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Jennifer Voigt Rowell

Assistant Professor of Medicine
Medicine, Endocrinology, Metabolism, and Nutrition
Duke Box 3510, Room 281 Baker House, 2nd Floor, Durham, NC 27710
Dept of Medicine, Box 3510, Durham, NC 27710

Selected Publications


Effective interprofessional precepting in a specialty clinic: Utilizing evidence and lived experiences to optimize the training of diverse learners

Journal Article Journal of Interprofessional Education and Practice · March 1, 2022 Preceptors often train students from different educational backgrounds. Many preceptors do not have adequate preparation to assess and educate students from backgrounds that differ from their own. Training students in specialty clinics creates additional c ... Full text Cite

Clinical, Laboratory, and Radiological Diagnosis of Pancreatic Islet Cell Tumors

Chapter · January 1, 2022 Neuroendocrine tumors include a diverse group of tumors that stem from a lineage of sensory/neural and secretory cells and are predominately located within the bronchopulmonary and gastrointestinal systems. The overall prevalence of neuroendocrine tumors i ... Full text Cite

Inherited lipemic splenomegaly and the spectrum of apolipoprotein E p.Leu167del mutation phenotypic variation.

Journal Article J Clin Lipidol · 2013 OBJECTIVE: We review disorders associated with splenomegaly and dyslipidemia with an emphasis on the APOE p.Leu167del mutation. Recent studies suggest that this rare mutation may present more often without splenomegaly in patients with familial combined hy ... Full text Link to item Cite

Serum apolipoprotein C-III is independently associated with chronic hepatitis C infection and advanced fibrosis.

Journal Article Hepatol Int · April 2012 BACKGROUND: The hepatitis C virus (HCV) is known to disrupt lipid metabolism, making serum lipoprotein levels good candidates to explore as markers of HCV disease progression. Assessment of the major apolipoproteins (Apo) and their relationship to hepatic ... Full text Link to item Cite

Non-insulin antidiabetic medications in the inpatient setting

Journal Article · December 1, 2011 Oral and injectable non-insulin antidiabetic medications are important components of outpatient management of type 2 diabetes. They are effective and safe for plasma glucose. However, even when patients have good glycemic control at home on these medicatio ... Full text Cite

Gene by sex interaction for measures of obesity in the framingham heart study.

Journal Article J Obes · 2011 Obesity is an increasingly prevalent and severe health concern with a substantial heritable component and marked sex differences. We sought to determine if the effect of genetic variants also differed by sex by performing a genome-wide association study mo ... Full text Link to item Cite

Interferon-lambda genotype and low serum low-density lipoprotein cholesterol levels in patients with chronic hepatitis C infection.

Journal Article Hepatology · June 2010 UNLABELLED: Recently, genetic polymorphisms occurring in the interferon (IFN)-lambda gene region were associated with response to IFN-based treatment of hepatitis C infection. Both infection with the hepatitis C virus and IFN therapy are associated with de ... Full text Link to item Cite

Genome-wide association study of Lp-PLA(2) activity and mass in the Framingham Heart Study.

Journal Article PLoS Genet · April 29, 2010 Lipoprotein-associated phospholipase A(2) (Lp-PLA(2)) is an emerging risk factor and therapeutic target for cardiovascular disease. The activity and mass of this enzyme are heritable traits, but major genetic determinants have not been explored in a system ... Full text Open Access Link to item Cite

Dipeptidyl peptidase-4 inhibitors in the management of type 2 diabetes: safety, tolerability, and efficacy.

Journal Article Drug Healthc Patient Saf · 2010 Although glycemic control is an important and effective way to prevent and minimize the worsening of diabetes-related complications, type 2 diabetes is a progressive disease which often proves difficult to manage. Most affected patients will eventually req ... Full text Link to item Cite

Effects of short-term very low-calorie diet on intramyocellular lipid and insulin sensitivity in nondiabetic and type 2 diabetic subjects.

Journal Article Metabolism · January 2008 The study aimed to analyze the effects of a short-term very low-calorie diet (VLCD) on intramyocellular lipid (IMCL), total body fat, and insulin sensitivity in a group of obese nondiabetic and type 2 diabetic subjects. Seven untreated type 2 diabetic and ... Full text Link to item Cite