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Jessica Olson PhD

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Director, Assistant Professor

Institution: Medical College of Wisconsin
Department: Institute for Health and Equity
Division: Community Health
Program: Research

Member of the Cancer Center
Member of the Cardiovascular Center
Member of the Institute for Health & Equity


I am willing to collaborate on research projects.

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Research Experience

  • Breast Neoplasms
  • Cardiovascular Diseases
  • Healthcare Disparities
  • MicroRNAs
  • Women's Health

    • Methodologies and Techniques

  • Community-Based Participatory Research
  • Community-Institutional Relations
  • Public Health
  • Public Health Practice
  • Social Justice
  • Translational Medical Research

    • Leadership Positions

  • Chair, Women in Science Series

    • Publications (17)

  • Team principles for successful interdisciplinary research teams. (Brown SA, Sparapani R, Osinski K, Zhang J, Blessing J, Cheng F, Hamid A, MohamadiPour MB, Lal JC, Kothari AN, Caraballo P, Noseworthy P, Johnson RH, Hansen K, Sun LY, Crotty B, Cheng YC, Echefu G, Doshi K, Olson J, Cardio-Oncology Artificial Intelligence Informatics & Precision (CAIP) Research Team Investigators) Am Heart J Plus 2023 Aug;32:100306 PMID: 38510201 PMCID: PMC10946054 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85163019573 03/21/2024    
  • Trends in Diet and Cancer Research: A Bibliometric and Visualization Analysis. (Giles ED, Purcell SA, Olson J, Vrieling A, Hirko KA, Woodruff K, Playdon MC, Thomas GA, Gilmore LA, Moberly HK, Newell-Fugate AE) Cancers (Basel) 2023 Jul 25;15(15) PMID: 37568578 PMCID: PMC10417030 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85167834498 08/12/2023    
  • Commentary: "Multimodality advanced cardiovascular and molecular imaging for early detection and monitoring of cancer therapy-associated cardiotoxicity and the role of artificial intelligence and big data". (Sun LY, Echefu G, Doshi K, Roberts ML, Hamid A, Cheng RK, Olson J, Brown SA) Front Cardiovasc Med 2023;10:982028 PMID: 36923958 PMCID: PMC10009261 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85150219716 03/17/2023    
  • Racial disparities in postmastectomy breast reconstruction following implementation of the affordable care act: A systematic review using a minority health and disparities research framework. (Doren EL, Park K, Olson J) Am J Surg 2023 Jul;226(1):37-47 PMID: 36707301 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85147226714 01/28/2023       2 Citations
  • Building towards community-oriented policing: Forming an academic medical center partnership with local police. (Olson J, Tucker J, Simi R, Wrucke S, Jordan CG) Prev Med Rep 2022 Dec;30:102015 PMID: 36237839 PMCID: PMC9551139 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85139340191 10/15/2022    
  • Establishing an interdisciplinary research team for cardio-oncology artificial intelligence informatics precision and health equity. (Brown SA, Sparapani R, Osinski K, Zhang J, Blessing J, Cheng F, Hamid A, Berman G, Lee K, BagheriMohamadiPour M, Lal JC, Kothari AN, Caraballo P, Noseworthy P, Johnson RH, Hansen K, Sun LY, Crotty B, Cheng YC, Olson J, Cardio-Oncology Artificial Intelligence Informatics & Precision (CAIP) Research Team Investigators) Am Heart J Plus 2022 Jan;13 PMID: 35434676 PMCID: PMC9012235 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85146432200 04/19/2022       13 Citations
  • Lisinopril Mitigates Radiation-Induced Mitochondrial Defects in Rat Heart and Blood Cells. (Ortiz de Choudens S, Sparapani R, Narayanan J, Lohr N, Gao F, Fish BL, Zielonka M, Gasperetti T, Veley D, Beyer A, Olson J, Jacobs ER, Medhora M) Front Oncol 2022;12:828177 PMID: 35311118 PMCID: PMC8924663 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85126780777 03/22/2022       3 Citations
  • Circulating miRNAs as early indicators of diet and physical activity response in women with metastatic breast cancer. (Olson J, Sheean P, Matthews L, Chitambar CR, Banerjee A, Visotcky A, Bonini M, Stolley M) Future Sci OA 2021 Mar 04;7(4):FSO694 PMID: 33815828 PMCID: PMC8015665 04/06/2021    
  • Community and Research Perspectives on Cancer Disparities in Wisconsin. (Olson J, Cawthra T, Beyer K, Frazer D, Ignace L, Maurana C, Millon-Underwood S, Pinsoneault L, Salazar J, Walker A, Williams C, Stolley M) Prev Chronic Dis 2020 Oct 08;17:E122 PMID: 33034557 PMCID: PMC7553208 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85092803110 10/10/2020       4 Citations
  • Community Breast Health Education for Immigrants and Refugees: Lessons Learned in Outreach Efforts to Reduce Cancer Disparities. (Kamaraju S, Olson J, DeNomie M, Visotcky A, Banerjee A, Asan O, Tavares E, Rao A, LaCroix M, Krause K, Neuner J, Stolley M) J Cancer Educ 2019 Dec;34(6):1092-1096 PMID: 30091014 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85051532560 08/10/2018       5 Citations
  • More than a Conversation: the Power of Bringing Scientists and the Community Together to Change Perceptions About Cancer. (Olson J, Svoboda-Newman S, Gardner-Volle K, McNally M, Fabian E, Maurana C) J Cancer Educ 2019 Jun;34(3):571-576 PMID: 29508231 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85045135507 03/07/2018       1 Citation
  • A Combined Basic Science and Population Science Approach Demonstrating the Potential for Simvastatin to Mitigate Cardiovascular Disease after Lower Hemi Body Radiotherapy (Olson J, Taylor R, Sparapani R, Lenarczyk M, Baker J) Circulation https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/circ.136.suppl_1.24082 11/14/2017    
  • 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 PMID: 26259139 PMCID: PMC4573345 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-84942056683 08/11/2015       69 Citations
  • 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 PMID: 26207811 PMCID: PMC4514739 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-84941695738 07/25/2015       6 Citations
  • 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 PMID: 25536091 PMCID: PMC4366274 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-84937250884 12/24/2014       45 Citations
  • 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 PMID: 25159851 PMCID: PMC4280148 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-84908453071 08/28/2014       88 Citations
  • 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 PMID: 24950164 PMCID: PMC4174986 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-84914165939 06/21/2014       71 Citations
    • Last update: 03/21/2024