Jessica Faulkner

Assistant Professor

Jessica Faulkner

Assistant Professor

Academic Appointment(s)

Medical College of Georgia
Department of Physiology

The Graduate School

Medical College of Georgia
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Administration
Department of The Graduate School

Education

  • Ph.D., Pharmacology University of Mississippi Medi, 2015

  • BS, Biology/Biological Sciences, General Augusta State University, 2008

Awards & Honors

  • 2023 Emerging Scientist Award AURI, 2023

  • 2023 Harry Goldblatt Award for Early Career Investigators Hypertension 2023 Scientific Sessions, 2023

  • Grant Reviewer AHA Fellowship Clinical 2 Study Section, 2023

  • Grant Reviewer UAB/Prime training grant review committee, 2023

  • Young Investigator Award International Conferences on Endothelin-1 World Congress, 2023

Courses Taught Most Recent Academic Year

  • VBIO 8010

    Methods in Cardiovascular Rese
  • BIOM 8130

    Scientific Grant Writing
  • PSIO 9210

    Invest of a Problem
  • PSIO 9300

    Research
  • PSIO 6720

    Pathophys 2
  • PSIO 7410

    Research

Scholarship

Selected Recent Publications

  • Optimizing renal transporter immunodetection: consequences of freeze-thaw during sample preparation, 2024
    Journal Article, Academic Journal
  • Implications of pregnancy on cardiometabolic disease risk: preeclampsia and gestational diabetes, 2024
    Journal Article, Academic Journal
  • Both endothelial mineralocorticoid receptor expression and hyperleptinemia are required for clinical characteristics of placental ischemia in mice, 2024
    Journal Article, Academic Journal
  • Physiology of Pregnancy-Related Acute Kidney Injury., 2023
    Journal Article, Academic Journal
  • Mechanisms of leptin-induced endothelial dysfunction., 2023
    Journal Article, Academic Journal

Department Service

  • Physiology Post-Doctoral Association 2016

    Role: Other

University Service

  • Post-Doctoral Fellow Association 2018 - Present

    Role: Committee Member
  • STAR program undergraduate students 2016 - Present

    Role: Mentor
  • Post-doctoral Fellow Association - Social Committee 2016 - 2018

    Role: Committee Chair

Professional Service

  • American Physiological Society Trainee Advisory Committee 2019 - Present

    Role: Committee Member
  • American Physiological Society Cardiovascular Section Steering Committee 2019 - Present

    Role: Committee Member
  • American Physiological Society Cardiovascular Section Trainee Committee 2017 - Present

    Role: Committee Chair
  • American Physiological Society “Physiology Understanding Week (PhUN)” 2013 - Present

    Role: Member
  • American Heart Association CHAMP Program 2017 - 2019

    Role: Mentor