ |accessdate=10 October 2018}} a Doctorate of Philosophy in Molecular Genetics at the Royal Postgraduate Medical School, Imperial College at the University of London (1996) and at the University of Oxford gaining a Masters in Epidemiology and Clinical Trials (2009).{{cite book|title=Medical Book Citation |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gcIcAAAAQBAJ&q=prof+j+jankowski+and+PhD+University+of+London+MSc+University+of+Oxford&pg=PR7 |accessdate=10 October 2018|isbn = 9780702049705|last1 = Michael Griffin|first1 = S.|last2 = Raimes|first2 = Simon A.|last3 = Shenfine|first3 = Jonathan|date = 2013-06-22}}

Jankowski has held Professorships at the University of Birmingham, University of Leicester Queen Mary University of London and has been a Visiting Professor and then the Sir James Black Senior Fellow at the University of Oxford.{{cite web|title=Academic Biography of Jankowski |url=https://www.qmul.ac.uk/events/items/2010/professor-janusz-jankowski---inaugural-lecture.html |accessdate=10 October 2018}} He has been the Associate Dean for Research at the Plymouth University Peninsula Schools of Medicine and Dentistry, and then as Pro Vice Chancellor Research, University of Central Lancashire and briefly on a part-time basis as Deputy Vice Chancellor for Research and Innovation at RCSI.{{Cite news|url=https://twitter.com/rcsi_irl/status/974322665119940609?lang=en|title=RCSI on Twitter|work=Twitter|access-date=2018-09-02|language=en}} He was also Consultant Gastroenterologist and Lead Mentor at the University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust.{{cite web|title=University Alliance Academic Staff |url=https://www.unialliance.ac.uk/2017/04/10/unlocking-the-secrets-of-the-humble-aspirin-pill/ |accessdate=10 October 2018}}{{cite web|title=University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Trust|url=https://www.uhmb.nhs.uk/files/5915/2268/1089/Weekly_News_-_3_APRIL.pdf|accessdate=14 April 2018|archive-date=14 April 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180414234027/https://www.uhmb.nhs.uk/files/5915/2268/1089/Weekly_News_-_3_APRIL.pdf|url-status=dead}} Over 20 years he has raised £120m+ in funds.{{cite web|title=University of Warwick Academic Staff |url=http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/newsandevents/pressreleases/new_treatment_for |accessdate=3 June 2017}}

Jankowski had a senior management contribution to the Research Excellence Framework 2014 as the Clinical Medicine (UoA1) Lead for the Plymouth University Peninsula Schools of Medicine and Dentistry (PUPSMD).{{cite web|title=Times REF 2014 Highlinghts |url=http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/features/ref-2014-results-by-subject/2017594.article |accessdate=21 January 2014}}

Jankowski is an expert in reflux esophagitis, Barrett's esophagus, acute medicine and clinical trials as well as in cancer prevention and health promotion. As a clinician, Jankowski has created centres of excellence in medicine including the Digestive Disease Centre, University Hospitals of Leicester 2002–2012.{{cite web |title=Digestive Disease Centre Leicester |url=https://www.le.ac.uk/bulletin/bulletinfebmar2004.pdf |accessdate=10 October 2018 |archive-date=18 April 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070418053625/http://www.le.ac.uk/bulletin/bulletinfebmar2004.pdf |url-status=dead }} He also set up Scotland's endoscopic surveillance service for Barrett's esophagus (ESBE) between 1988 and 1991 at Ninewells Hospital of Dundee.{{Cite journal |last1=Jankowski |first1=J. |last2=McMenemin |first2=R. |last3=Hopwood |first3=D. |last4=Penston |first4=J. |last5=Wormsley |first5=K. G. |year=1991 |journal=Clinical Science |volume=81 |issue=5 |pages=663–8 |pmid=1661653|title=Abnormal expression of growth regulatory factors in Barrett's oesophagus |doi=10.1042/cs0810663 }}

Jankowski has published independent guidance for the National Health Service (NHS) and other international organisations using the Delphi systematic review platforms.{{Cite journal |last1=Bennett |first1=C. |last2=Moayyedi |first2=P. |last3=Corley |first3=D. A. |last4=Decaestecker |first4=J. |last5=Falck-Ytter |first5=Y. |last6=Falk |first6=G. |last7=Vakil |first7=N. |last8=Sanders |first8=S. |last9=Vieth |first9=M. |display-authors=29 |year=2015 |journal=The American Journal of Gastroenterology |volume=110 |issue=5 |pages=662–682 |doi=10.1038/ajg.2015.55 |pmc=4436697 |pmid=25869390 |last10=Inadomi |first10=J. |last11=Aldulaimi |first11=D. |last12=Ho |first12=K. Y. |last13=Odze |first13=R. |last14=Meltzer |first14=S. J. |last15=Quigley |first15=E. |last16=Gittens |first16=S. |last17=Watson |first17=P. |last18=Zaninotto |first18=G. |last19=Iyer |first19=P. G. |last20=Alexandre |first20=L. |last21=Ang |first21=Y. |last22=Callaghan |first22=J. |last23=Harrison |first23=R. |last24=Singh |first24=R. |last25=Bhandari |first25=P. |last26=Bisschops |first26=R. |last27=Geramizadeh |first27=B. |last28=Kaye |first28=P. |last29=Krishnadath |first29=S. |last30=Fennerty |first30=M. B.|title=BOB CAT: A Large-Scale Review and Delphi Consensus for Management of Barrett's Esophagus with No Dysplasia, Indefinite for, or Low-Grade Dysplasia }}

Jankowski was an editor of text books in gastroenterology and gastrointestinal cancer.{{cite web|title=Janusz Jankowski Books|url=https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/handbook-of-gastrointestinal-cancer-janusz-jankowski/1124372761 |accessdate=10 October 2018}}

Jankowski's group have undertaken several studies including the isolation of label retaining cells (putative stem cells) in the oesophagus,{{cite journal|last=Janusz Jankowski |display-authors=etal |title=Identification of lineage uncommitted, long lived, label retaining cells in the healthy human esophagus and stomach, and in the metaplastic esophagus|journal=Gastroenterology|year=2013|pages=761–7|doi=10.1053/j.gastro.2012.12.022|volume=144|issue=4|pmid=23266557|url=http://clok.uclan.ac.uk/16079/1/16079%20GASTRO-D-11-01797-v7nonhighlighted.pdf }} identification of the genomic factors associated with the premalignant condition Barrett's oesophagus.{{cite journal|last=Janusz Jankowski|display-authors=etal|title=Common variants at the MHC locus predispose to Barrett's esophagus|journal=Nature Genetics|year=2012|pages=1131–6|doi=10.1038/ng.2408|url=http://www.ng.com/content/1131/ng|accessdate=19 October 2014|volume=44|issue=10|pmid=22961001|pmc=3459818}}{{Dead link|date=October 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} Jankowski has studied the use of aspirin and proton pump inhibitors in one of the largest randomized clinical trials to prevent cancer.{{cite journal|last=Janusz Jankowski|author2=Hugh Barr |author3=Ken Wang |author4=Brendan Delaney |title=Diagnosis and management of Barrett's oesophagus|journal=British Medical Journal|year=2010|pages=c4551|doi=10.1136/bmj.c4551|pmid=20833742|pmc=3230123|url=|volume=341}}{{cite journal|title=AspECT Trial Final Results in The Lancet |year=2018 |pmid=30057104 |author1=Jankowski JAZ |last2=De Caestecker |first2=J. |last3=Love |first3=S. B. |last4=Reilly |first4=G. |last5=Watson |first5=P. |last6=Sanders |first6=S. |last7=Ang |first7=Y. |last8=Morris |first8=D. |last9=Bhandari |first9=P. |last10=Brooks |first10=C. |last11=Attwood |first11=S. |last12=Harrison |first12=R. |last13=Barr |first13=H. |last14=Moayyedi |first14=P. |author15=AspECT Trial Team |last16=Rameh |first16=Bashir |last17=Fullarton |first17=Grant |last18=Tucker |first18=Art |last19=Penman |first19=Ian |last20=Rodgers |first20=Colin |last21=Neale |first21=James |last22=Edwards |first22=Cathryn |last23=Wise |first23=Adelyn |last24=Jones |first24=Stephen |last25=Church |first25=Nicholas |last26=Vaidya |first26=Kishor |last27=Balata |first27=Sherzad |last28=Todd |first28=John |last29=Gibbons |first29=Michael |last30=Johnston |first30=David |display-authors=1 |journal=Lancet |volume=392 |issue=10145 |pages=400–408 |doi=10.1016/S0140-6736(18)31388-6 |pmc=6083438 }}{{cite web|title=Presentation of AspECT Trial Findings at Plenary Session in ASCO 2018 |url=http://www.itv.com/news/2018-06-04/aspirin-could-help-prevent-oesophageal-cancer-new-research-suggests/ |accessdate=10 October 2018}} Jankowski is a highly cited clinical academic with a h-index of over 65.{{cite web|title=Janusz Jankowski Citation and Hirsch index |url=https://scholar.google.co.uk/citations?user=atba3DsAAAAJ&hl=en |accessdate=2 December 2014}} He has over 200 publications of which 150 are peer reviewed papers including in Gastroenterology, The Lancet, Lancet Oncology, Nature, Nature Genetics, Nature Communications, New England Journal of Medicine and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA.{{cite web|title=Janusz Jankowski Publication Profile |url=https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=Jankowski+J |accessdate=2 December 2014}}

Jankowski has been awarded NHS Clinical Excellence Awards, the Sir Francis Avery Jones Award (British Society of Gastroenterology),{{cite web|title=British Society of Gastroenterology Sir Avery Jones Prize Winners |url=https://www.google.co.uk/search?ei=aqK_W-iTAcSZgQb0soXQBA&q=jankowski+and+bsg+avery+jones+prize+1995&oq=jankowski+and+bsg+avery+jones+prize+1995&gs_l=psy-ab.3...11026.12828..15871...0.0..0.93.175.2......0....1..gws-wiz.......33i160.Q-qqaw8OjXw |accessdate= 10 October 2018}} the James Black Senior Fellowship (University of Oxford) and Lectureship (Brasenose College){{cite web|title=Brasenose College Faculty |url=https://www.bnc.ox.ac.uk/downloads/brazen_nose_2007_2008.pdf |accessdate= 10 October 2018}} and the Sir James Black Professorship (Plymouth University).{{cite web|title=Inaugural Lecture QMUL |url=https://www.qmul.ac.uk/events/items/2010/professor-janusz-jankowski---inaugural-lecture.html |accessdate=10 October 2018}}

Jankowski is a Tae Kwon Do 1st Dan black belt.{{cite web|title= Leicester TaeKwon-Do Academy|url= https://leicesterttaekwondo.wordpress.com/2015/10/11/janusz-jankowski-newest-1st-degree-at-leicester-taekwon-do-academy|accessdate= 14 October 2015|archive-date= 10 December 2015|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20151210202548/https://leicesterttaekwondo.wordpress.com/2015/10/11/janusz-jankowski-newest-1st-degree-at-leicester-taekwon-do-academy/|url-status= dead}}{{cite web|title= Leicester Tae Kwon Do Promtotions|url= https://leicesterttaekwondo.wordpress.com/2015/11/26/new-black-belt/|accessdate= 26 November 2015|archive-date= 8 December 2015|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20151208084108/https://leicesterttaekwondo.wordpress.com/2015/11/26/new-black-belt/|url-status= dead}} He has been a parish councillor.{{cite web|title= Parish Councillor J Jankowski |url=https://issuu.com/birstallpost/docs/rp911111web/4 |accessdate = 10 October 2018}} Jankowski has been chair of the Acute and Chronic Diseases Panel of NICE, chair the GI Cancer Prevention Committee of the National Cancer Research Network and chair of the Education Committee of the British Society of Gastroenterology.{{cite web |title=NICE Topic Panel Members |url=https://www.rcslt.org/news/docs/information_pack_for_applicants_professional |accessdate=10 October 2018 |archive-date=12 October 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181012094448/https://www.rcslt.org/news/docs/information_pack_for_applicants_professional |url-status=dead }} Jankowski is currently chair of the European Union TRANSCAN-2 committee.{{cite web|title=TRANSCAN2|url= https://www.era-learn.eu/network-information/networks/transcan-2 |accessdate = 10 October 2018}} Between July 2019 and June 2022 he was chair of the board of directors at University College of Osteopathy.

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