
Jessica Shantha
Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology · University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Medicine
Credentials: · · · · ·
History

- 2007–2011
- 2003–2007
Biology from University of Georgia
Research
Persistence of Ebola Virus in Ocular Fluid during Convalescence
Case report · New England Journal of Medicine · 2015 · 365 citations
Early clinical sequelae of Ebola virus disease in Sierra Leone: a cross-sectional study
The Lancet Infectious Diseases · 2016 · 147 citations
Ophthalmology · 2017 · First of 8 authors · 65 citations

78 papers

22 papers

20 papers

20 papers
- BH
14 papers

11 papers · 5 as a resident

10 papers
- GK
9 papers
Grants
- 2026–2031
Therapeutic Drug Monitoring in Uveitis for Long-Term Individualized Patient Care
National Eye Institute · R01
Contact PI · $667.5K · Emory University
- 2024–2029
Multi-Omics Strategies to Improve Clinical Outcomes in Uveitis
National Eye Institute · R01
Contact PI · $1.5M · University of California, San Francisco
- 2025–2026
National Eye Institute · R13
Contact PI · $45K · University of California, San Francisco
- 2019–2025
Ophthalmic Disease and Laboratory Surveillance in a Viral Hemorrhagic Fever Zone
National Eye Institute · K23
Contact PI · $1.2M · University of California, San Francisco




