Kathleen A. Pennington, Ph.D.
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Positions
- Assistant Professor
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Obstetrics and Gynecology
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, TX US
Education
- BS from University of Delaware
- 05/2005 - Newark
- PhD from University of Florida
- 12/2010 - Gainesville
- Animal Molecular and Cellular Biology
- Postdoctoral Fellowship at University of Missouri
- 08/2015 - Columbia
- Reproductive Biology, Fetal Programming
Professional Interests
- Fetal Programming
- Placental Development and Function
- Pregnancy
- Long Term Maternal Health
Websites
Selected Publications
- Pennington KA, Harper JL, Sigafoos AN, Beffa LM, Carleton SM, Phillips CL, Schulz LC "Effect of food restriction and leptin supplementation on fetal programming in mice." Endocrinology. 2012 Sep;153(9):4556-4567. Pubmed PMID: 22778222
- Pollock KE, Stevens D, Pennington KA, Thaisrivongs R, Kaiser J, Ellersieck MR, Miller DK, Schulz LC "Hyperleptinemia during pregnancy decreases adult weight of offspring and is associated with increased offspring locomotor activity in mice." Endocrinology. 2015 Jul 21; Pubmed PMID: 26196541
- Pennington KA, Schlitt JM, Schulz LC "Isolation of primary mouse trophoblast cells and trophoblast invasion assay." J Vis Exp. 2012 Jan 8;(59):e3202. Pubmed PMID: 22257865
- Schulz LC, Schlitt JM, Caesar G, Pennington KA "Leptin and the Placental Response to Maternal Food Restriction During Early Pregnancy in Mice." Biol Reprod. 2012 Nov 1;87(5):120. Pubmed PMID: 22993381
- Rosenfeld CS, Siepli PT, Warzak DA, Ellersieck MR, Pennington KA, Roberts RM "Maternal exposure to bisphenol A and genistein has minimal effect on A(vy)/a offspring coat color but favors birth of agouti over nonagouti mice." Proc Natl Acad Sci. 2013 Jan 8;110(2):537-542. Pubmed PMID: 23267115
- Harper JL, Caesar GA, Pennington KA, Davis JW, Schulz LC "Placental changes caused by food restriction during early pregnancy in mice are reversible." Reproduction. 2015 Jun 9;150(3):165-172. Pubmed PMID: 26060317
- Pennington KA, Ealy AD "The expression and potential function of bone morphogenetic proteins 2 and 4 in bovine trophectoderm." Reprod Biol Endocrinol. 2012 Feb 13;10(12) Pubmed PMID: 22330732
Memberships
- Society for the Study of Reproduction
- Society of Reproductive Investigation
- American Heart Association
- Endocrine Society
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