Education

• PhD University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN, USA
• MBA Nova Southeastern University, Davie, FL, USA
• BA Southeastern University, Lakeland, FL, USA

Bio

Dr. Coffman has been teaching Medical Microbiology, Immunology and Genetics for the last few decades and has supported his students with research, poster presentations and publications.  Dr. Coffman has developed several biomedical science programs along with courses in health-care administration, and he has also worked with several institutions on accreditation, programmatic assessments, student recruitment and marketing strategies.

Subject Matter Expertise

Microbiology

Publications/Presentations

• Shaw, G and Coffman, J. Components of an Evidence-Based Analytic Rubric for Use in Medical School Admissions. JAPMA 2017, Vol. 107, No. 1, pp. 65-71.
• Noriega B, Sanchez-Gonzalez, M, Salyakina D. and Coffman J. Understanding the Impact of Omega-3 Rich Diet on the Gut Microbiota. Case Reports in Medicine, Volume 2016 (2016), Article ID 3089303.
• Whalen D, Molnar D, Milne F., Schwal L., Hackett V. and Coffman J. Flu vaccine experiences and beliefs influence vaccination decision making more than knowledge. F1000Research 2014, 3:224.
• Strong T, Dowd S, Gutierrez A and Coffman, J. Amplicon pyrosequencing and ion torrent sequencing of wild duck eubacterial microbiome from fecal samples reveals numerous species linked to human and animal diseases, F1000Research 2013, 2:224
• Murray PE, Coffman JA, Godoy-Garcia F. Dentists could be leading bioengineers of 21st century.  Today’s FDA. 2005; 17: 17-8.
• Murray, P.E., Coffman, J.A. and Garcia-Godoy, F. (2004). Pulp Responses to Remaining Dentin Thickness. Today’s FDA. July. 17-19.
• Kathleen H. Cox, Rajendra Rai, Mackenzie Distler, Jon R. Daugherty, Jonathan A. Coffman and Terrance G. Cooper (2000). Saccharomyces cerevisiae GATA Sequences Function as TATA Elements during Nitrogen Catabolite Repression and When Gln3p Is Excluded from the Nucleus by Overproduction of Ure2p. J. Biol. Chem. 275: 17611-17618.

Research Interests

• Vaccination Decision Models
• Oral and Intestinal Microbiota Studies
• Opioid Use Order in Medical Education