Kristofer Jennings, Ph.D.
Department of Biostatistics, Division of Discovery Science
Present Title & Affiliation
Primary Appointment
Assistant Professor, Department of Biostatistics, Division of Discovery Science, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
Dual/Joint/Adjunct Appointment
Assistant Professor, Department of Biostatistics, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
Education & Training
Degree-Granting Education
| 2003 | Stanford University, Stanford, California, US, Ph.D. in Statistics |
| 1998 | Stanford University, Palo Alto, California, US, M.S. in Statistics |
| 1996 | Oberlin College, Oberlin, Ohio, US, BA in Mathematics |
Experience & Service
Faculty Academic Appointments
Assistant Professor, Department of Preventive Medicine and Community Health, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, 2011 - 2020
Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Preventative Medicine and Community Health, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, 2010 - 2011
Assistant Professor, Department of Statistics, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, 2002 - 2010
Intramural Institutional Committee Activities
Senator, Faculty Senate, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 2022 - Present
Member, Institutional Review Board - 4, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 2022 - Present
Extramural Institutional Committee Activities
Secretary, History of Statistics Special Interest Group, American Statistical Association, 2019 - Present
Treasurer, Houston Area Chapter of the American Statistical Association, American Statistical Association, 2015 - Present
Honors & Awards
| 2019 | Outstanding Chapter Service, American Statistical Association |
Selected Presentations & Talks
Regional Presentations
- 2007. Bootstrap bias reduction and estimator decomposition. Invited. Conference on the Occasion of the Retirement of Mir Massoom Ali, US.
National Presentations
- 2019. Estimation and Inference of Power. Invited. Association of Clinical and Translation Science. Denver, CO, US.
- 2017. Joint Models of Longitudinal Ordinal Outcomes with Competing Risks Survival Analysis. Conference. Joint Statistical Meetings. Baltimore, MD, US.
- 2017. Joint Models of Longitudinal Ordinal Outcomes with Competing Risks Survival Analysis. Conference. ENAR. Washington, DC, US.
- 2010. The kernel reweighting bootstrap for general metric spaces. Invited. Texas A&M University Department of Statistics. College Station, TX, US.
- 2009. The Kernel Reweighting Bootstrap Approach to Dependent Data. Conference. Iowa State University Statistics 75th Anniversary. Ames, IA, US.
Formal Peers
- 2018. Statistical Issues in Reproducibility of Scientific Research. Invited. Houston, TX, US.
- 2015. Statistical Issues in Reproducibility of Scientific Research. Invited. Houston, TX, US.
- 2006. New approaches to detecting non-Gaussianity in the cosmic microwave background. Invited, US.
- 2006. An approach to detecting non-Gaussianity in the cosmic microwave background. Invited. Research Triangle Park, NC, US.
- 2002. The bootstrap and its discontents: recent developments in resampling methodology. Invited. Oberlin, OH, US.
- 2002. Resampling: What it is, why it's important, and what's next. Invited. Orlando, FL, US.
Grant & Contract Support
| Date: | 2023 - 2026 |
| Title: | Resistance or cardiorespiratory exercise training to improve immune function in colorectal cancer survivors |
| Funding Source: | UNIV OF HOUSTON |
| Role: | PI |
| ID: | #TBA |
Selected Publications
Peer-Reviewed Articles
- Singh, R, Manuntag, LJ, Jennings, K, Bruera, E, Yennu, S. Improvement of Fatigue Due to Placebo in Blinded and Open Labeled Cancer Fatigue Treatment Trials. Journal of pain and symptom management 70(4):e244-e249, 2025. e-Pub 2025. PMID: 40659100.
- Hui D, Pacheco S, Nguyen L, Jennings K, de la Cruz V, Stanton P, Laureano R, Ontai A, Mahler D, Bruera E. Efficacy of fentanyl buccal tablet and morphine for exertional dyspnoea in patients with cancer: a double-blind, placebo-controlled, randomised clinical trial. Thorax. e-Pub 2025. PMID: 41115797.
- Tirkes T, Yadav D, Conwell DL, Zhao X, Dasyam AK, Halappa VG, Patel A, Shah ZK, Swensson J, Takahashi N, Venkatesh S, Wachsman A, Li L, Jennings K, Yang Y, Hart PA, Pandol SJ, Park WG, Vege SS, Topazian M, Territo PR, Persohn SA, Andersen DK, Fogel EL. Multiparametric MRI Scoring System of the Pancreas for the Diagnosis of Chronic Pancreatitis. Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging, 2025. e-Pub 2025. PMID: 39225586.
- Raghavendra AS, Jennings K, Guerra G, Tripathy D, Karuturi MS. Patient-reported convenience and effectiveness of telehealth for breast cancer management. Oncologist 29(11):e1470-e1479, 2024. e-Pub 2024. PMID: 39017637.
- Saloman JL, Jennings K, Stello K, Li S, Phillips AE, Hall K, Fogel EL, Vege SS, Andersen DK, Fisher WE, Forsmark CE, Hart PA, Pandol SJ, Park WG, Topazian MD, Den Eeden SKV, Serrano J, Conwell DL, Li L, Yadav D. Pancreatitis pain quality changes at year 1 follow-up, but GP130 remains a biomarker for pain. Pancreatology 24(7):993-1002, 2024. e-Pub 2024. PMID: 39322454.
- Hui D, Maxwell JP, de la Rosa A, Jennings K, Vidal M, Reddy A, Azhar A, Dev R, Heung Y, Delgado-Guay M, Zhukovsky D, Arthur J, Reddy S, Yennu S, Ontai A, Bruera E. The impact of a web-based prognostic calculator on prognostic confidence in outpatient palliative care. Support Care Cancer 32(11):714, 2024. e-Pub 2024. PMID: 39377783.
- Anil A, Stokes AM, Karis JP, Bell LC, Eschbacher J, Jennings K, Prah MA, Hu LS, Boxerman JL, Schmainda KM, Quarles CC. Identification of a single-dose, low flip angle based CBV threshold for fractional tumor burden (FTB) mapping in recurrent glioblastoma. American Journal of Neuroradiology 45(10):1545-1551, 2024. e-Pub 2024. PMID: 38782593.
- Hui D, Hanneman SK, Jennings K, Ontai A, Cron S, Bruera E. Predictive Biomarkers of Dyspnea Response to Dexamethasone and Placebo in Cancer Patients. Journal of Pain Symptom Management 68(4):392-401, 2024. e-Pub 2024. PMID: 39297834.
- Robertson MC, Swartz MC, Basen-Engquist KM, Li Y, Jennings K, Thompson D, Baranowski T, Volpi E, Lyons EJ. A social media game to increase physical activity among older adult women: protocol of a randomized controlled trial to evaluate CHALLENGE. BMC Public Health 24(1):2172, 2024. e-Pub 2024. PMID: 39135010.
- Cho D, Roth M, Peterson SK, Jennings K, Kim S, Weathers SP, Ahmed S, Livingston JA, Barcenas C, You YN, Milbury K. Associations Between Stress, Health Behaviors, and Quality of Life in Young Couples During the Transition to Survivorship: Protocol for a Measurement Burst Study. JMIR Res Protoc 13(1):e53307, 2024. e-Pub 2024. PMID: 38652520.
- Altan M, Soto F, Zhong LL, Akhmedzhanov FO, Wilson NR, Zarifa A, Albittar AA, Yang V, Lewis J, Rinsurongkawong W, Jack Lee J, Rinsurongkawong V, Zhang J, Gibbons DL, Vaporciyan AA, Jennings K, Khawaja F, Faiz SA, Shannon VR, Shroff G, Godoy MCB, Daver NG, Gandhi S, Mendoza TR, Naing A, Daniel-MacDougall C, Heymach JV, Sheshadri A. Incidence and Risk Factors for Pneumonitis Associated With Checkpoint Inhibitors in Advanced Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer: A Single Center Experience. Oncologist 28(11):e1065-e1074, 2023. e-Pub 2023. PMID: 37156009.
- Arthur JA, Edwards T, Lu Z, Tang M, Amaram-Davila J, Reddy A, Hui D, Yennurajalingam S, Anderson AE, Jennings K, Reddy S, Bruera E. Interdisciplinary intervention for the management of nonmedical opioid use among patients with cancer pain. Cancer 128(20):3718-3726, 2022. e-Pub 2022. PMID: 35997289.
- Hui D, Puac V, Shelal Z, Dev R, Hanneman SK, Jennings K, Ma H, Urbauer DL, Shete S, Fossella F, Liao Z, Blumenschein G, Chang JY, O'Reilly M, Gandhi SJ, Tsao A, Mahler DA, Bruera E. Effect of dexamethasone on dyspnoea in patients with cancer (ABCD): a parallel-group, double-blind, randomised, controlled trial. Lancet Oncol 23(10):1321-1331, 2022. e-Pub 2022. PMID: 36087590.
- Marques-Piubelli ML, Sagert J, Pham MT, Will M, Henderson D, Tipton K, Iyer S, Lu W, Khan KB, Hamana L, Chapman JR, Thakral B, Xu J, Miranda RN, Jennings K, Solis LM, Vega F. CD70 is a potential target biomarker in peripheral T-cell lymphomas. Histopathology 81(2):272-275, 2022. e-Pub 2022. PMID: 35474464.
- Markofski MM, Jennings K, Hodgman CF, Warren VE, LaVoy EC. Physical activity during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic is linked to better mood and emotion. Stress Health 38(3):490-499, 2022. e-Pub 2022. PMID: 34775682.
- Sheshadri A, Goizueta AA, Shannon VR, London D, Garcia-Manero G, Kantarjian HM, Ravandi-Kashani F, Kadia TM, Konopleva MY, DiNardo CD, Pierce S, Zarifa A, Albittar AA, Zhong LL, Akhmedzhanov FO, Arain MH, Alfayez M, Alotaibi A, Altan M, Naing A, Mendoza TR, Godoy MCB, Shroff G, Kim ST, Faiz SA, Kontoyiannis DP, Khawaja F, Jennings K, Daver NG. Pneumonitis after immune checkpoint inhibitor therapies in patients with acute myeloid leukemia: A retrospective cohort study. Cancer 128(14):2736-2745, 2022. e-Pub 2022. PMID: 35452134.
- Graff RM, Jennings K, LaVoy ECP, Warren VE, Macdonald BW, Park Y, Markofski MM. T-cell counts in response to acute cardiorespiratory or resistance exercise in physically active or physically inactive older adults: a randomized crossover study. J Appl Physiol (1985) 133(1):119-129, 2022. e-Pub 2022. PMID: 35616304.
- Holliday EB, Morris VK, Johnson B, Eng C, Ludmir EB, Das P, Minsky BD, Taniguchi C, Smith GL, Koay EJ, Koong AC, Delclos ME, Skibber JM, Rodriguez-Bigas MA, You YN, Bednarski BK, Tillman MM, Chang GJ, Jennings K, Messick CA. Definitive Intensity-Modulated Chemoradiation for Anal Squamous Cell Carcinoma: Outcomes and Toxicity of 428 Patients Treated at a Single Institution. Oncologist 27(1):40-47, 2022. e-Pub 2022. PMID: 35305097.
- Markofski MM, Jennings K, Dolan C, Davies NA, LaVoy EC, Ryan EJ, Carrillo AE. Single-Arm 8-Week Ad Libitum Self-Prepared Paleo Diet Reduces Cardiometabolic Disease Risk Factors in Overweight Adults. Am J Lifestyle Med 15(6):690-700, 2021. e-Pub 2021. PMID: 34916890.
- Borack MS, Dickinson JM, Fry CS, Reidy PT, Markofski MM, Deer RR, Jennings K, Volpi E, Rasmussen BB. Effect of the lysosomotropic agent chloroquine on mTORC1 activation and protein synthesis in human skeletal muscle. Nutr Metab (Lond) 18(1):61, 2021. e-Pub 2021. PMID: 34118944.
- Andersen CR, Wolf J, Jennings K, Prough DS, Hawkins BE. An Accelerated Failure Time Survival Model to Analyze Morris Water Maze Latency Data. J Neurotrauma 38(4):435-445, 2021. e-Pub 2021. PMID: 32829672.
- Graff, R, Jennings, K, Davies, NA, Carrillo, AE, LaVoy, EC, Ryan, EJ, Markofski, MM. A short-term paleolithic dietary intervention does not alter adipokines linked to adiposity. International Journal of Exercise Science 14(2):113-122, 2021. e-Pub 2021.
- Graff RM, Jennings K, Davies NA, Carrillo AE, Lavoy EC, Ryan EJ, Markofski MM. A Short-Term Paleolithic Dietary Intervention Does Not Alter Adipokines Linked to Adiposity. Int J Exerc Sci 14(2):113-122, 2021. e-Pub 2021. PMID: 34055149.
- Lewis ZH, Ottenbacher KJ, Fisher SR, Jennings K, Brown AF, Swartz MC, Martinez E, Lyons EJ. Effect of Electronic Activity Monitors and Pedometers on Health: Results from the TAME Health Pilot Randomized Pragmatic Trial. Int J Environ Res Public Health 17(18), 2020. e-Pub 2020. PMID: 32961834.
- Markofski MM, Jennings K, Timmerman KL, Dickinson JM, Fry CS, Borack MS, Reidy PT, Deer RR, Randolph A, Rasmussen BB, Volpi E. Effect of Aerobic Exercise Training and Essential Amino Acid Supplementation for 24 Weeks on Physical Function, Body Composition, and Muscle Metabolism in Healthy, Independent Older Adults: A Randomized Clinical Trial. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci 74(10):1598-1604, 2019. e-Pub 2019. PMID: 29750251.
- Asmussen S, Przkora R, Maybauer DM, Fraser JF, Sanfilippo F, Jennings K, Adamzik M, Maybauer MO. Meta-Analysis of Electroacupuncture in Cardiac Anesthesia and Intensive Care. J Intensive Care Med 34(8):652-661, 2019. e-Pub 2019. PMID: 28569130.
- Herndon D, Capek KD, Ross E, Jay JW, Prasai A, Ayadi AE, Foncerrada-Ortega G, Blears E, Sommerhalder C, McMullen K, Amtmann D, Cox R, Hundeshagen G, Jennings K, Sousse LE, Suman OE, Meyer WJ, Finnerty CC. Reduced Postburn Hypertrophic Scarring and Improved Physical Recovery With Yearlong Administration of Oxandrolone and Propranolol. Ann Surg 268(3):431-441, 2018. e-Pub 2018. PMID: 30048322.
- Capek KD, Sousse LE, Hundeshagen G, Voigt CD, Suman OE, Finnerty CC, Jennings K, Herndon DN. Contemporary Burn Survival. J Am Coll Surg 226(4):453-463, 2018. e-Pub 2018. PMID: 29530306.
- Hundeshagen G, Herndon DN, Clayton RP, Wurzer P, McQuitty A, Jennings K, Branski L, Collins VN, Marques NR, Finnerty CC, Suman OE, Kinsky MP. Long-term effect of critical illness after severe paediatric burn injury on cardiac function in adolescent survivors: an observational study. Lancet Child Adolesc Health 1(4):293-301, 2017. e-Pub 2017. PMID: 29581998.
- Lewis ZH, Ottenbacher KJ, Fisher SR, Jennings K, Brown AF, Swartz MC, Martinez E, Lyons EJ. The feasibility and RE-AIM evaluation of the TAME health pilot study. Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act 14(1):106, 2017. e-Pub 2017. PMID: 28807041.
- Swartz MC, Lewis ZH, Lyons EJ, Jennings K, Middleton A, Deer RR, Arnold D, Dresser K, Ottenbacher KJ, Goodwin JS. Effect of Home- and Community-Based Physical Activity Interventions on Physical Function Among Cancer Survivors: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Arch Phys Med Rehabil 98(8):1652-1665, 2017. e-Pub 2017. PMID: 28427925.
- Asmussen S, Maybauer DM, Chen JD, Fraser JF, Toon MH, Przkora R, Jennings K, Maybauer MO. Effects of Acupuncture in Anesthesia for Craniotomy: A Meta-Analysis. J Neurosurg Anesthesiol 29(3):219-227, 2017. e-Pub 2017. PMID: 26967459.
- Reidy PT, Fry CS, Igbinigie S, Deer RR, Jennings K, Cope MB, Mukherjea R, Volpi E, Rasmussen BB. Protein Supplementation Does Not Affect Myogenic Adaptations to Resistance Training. Med Sci Sports Exerc 49(6):1197-1208, 2017. e-Pub 2017. PMID: 28346813.
- Lyons EJ, Swartz MC, Lewis ZH, Martinez E, Jennings K. Feasibility and Acceptability of a Wearable Technology Physical Activity Intervention With Telephone Counseling for Mid-Aged and Older Adults: A Randomized Controlled Pilot Trial. JMIR Mhealth Uhealth 5(3):e28, 2017. e-Pub 2017. PMID: 28264796.
- Chonmaitree T, Jennings K, Golovko G, Khanipov K, Pimenova M, Patel JA, McCormick DP, Loeffelholz MJ, Fofanov Y. Nasopharyngeal microbiota in infants and changes during viral upper respiratory tract infection and acute otitis media. PLoS One 12(7):e0180630, 2017. e-Pub 2017. PMID: 28708872.
- Borack MS, Reidy PT, Husaini SH, Markofski MM, Deer RR, Richison AB, Lambert BS, Cope MB, Mukherjea R, Jennings K, Volpi E, Rasmussen BB. Soy-Dairy Protein Blend or Whey Protein Isolate Ingestion Induces Similar Postexercise Muscle Mechanistic Target of Rapamycin Complex 1 Signaling and Protein Synthesis Responses in Older Men. J Nutr 146(12):2468-2475, 2016. e-Pub 2016. PMID: 27798330.
- Lam VC, Hadley EE, Berenson AB, Hirth JM, Jennings K, Patel PR. Differences in Women Who Choose Subdermal Implants Versus Intrauterine Devices. J Reprod Med 61(11-12):529-33, 2016. e-Pub 2016. PMID: 30226692.
- Cicalese L, Shirafkan A, Jennings K, Zorzi D, Rastellini C. Increased Risk of Death for Patients on the Waitlist for Liver Transplant Residing at Greater Distance From Specialized Liver Transplant Centers in the United States. Transplantation 100(10):2146-52, 2016. e-Pub 2016. PMID: 27490419.
- Reidy PT, Borack MS, Markofski MM, Dickinson JM, Deer RR, Husaini SH, Walker DK, Igbinigie S, Robertson SM, Cope MB, Mukherjea R, Hall-Porter JM, Jennings K, Volpi E, Rasmussen BB. Protein Supplementation Has Minimal Effects on Muscle Adaptations during Resistance Exercise Training in Young Men: A Double-Blind Randomized Clinical Trial. J Nutr 146(9):1660-9, 2016. e-Pub 2016. PMID: 27466602.
- Buzhdygan T, Lisinicchia J, Patel V, Johnson K, Neugebauer V, Paessler S, Jennings K, Gelman B. Neuropsychological, Neurovirological and Neuroimmune Aspects of Abnormal GABAergic Transmission in HIV Infection. J Neuroimmune Pharmacol 11(2):279-93, 2016. e-Pub 2016. PMID: 26829944.
- Patel PR, Lamarre R, Baxley S, Jennings K. Prenatal Discussion of Contraceptive Options in Teenage Pregnancies. J Womens Health (Larchmt) 25(5):449-52, 2016. e-Pub 2016. PMID: 26666593.
- Lewis ZH, Ottenbacher KJ, Fisher SR, Jennings K, Brown AF, Swartz MC, Lyons EJ. Testing Activity Monitors' Effect on Health: Study Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial Among Older Primary Care Patients. JMIR Res Protoc 5(2):e59, 2016. e-Pub 2016. PMID: 27129602.
- Chonmaitree T, Trujillo R, Jennings K, Alvarez-Fernandez P, Patel JA, Loeffelholz MJ, Nokso-Koivisto J, Matalon R, Pyles RB, Miller AL, McCormick DP. Acute Otitis Media and Other Complications of Viral Respiratory Infection. Pediatrics 137(4), 2016. e-Pub 2016. PMID: 27020793.
- Shearer J, Boone D, Weisz H, Jennings K, Uchida T, Parsley M, DeWitt D, Prough D, Hellmich H. Stochastic fluctuations in gene expression in aging hippocampal neurons could be exacerbated by traumatic brain injury. Aging Clin Exp Res 28(2):363-7, 2016. e-Pub 2016. PMID: 26140916.
- Reeves PT, Herndon DN, Tanksley JD, Jennings K, Klein GL, Mlcak RP, Clayton RP, Crites NN, Hays JP, Andersen C, Lee JO, Meyer W, Suman OE, Finnerty CC. FIVE-YEAR OUTCOMES AFTER LONG-TERM OXANDROLONE ADMINISTRATION IN SEVERELY BURNED CHILDREN: A RANDOMIZED CLINICAL TRIAL. Shock 45(4):367-74, 2016. e-Pub 2016. PMID: 26506070.
- Lyons EJ, Baranowski T, Basen-Engquist KM, Lewis ZH, Swartz MC, Jennings K, Volpi E. Testing the effects of narrative and play on physical activity among breast cancer survivors using mobile apps: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial. BMC Cancer 16:202, 2016. e-Pub 2016. PMID: 26960972.
- McCormick DP, Jennings K, Ede LC, Alvarez-Fernandez P, Patel J, Chonmaitree T. Use of symptoms and risk factors to predict acute otitis media in infants. Int J Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol 81:55-9, 2016. e-Pub 2016. PMID: 26810291.
- Patel PR, Huynh MT, Alvarez CA, Jones D, Jennings K, Snyder RR. Postpartum Teenagers' Views on Providing Contraception in School-Based Health Clinics. J Womens Health (Larchmt) 25(1):32-7, 2016. e-Pub 2016. PMID: 26544090.
- Patel JA, Alvarez-Fernandez P, Jennings K, Loeffelholz M, McCormick D, Chonmaitree T. Factors Affecting Staphylococcus aureus Colonization of the Nasopharynx in the First 6 Months of Life. Pediatr Infect Dis J 34(8):826-30, 2015. e-Pub 2015. PMID: 25961891.
- Markofski MM, Dickinson JM, Drummond MJ, Fry CS, Fujita S, Gundermann DM, Glynn EL, Jennings K, Paddon-Jones D, Reidy PT, Sheffield-Moore M, Timmerman KL, Rasmussen BB, Volpi E. Effect of age on basal muscle protein synthesis and mTORC1 signaling in a large cohort of young and older men and women. Exp Gerontol 65:1-7, 2015. e-Pub 2015. PMID: 25735236.
- Chonmaitree T, Alvarez-Fernandez P, Jennings K, Trujillo R, Marom T, Loeffelholz MJ, Miller AL, McCormick DP, Patel JA, Pyles RB. Symptomatic and asymptomatic respiratory viral infections in the first year of life: association with acute otitis media development. Clin Infect Dis 60(1):1-9, 2015. e-Pub 2015. PMID: 25205769.
- Hosoki K, Ying S, Corrigan C, Qi H, Kurosky A, Jennings K, Sun Q, Boldogh I, Sur S. Analysis of a Panel of 48 Cytokines in BAL Fluids Specifically Identifies IL-8 Levels as the Only Cytokine that Distinguishes Controlled Asthma from Uncontrolled Asthma, and Correlates Inversely with FEV1. PLoS One 10(5):e0126035, 2015. e-Pub 2015. PMID: 26011707.
- Marom T, Alvarez-Fernandez PE, Jennings K, Patel JA, McCormick DP, Chonmaitree T. Acute bacterial sinusitis complicating viral upper respiratory tract infection in young children. Pediatr Infect Dis J 33(8):803-8, 2014. e-Pub 2014. PMID: 24717966.
- Lee J, Jennings K, Borahay MA, Rodriguez AM, Kilic GS, Snyder RR, Patel PR. Trends in the national distribution of laparoscopic hysterectomies from 2003 to 2010. J Minim Invasive Gynecol 21(4):656-61, 2014. e-Pub 2014. PMID: 24462854.
- Reidy PT, Walker DK, Dickinson JM, Gundermann DM, Drummond MJ, Timmerman KL, Cope MB, Mukherjea R, Jennings K, Volpi E, Rasmussen BB. Soy-dairy protein blend and whey protein ingestion after resistance exercise increases amino acid transport and transporter expression in human skeletal muscle. J Appl Physiol (1985) 116(11):1353-64, 2014. e-Pub 2014. PMID: 24699854.
- Nokso-Koivisto J, Pyles RB, Miller AL, Jennings K, Loeffelholz M, Chonmaitree T. Role of Human Bocavirus in Upper Respiratory Tract Infections and Acute Otitis Media. J Pediatric Infect Dis Soc 3(2):98-103, 2014. e-Pub 2014. PMID: 26625362.
- Markofski MM, Carrillo AE, Timmerman KL, Jennings K, Coen PM, Pence BD, Flynn MG. Exercise training modifies ghrelin and adiponectin concentrations and is related to inflammation in older adults. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci 69(6):675-81, 2014. e-Pub 2014. PMID: 24013674.
- Sheffield-Moore M, Dillon EL, Randolph KM, Casperson SL, White GR, Jennings K, Rathmacher J, Schuette S, Janghorbani M, Urban RJ, Hoang V, Willis M, Durham WJ. Isotopic decay of urinary or plasma 3-methylhistidine as a potential biomarker of pathologic skeletal muscle loss. J Cachexia Sarcopenia Muscle 5(1):19-25, 2014. e-Pub 2014. PMID: 24009031.
- Walker DK, Drummond MJ, Dickinson JM, Borack MS, Jennings K, Volpi E, Rasmussen BB. Insulin increases mRNA abundance of the amino acid transporter SLC7A5/LAT1 via an mTORC1-dependent mechanism in skeletal muscle cells. Physiol Rep 2(3):e00238, 2014. e-Pub 2014. PMID: 24760501.
- Nokso-Koivisto J, Chonmaitree T, Jennings K, Matalon R, Block S, Patel JA. Polymorphisms of immunity genes and susceptibility to otitis media in children. PLoS One 9(4):e93930, 2014. e-Pub 2014. PMID: 24718616.
- Sheffield-Moore M, Wiktorowicz JE, Soman KV, Danesi CP, Kinsky MP, Dillon EL, Randolph KM, Casperson SL, Gore DC, Horstman AM, Lynch JP, Doucet BM, Mettler JA, Ryder JW, Ploutz-Snyder LL, Hsu JW, Jahoor F, Jennings K, White GR, McCammon SD, Durham WJ. Sildenafil increases muscle protein synthesis and reduces muscle fatigue. Clin Transl Sci 6(6):463-8, 2013. e-Pub 2013. PMID: 24330691.
- Borahay MA, Patel PR, Walsh TM, Tarnal V, Koutrouvelis A, Vizzeri G, Jennings K, Jerig S, Kilic GS. Intraocular pressure and steep Trendelenburg during minimally invasive gynecologic surgery: is there a risk?. J Minim Invasive Gynecol 20(6):819-24, 2013. e-Pub 2013. PMID: 23941744.
- Porter C, Cotter M, Diaz EC, Jennings K, Herndon DN, Børsheim E. Amino acid infusion fails to stimulate skeletal muscle protein synthesis up to 1 year after injury in children with severe burns. J Trauma Acute Care Surg 74(6):1480-5, 2013. e-Pub 2013. PMID: 23694875.
- Asmussen S, Maybauer DM, Fraser JF, Jennings K, George S, Maybauer MO. A meta-analysis of analgesic and sedative effects of dexmedetomidine in burn patients. Burns 39(4):625-31, 2013. e-Pub 2013. PMID: 23465796.
- Asmussen S, Maybauer DM, Fraser JF, Jennings K, George S, Keiralla A, Maybauer MO. Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation in burn and smoke inhalation injury. Burns 39(3):429-35, 2013. e-Pub 2013. PMID: 23062623.
- Reidy PT, Walker DK, Dickinson JM, Gundermann DM, Drummond MJ, Timmerman KL, Fry CS, Borack MS, Cope MB, Mukherjea R, Jennings K, Volpi E, Rasmussen BB. Protein blend ingestion following resistance exercise promotes human muscle protein synthesis. J Nutr 143(4):410-6, 2013. e-Pub 2013. PMID: 23343671.
- Havemann D, Balakrishnan M, Borahay M, Theiler R, Jennings K, Endsley J, Phelps J, Hankins GD, Yallampalli C, Chauhan M. Intermedin/adrenomedullin 2 is associated with implantation and placentation via trophoblast invasion in human pregnancy. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 98(2):695-703, 2013. e-Pub 2013. PMID: 23337723.
- Gelman BB, Lisinicchia JG, Chen T, Johnson KM, Jennings K, Freeman DH, Soukup VM. Prefrontal dopaminergic and enkephalinergic synaptic accommodation in HIV-associated neurocognitive disorders and encephalitis. J Neuroimmune Pharmacol 7(3):686-700, 2012. e-Pub 2012. PMID: 22391864.
- Herndon DN, Rodriguez NA, Diaz EC, Hegde S, Jennings K, Mlcak RP, Suri JS, Lee JO, Williams FN, Meyer W, Suman OE, Barrow RE, Jeschke MG, Finnerty CC. Long-term propranolol use in severely burned pediatric patients: a randomized controlled study. Ann Surg 256(3):402-11, 2012. e-Pub 2012. PMID: 22895351.
- Walker DK, Fry CS, Drummond MJ, Dickinson JM, Timmerman KL, Gundermann DM, Jennings K, Volpi E, Rasmussen BB. PAX7+ satellite cells in young and older adults following resistance exercise. Muscle Nerve 46(1):51-9, 2012. e-Pub 2012. PMID: 22644638.
- Timmerman KL, Dhanani S, Glynn EL, Fry CS, Drummond MJ, Jennings K, Rasmussen BB, Volpi E. A moderate acute increase in physical activity enhances nutritive flow and the muscle protein anabolic response to mixed nutrient intake in older adults. Am J Clin Nutr 95(6):1403-12, 2012. e-Pub 2012. PMID: 22572647.
- Porro LJ, Herndon DN, Rodriguez NA, Jennings K, Klein GL, Mlcak RP, Meyer WJ, Lee JO, Suman OE, Finnerty CC. Five-year outcomes after oxandrolone administration in severely burned children: a randomized clinical trial of safety and efficacy. J Am Coll Surg 214(4):489-502; discussion 502-4, 2012. e-Pub 2012. PMID: 22463890.
- Payakachat N, Summers KH, Pleil AM, Murawski MM, Thomas J, Jennings K, Anderson JG. Predicting EQ-5D utility scores from the 25-item National Eye Institute Vision Function Questionnaire (NEI-VFQ 25) in patients with age-related macular degeneration. Qual Life Res 18(7):801-13, 2009. e-Pub 2009. PMID: 19543808.
- Zhu Y, Zeng P, Jennings K. Optimal compound orthogonal arrays and arrays for robust parameter design experiments. Technometrics 49(4):440-453, 2007. e-Pub 2007.
- Sands LP, Wang Y, McCabe GP, Jennings K, Eng C, Covinsky KE. Rates of acute care admissions for frail older people living with met versus unmet activity of daily living needs. J Am Geriatr Soc 54(2):339-44, 2006. e-Pub 2006. PMID: 16460389.
- Carlson DJ, Stewart RD, Li XA, Jennings K, Wang JZ, Guerrero M. Comparison of in vitro and in vivo alpha/beta ratios for prostate cancer. Phys Med Biol 49(19):4477-91, 2004. e-Pub 2004. PMID: 15552412.
Books (edited and written)
- Cobb G, Witmer J, Cryer J, Renz P, Jennings K. An Electronic Companion to Statistics. Cogito Learning Media Inc, 1998.
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