Department of Pediatrics

Clinical Interests

Dr. Duncan earned her B.S. at Vanderbilt University and her M.D. at University of Chicago. She remained at The University of Chicago for pediatric residency and a year as Chief Resident before going to Johns Hopkins for fellowship training in Pediatric Critical Care. At Hopkins she developed her interest in basic science research. She came to Washington University in 2004 and developed a research program focused in cardiac mitochondrial metabolism in obesity and diabetes. In 2011 she became the Program Director for Pediatric Critical Care Medicine. She is now primarily focused on educational scholarship projects related to career development and mentorship.

Education

• BS, Magna Cum Laude, Vanderbilt University, 1993
• MD, With Honors, University of Chicago, 1997

Training

• Pediatric Residency, The University of Chicago Children's Hospital, 1997 - 2000
• Pediatric Chief Resident, The University of Chicago Children's Hospital, 2000 - 2001
• Pediatric Critical Care Fellow, Johns Hopkins University, 2001 - 2004
• Department of Pediatrics, Leadership Development Course, Washington University, 2014 - 2014
• AAMC Mid-Career Women Faculty Development Conference, 2014 - 2014
• Association of Pediatric Program Directors Leadership in Educational Academic Development Program, 2017 - 2018
• Washington University Performance Leadership Course, by The Granger Network, 2020
• Wellcoaches Health and Wellness Coach Certification, 2021

Licensure and Board Certification

• MO, Missouri
• 2000American Board of Pediatrics - Certification in General Pediatrics (Renewed 2018)
• 2000IL, Illinois
• 2004American Board of Pediatrics - Certification in Pediatric Critical Care (Renewed 2014)

Honors and Awards

• MWSPR Cleveland Clinic Award for Outstanding Student Presentation, 1995
• Graduation with Honors, University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine, 1997
• Phi Beta Kappa, 1997
• University of Chicago Department of Pediatrics Award for Most Meritorious Research, 1997
• Intern of the Year, University of Chicago, Department of Pediatrics, 1998
• Selected to be Pediatric Chief Resident (fourth year) for 2000-2001, 1999
• Child Health Research Center Scholar, 2006
• Children’s Discovery Institute Scholar, 2007
• Pediatric Residency Program Lecturer of the Month, 2014
• Selected for APPD LEAD Program, 2017 - 2019
• Carol B. and Jerome T. Loeb Teaching Fellowship, 2019 - Pres
• Washington University Academy of Educators Honor Roll Award for excellence in education, 2021

Recent Publications view all (29)

Publication Co-Authors

Nikoleta S. Kolovos, M.D.

David Balzer, M.D.

Washington University has a long tradition of collaboration amongst colleagues.The faculty above have co-authored publications with Jennifer G. Duncan, M.D.

1. Weiss P, Rama J, Gerber LM, Qiu Y, Li ST, Duncan JG, Naifeh MM, Stevenson MD, Mauer E, Abramson EL. Scholarly activity training in pediatric pulmonology fellowship programs. Pediatr Pulmonol. 2022;57(4):982-990. PMID:35018735 
2. Goss CW, Duncan JG, Lou SS, Holzer KJ, Evanoff BA, Kannampallil T. Effects of Persistent Exposure to COVID-19 on Mental Health Outcomes Among Trainees: a Longitudinal Survey Study. J Gen Intern Med. 2022. PMCID:PMC8796740  PMID:35091924 
3. John G. Frohna, Linda A. Waggoner-Fountain, Jill Edwards, Jill J. Fussell, Beth Wueste, Joseph Gigante, Robert J. Vinci, Nicholas M. Heitkamp, Mekala K. Neelakantan, Laura E. Degnon, Rebecca L. Blankenburg for the Pediatrics Recruitment Study Team (member of the study team) . National Pediatric Experience With Virtual Interviews: Lessons Learned and Future Recommendations Pediatrics. 2021;148(4). PMID:34330864 
4. Holzer KJ, Lou SS, Goss CW, Strickland J, Evanoff BA, Duncan JG, Kannampallil T.. Impact of Changes in EHR Use during COVID-19 on Physician Trainee Mental Health. Appl Clin Inform. 2021. PMID:34077972 
5. Lou SS, Goss CW, Evanoff BA, Duncan JG, Kannampallil T. Risk factors associated with physician trainee concern over missed educational opportunities during the COVID-19 pandemic. BMC Med Educ. 2021;21(1):216. PMCID:PMC8052552  PMID:33865390 
6. Lou SS, Goss CW, Evanoff BA, Duncan JG, Kannampallil T.. Risk factors associated with physician trainee concern over missed educational opportunities during the COVID-19 pandemic BMC Med Educ. 2021. PMID:33865390  
7. Evanoff BA, Strickland JR, Dale AM, Hayibor L, Page E, Duncan JG, Kannampallil T, Gray DL. Correction: Work-Related and Personal Factors Associated With Mental Well-Being During the COVID-19 Response: Survey of Health Care and Other Workers. J Med Internet Res. 2021;23(4):e29069. PMCID:PMC8065552  PMID:33835934 
8. Abramson EL, Weiss P., MDb, Naifeh M, Stevenson M, Duncan JG, Rama J, Mauer E, Gerber L, Li S. Scholarly Activity Training during Pediatric Fellowship: A National Assessment Pediatrics. 2020. PMID:33262266 
9. Strickland JR, Dale AM, Hayibor L, Page E, Duncan JG, Kannampallil T, Gray GL, Evanoff B. Work-related and Personal Factors Associated with Mental Well-being during COVID-19 Response: A Survey of Health Care and Other Workers J Med Internet Res. 2020. PMID:32763891 
10. Kannampallil T, Goss CW, Evanoff B, Strickland JR, McAlister RP, Duncan JG. Exposure to COVID-19 Patients Increases Physician Trainee Stress and Burnout PLOS One. 2020. PMID:32760131 
11. Rebecca Blankenburg R, Poitevien P, Gonzale J, Degnon L, and the Virtual Café Study Team (member of the study team). Virtual Cafes: An Innovative Way for Rapidly Disseminating Educational Best Practices and Building Community During COVID-19 Acad Pediatr. 2020. PMCID:PMC7265843   PMID:32502535 
12. Andres Herrera-Camino, Ferdinand Coste, Mai He, Jennifer Duncan. Slow wind in a dark starry night. Case presentation-Metastatic Papillary Carcinoma in a Child with Disseminated Pulmonary Nodules ATS Quick HIts, Digital Publication. 2018. doi:https://www.thoracic.org/professionals/clinical-resources/quick-hits/slow-winds-in-a-dark-and-starry-night.php  
13. Abraham M, Collins CA, Flewelling S, Camazine M, Cahill A, Cade WT, Duncan JG. Mitochondrial inefficiency in infants born to overweight African-American mothers. Int J Obes (Lond). 2018. PMID:29568109 
14. Brookheart RT, Swearingen AR, Collins CA, Cline LM, Duncan JG. High-sucrose-induced maternal obesity disrupts ovarian function and decreases fertility in Drosophila melanogaster. Biochim Biophys Acta. 2017. PMCID:PMC5535766   PMID:28344128 
15. Søvik E, LaMora A, Seehra G, Barron AB, Duncan JG, Ben-Shahar Y. Drosophila divalent metal ion transporter Malvolio is required in dopaminergic neurons for feeding decisions. Genes Brain Behav. 2017. PMCID:PMC5457331  PMID:28220999 
16. Brookheart RT, Duncan JG. Modeling dietary influences on offspring metabolic programming in Drosophila melanogaster. Reproduction. 2016;152(3):R79-90. PMCID:PMC4964793  PMID:27450801 
17. Brookheart RT, Duncan JG. Drosophila melanogaster: An emerging model of transgenerational effects of maternal obesity. Mol Cell Endocrinol. 2015. doi:10.1016/j.mce.2015.12.003  PMCID:PMC4903087  PMID:26687062 
18. Caputa G, Zhao S, Criado AE, Ory DS, Duncan JG, Schaffer JE. RNASET2 is required for ROS propagation during oxidative stress-mediated cell death. Cell Death Differ. 2015. doi:10.1038/cdd.2015.105  PMID:26206090 
19. Diaz-Miron JL, Dillon PA, Saini A, Balzer DT, Singh J, Kolovos NS, Duncan JG, Keller MS. Left main coronary artery dissection in pediatric sport-related chest trauma. J Emerg Med. 2014. doi:10.1016/j.jemermed.2014.04.034  PMID:24928544 
20. Buescher JL, Musselman LP, Wilson CA, Lang T, Keleher M, Baranski TJ, Duncan JG. Evidence for transgenerational metabolic programming in Drosophila. Dis Model Mech. 2013. doi:10.1242/dmm.011924  PMID:23649823 
21. Mitra R, Nogee DP, Zechner JF, Yea K, Gierasch CM, Kovacs A, Medeiros DM, Kelly DP, Duncan JG. The transcriptional coactivators, PGC-1α and β, cooperate to maintain cardiac mitochondrial function during the early stages of insulin resistance. J Mol Cell Cardiol. 2012;52(3):701-10. doi:10.1016/j.yjmcc.2011.10.010  PMCID:PMC3294189  PMID:22080103 
22. Duncan JG. Mitochondrial dysfunction in diabetic cardiomyopathy. Biochim Biophys Acta. 2011;1813(7):1351-9. doi:10.1016/j.bbamcr.2011.01.014  PMCID:PMC3149859  PMID:21256163 
23. Duncan JG. Peroxisome proliferator activated receptor-alpha (PPARα) and PPAR gamma coactivator-1alpha (PGC-1α) regulation of cardiac metabolism in diabetes. Pediatr Cardiol. 2011;32(3):323-8. doi:10.1007/s00246-011-9889-8  PMCID:PMC3143064  PMID:21286700 
24. Duncan JG, Bharadwaj KG, Fong JL, Mitra R, Sambandam N, Courtois MR, Lavine KJ, Goldberg IJ, Kelly DP. Rescue of cardiomyopathy in peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-alpha transgenic mice by deletion of lipoprotein lipase identifies sources of cardiac lipids and peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-alpha activators. Circulation. 2010;121(3):426-35. doi:10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.109.888735  PMCID:PMC2825753  PMID:20065164 
25. Duncan JG. Lipotoxicity: what is the fate of fatty acids? J Lipid Res. 2008;49(7):1375-6. doi:10.1194/jlr.E800010-JLR200  PMID:18430973 
26. Duncan JG, Finck BN. The PPARalpha-PGC-1alpha Axis Controls Cardiac Energy Metabolism in Healthy and Diseased Myocardium. PPAR Res. 2008;2008:253817. doi:10.1155/2008/253817  PMCID:PMC2225461  PMID:18288281 
27. Duncan JG, Fong JL, Medeiros DM, Finck BN, Kelly DP. Insulin-resistant heart exhibits a mitochondrial biogenic response driven by the peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-alpha/PGC-1alpha gene regulatory pathway. Circulation. 2007;115(7):909-17. doi:10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.106.662296  PMID:17261654 
28. Bilchick KC, Duncan JG, Ravi R, Takimoto E, Champion HC, Gao WD, Stull LB, Kass DA, Murphy AM. Heart failure-associated alterations in troponin I phosphorylation impair ventricular relaxation-afterload and force-frequency responses and systolic function. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol. 2007;292(1):H318-25. doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00283.2006  PMID:16936010 
29. Duncan JG, Ravi R, Stull LB, Murphy AM. Chronic xanthine oxidase inhibition prevents myofibrillar protein oxidation and preserves cardiac function in a transgenic mouse model of cardiomyopathy. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol. 2005;289(4):H1512-8. doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00168.2005  PMID:15863459