Jennifer Charlton University of VirginiaUnited States

Dr. Jennifer Charlton received her Medical Degree from the University of South Florida. She completed her Pediatric residency at the USC and Pediatric Nephrology Fellowship at the UVA. The focus of Dr. Charlton’s laboratory is the effect of preterm birth on kidney health and disease. Using a team approach, she has been contributed to the development of noninvasive methods to measure nephron number in living animals and human kidneys. In collaboration with biomedical engineer, Dr. Kevin Bennett, they have used cationic ferritin enhanced MRI to investigate the microstructure of the kidney. Recently Dr. Charlton’s laboratory uncovered several novel pathways in a mouse model of preterm birth that may provide the link between preterm birth and kidney disease, including dysregulation of fat soluble vitamin metabolism and alterations in angiogenesis. She is a founding member, co-chair of the Research Committee and President Elect of the Neonatal Kidney Collaborative.