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Jennifer L. Reed, MD, MS


  • Director of Scientific Review and Development, Division of Emergency Medicine
  • Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics

About

Biography

I am a first-generation college graduate, and I was determined to become a doctor from a young age. Most of my family have careers in service-related fields, such as nursing, teaching and law enforcement; therefore, it was a natural choice to continue down that path. I have always worked with children, have a natural rapport with them and enjoy the fast-paced environment of pediatric emergency medicine.

My research focus is on adolescent reproductive healthcare in the emergency department (ED) setting. I’m trying to reach high-risk adolescents who may otherwise not obtain primary healthcare by offering more preventive care in the ED, including sexually transmitted infection (STI) screening, contraceptive initiation and expedited partner therapy. Women's health has always been an interest of mine, so this is a perfect way to address the high-risk adolescent population that I see every day in the ED.

I've had a federally funded research career, including funding from a previous Building Interdisciplinary Research Careers in Women's Health (BIRCWH) National Institutes of Health (NIH) K12 grant and an NIH K23 career development grant. I also was awarded an NIH National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) R01 multicenter Pediatric Emergency Care Applied Research Network (PECARN) supported grant to improve adolescent sexual healthcare in the ED setting. Through PECARN, I created an adolescent sexual health working group to bring ED sexual health researchers together for natural collaboration on future research.

I am board certified by the American Board of Pediatrics (October 2001) and by the American Board of Pediatrics Subspecialty Board in Pediatric Emergency Medicine (November 2006).

My research has been published in respected journals, such as Pediatrics, Annals of Emergency Medicine, Journal of Adolescent Health and JAMA Pediatrics.

BA: Miami University, Oxford, OH, 1993.

MD: University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, 1998.

Residency: Pediatrics, Indiana University School of Medicine Clarian Health, James Whitcomb Riley Hospital for Children, Wishard Memorial Hospital, Indiana University Hospital, Methodist Hospital, Indianapolis, IN, 1998-2001.

Fellowship: Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, 2002-2005.

Certification: USMLE- Step I 1996; Step II 1997; Step III 1998; Board Certified, American Board of Pediatrics, October 2001; Board Certified, American Board of Pediatrics Subspecialty Board in Pediatric Emergency Medicine, November 2006.

MS: University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, 2017.

Interests

Pediatric emergency medicine

Services and Specialties

Emergency Medicine

Interests

Adolescent gynecologic medicine; STI's; adolescent consent issues

Research Areas

Emergency Medicine

Publications

Contraception Use and Pregnancy Risk Among Adolescents in Pediatric Emergency Departments. Canter, H; Reed, J; Palmer, C; Casper, TC; Stukus, K; Schmidt, S; Pickett, M; Mollen, C; Elsholz, C; Cruz, AT; Augustine, E; Goyal, MK. JAMA network open. 2024; 7:e2418213.

Concordance of Adolescent Gender, Race, and Ethnicity: Self-report Versus Medical Record Data. Cruz, AT; Palmer, CA; Augustine, EM; Casper, TC; Dowshen, N; Elsholz, CL; Mollen, CJ; Pickett, ML; Schmidt, SK; Stukus, KS; Goyal, MK; Reed, JL. Pediatrics. 2024; 153.

Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on pediatric faculty: a report from nine academic institutions. O’Connor, TM; Guaman, MC; Randell, KA; Keenan, HT; Snowden, J; Mack, JW; Camp, EA; Perez, O; Chang, ML; Myers, AL; Yost, HJ; Murray, KO; Shekerdemian, L; Chumpitazi, CE. Pediatric Research. 2024; 95:775-784.

Spotlighting the imbalance: Gender disparities among speakers and awardees at pediatric emergency medicine conferences. Reichard, KG; Levine, DA; Reed, J; Barrick-Groskopf, L; Bechtel, K; Cooper, G; Hall, JE; White, ML; Langhan, ML. Academic Emergency Medicine. 2023; 30:1138-1143.

Subdural Fluid and Near-Miss Hypertension in a Previously Healthy Infant. Reel, SM; Burkhardt, MC; Reed, JL. Clinical Pediatrics. 2023; 62:1436-1439.

Women in pediatric emergency medicine: Trends in gender from 2000 to 2020. Kayani, J; Reed, J; Safdar, B; Langhan, ML. Academic Emergency Medicine. 2023; 30:675-677.

Building the Foundation: A Call to Action for Baseline Data. Barrick, L; Bechtel, K; Cooper, G; Hall, JE; Levine, DA; Reichard, KG; Reed, J; White, ML; Langhan, ML. Pediatric Emergency Care. 2023; 39:294-295.

Examining Parental Acceptance of Confidential Contraception Initiation in a Pediatric Emergency Department. Kerolle, S; Zuckerbraun, N; Reed, J; Pollack, A; Lieberman, J; Ruppert, K; Hoehn, E. Pediatric Emergency Care. 2023; 39:125-129.

Factors influencing the conduction of confidential conversations with adolescents in the emergency department: A multicenter, qualitative analysis. Chernick, LS; Bugaighis, M; Britton, L; Cruz, AT; Goyal, MK; Mistry, RD; Reed, JL; Bakken, S; Santelli, JS; Dayan, PS. Academic Emergency Medicine. 2023; 30:99-109.

Impact of Rapid Testing for Gonorrhea and Chlamydia in an Urban Pediatric Emergency Department. Lehto, E; Anderson, B; Reed, J; Stevenson, M. Journal of Adolescent Health. 2022; 70:910-914.

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