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Division of Public Health Sciences
Wake Forest University Health Sciences
Administrative Contact: Rhonda Blaine
Room Number: VINE, 5121
Medical Center Boulevard
Winston-Salem, NC 27157
Telephone: 336-713-3132
Email: ejensen@wakehealth.edu |
EDUCATION: |
M.P.H., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Department of Maternal & Child Health, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, 2010,
Maternal and Child Health
Ph.D., Department of Epidemiology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, 2014,
Epidemiology
Postdoctoral Fellow, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), 2015
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RESEARCH: |
Dr. Jensen’s
research focuses
primarily on
etiologic mechanisms
for diseases in the
pediatric
population. Her
training was in
reproductive,
perinatal, and
pediatric
epidemiology and
much of her research
has focused on early
life perturbations
implicated in future
development of
disease.
Dr. Jensen has
contributed
significantly to the
epidemiologic
literature on
eosinophilic
gastrointestinal
diseases. Her
research on
eosinophilic
esophagitis, an
increasingly common,
chronic disease of
the esophagus that
can cause
significant
morbidity in
children and adults,
incorporates genetic
data to investigate
how certain early
life factors may
contribute to
disease development
in
genetically-susceptible
individuals. She is
also evaluating the
relationship between
treatment approach
and growth in
children affected by
eosinophilic
gastrointestinal
disease. This body
of research may help
inform treatment
decisions in
children diagnosed
with eosinophilic
esophagitis.
Dr. Jensen is also
conducting research
to evaluate possible
etiologic factors in
pediatric growth and
obesity. She
previously assessed
the association
between maternal
pharmacologic sex
hormone use and
offspring obesity
and found evidence
that certain
hormonal
formulations may
contribute to
increased risk. She
is currently
engaging in research
to evaluate the
association between
early life factors
in preterm infants
and adiposity. In
another study, she
is evaluating the
association between
in utero
perfluorinataled
alkyl substances
exposure and early
childhood
growth.
Dr. Jensen has over
a decade of
experience in
maternal and child
public health and
has also contributed
to research on
breastfeeding and
reproductive health
outcomes. Her
research on maternal
hormonal
contraceptive use
identified certain
hormonal
formulations
associated with
increased risk of
preterm birth and
small weight for
gestational age at
birth.
Dr. Jensen completed
her training at the
University of North
Carolina at Chapel
Hill and conducted a
postdoctoral
fellowship at the
National Institute
of Environmental
Health Sciences.
Dr. Jensen’s primary
faculty appointment
is at Wake Forest
University School of
Medicine, in the
Department of
Epidemiology and
Prevention. She
also holds an
adjunct appointment
at the University of
North Carolina at
Chapel Hill in the
Department of
Medicine, Division
of Gastroenterology
and Hepatology.
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