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Elizabeth T. Jensen, PhD
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Elizabeth T. Jensen, PhD

Elizabeth T. Jensen, PhD

  • Associate Professor, Epidemiology and Prevention

Research Interests

  • Infant
  • Gastrointestinal Diseases
  • Obesity
  • Diabetes Mellitus
  • Environmental Exposure
  • Autoimmune Diseases
  • ejensen@wakehealth.edu
Education
BA, New College of Florida (NCF), 1997
MPH, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 2010
PhD, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 2014
Positions
Associate Professor, Epidemiology and Prevention
Associate Professor, Gastroenterology
Associate Professor, Pediatrics
Departments and Affiliations
Epidemiology and Prevention
Gastroenterology
Pediatrics
Center for Vaccines at the Extremes of Aging
Women in Medicine and Science
Maya Angelou Center for Health Equity
Center on Diabetes, Obesity, and Metabolism

Research

  • Publications
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  • Early life factors are associated with risk for eosinophilic esophagitis diagnosed in adulthood. Dellon ES, Shaheen O, Koutlas NT, Chang AO, Martin LJ, Rothenberg ME, Jensen ET. Dis Esophagus. 2021 Feb; 34(2)
  • High Patient Disease Burden in a Cross-sectional, Multicenter Contact Registry Study of Eosinophilic Gastrointestinal Diseases. Jensen ET, Aceves SS, Bonis PA, Bray K, Book W, Chehade M, Collins MH, Dellon ES, Falk GW, Gonsalves N, Gupta SK, Hirano I, Katzka DA, Kyle S, Mack D, Kodroff E, Leung J, Mukkada VA, Scott M, Paliana A, Sable K, Spergel JM, Strobel MJ, Krischer J, Rothenberg ME, Abonia P. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr. 2020 10; 71(4):524-529.
  • Dietary strategies to manage diabetes and glycemic control in youth and young adults with youth-onset type 1 and type 2 diabetes: The SEARCH for diabetes in youth study. Sauder KA, Stafford JM, The NS, Mayer-Davis EJ, Thomas J, Lawrence JM, Kim G, Siegel KR, Jensen ET, Shah AS, D'Agostino RB, Dabelea D. Pediatr Diabetes. 2020 11; 21(7):1093-1101.
  • Rationale, design and baseline characteristics of the Microbiome and Insulin Longitudinal Evaluation Study (MILES). Jensen ET, Bertoni AG, Crago OL, Hoffman KL, Wood AC, Arzumanyan Z, Lam LK, Roll K, Sandow K, Wu M, Rich SS, Rotter JI, Chen YI, Petrosino JF, Goodarzi MO. Diabetes Obes Metab. 2020 11; 22(11):1976-1984.
  • Association between fear of hypoglycemia and physical activity in youth with type 1 diabetes: The SEARCH for diabetes in youth study. Roberts AJ, Taplin CE, Isom S, Divers J, Saydah S, Jensen ET, Mayer-Davis EJ, Reid LA, Liese AD, Dolan LM, Dabelea D, Lawrence JM, Pihoker C. Pediatr Diabetes. 2020 11; 21(7):1277-1284.
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Research Interests

  • Autoimmune Diseases
  • Diabetes Mellitus
  • Diabetes, Gestational
  • Environmental Exposure
  • Gastrointestinal Diseases
  • Infant
  • Maternal Exposure
  • Obesity
  • Pediatrics
  • Perinatology
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