Jessica Olson, PhD, MPH

Jessica Olson

Assistant Professor, Community Health

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Biography

Jessica Olson, PhD, MPH is an Assistant Professor in the Division of Community Health within the Institute for Health & Equity at the Medical College of Wisconsin. She received her Doctorate of Philosophy and Master of Public Health at the Medical College of Wisconsin in 2015 and 2017, respectively. Her research is dedicated towards leveraging and integrating the strengths of basic, clinical, and community research to reduce disparities in cancer incidence and mortality.

Currently, Dr. Olson is working as a member of the Advancing a Healthier Wisconsin Endowment’s Cross-Cutting Initiative, an eight-year investment of up to $20M focused on reducing disparities in breast and lung cancer in the state of Wisconsin. The Division of Community Health within the Institute for Health & Equity is ideally suited for her research, due to the highly collaborative team of faculty and researchers, and outstanding mentorship available to junior faculty.

Education

• Medical College of Wisconsin (PhD)
• Medical College of Wisconsin (MPH)

Research Interests

Reducing disparities in breast and lung cancer in the state of Wisconsin

MicroRNA-21 Mediates Isoflurane-induced Cardioprotection against Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury via Akt/Nitric Oxide Synthase/Mitochondrial Permeability Transition Pore Pathway.

(Qiao S, Olson JM, Paterson M, Yan Y, Zaja I, Liu Y, Riess ML, Kersten JR, Liang M, Warltier DC, Bosnjak ZJ, Ge ZD.) Anesthesiology. 2015 Oct;123(4):786-798.
Gene Expression in Experimental Aortic Coarctation and Repair: Candidate Genes for Therapeutic Intervention?

(LaDisa JF Jr, Bozdag S, Olson J, Ramchandran R, Kersten JR, Eddinger TJ.) PLoS One. 2015;10(7):e0133356.
Up-regulation of microRNA-21 mediates isoflurane-induced protection of cardiomyocytes.

(Olson JM, Yan Y, Bai X, Ge ZD, Liang M, Kriegel AJ, Twaroski DM, Bosnjak ZJ.) Anesthesiology. 2015 Apr;122(4):795-805.
miR-21 in ischemia/reperfusion injury: a double-edged sword?

(Xu X, Kriegel AJ, Jiao X, Liu H, Bai X, Olson J, Liang M, Ding X.) Physiol Genomics. 2014 Nov 01;46(21):789-97.
Down-regulation of microRNA-21 is involved in the propofol-induced neurotoxicity observed in human stem cell-derived neurons.

(Twaroski DM, Yan Y, Olson JM, Bosnjak ZJ, Bai X.) Anesthesiology. 2014 Oct;121(4):786-800.