 Jones is targeting gold at the World Championships in August
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World indoor 60m hurdles champion Lolo Jones has confirmed she will run in Glasgow in January and Birmingham the following month.
She will be part of the USA team taking part in the Aviva International Match at Glasgow's Kelvin Hall on 31 January.
Great Britain and Northern Ireland will be among the other teams.
And Jones will also be competing at the Aviva Grand Prix at the England national championships at the National Indoor Arena on 21 February.
UK Athletics chief executive Niels de Vos said: "It is clear Lolo was the best female high hurdler over the course of last season.
"These meetings are about our athletes competing against the best."
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There is no doubt that Mo Farah has everything it takes to compete at the top in distance running
Ian Stewart, UK Athletics
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Jones, 26, suffered mixed fortunes in 2008 after winning the world indoor title in Valencia before suffering heartache in the Olympics in Beijing.
Jones was favourite to take gold after setting a new personal best in her semi-final, but disaster struck in the final when she clipped the penultimate hurdle, when in front, and eventually finished seventh.
Her personal best indoors of 7.77 seconds is the 10th fastest of all time and Jones will be hoping to eventually threaten the world record of 7.69 seconds.
Jones is added to a line-up for Birmingham and Glasgow that already included former world 100m champion Kim Collins.
British long-distance prospect Mo Farah this week confirmed that he would be taking part at both venues, along with the Aviva European Trials in Sheffield on 14 and 15 February.
The 25-year-old claimed an encouraging silver medal at the European cross country championships a fortnight ago and former Olympic bronze medallist Ian Stewart - now head of endurance at UK Athletics - says Farah has the talent to add to his medal tally in future.
"There is no doubt that Mo has everything it takes to compete at the top in distance running and I'm looking forward to working with him to help him achieve that," he said.
"We have such a proud history in this country of success at middle and long distance and I believe we can get back to those days. Mo is hugely talented and - if he really applies himself - can play a big part in this revival."
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