Caroline E. Jennette, MSW
Social Research Specialist

Email: caroline_jennette@med.unc.edu
Phone:(919) 966-2561 x301
Fax: (919) 966-4251
Office Location: 6007a Burnett-Womack

Ms. Jennette is a macro social worker whose research interests include state policy diffusion and access to care. She is a regular contributor of state policy articles for the American Society of Nephrology’s Kidney News magazine, of which she is an editorial advisory board member. Ms. Jennette manages a state tracking database for policies related to kidney disease and also acts as the coordinator for the Glomerular Disease Collaborative Network, a large research registry for patients with glomerular diseases.

Selected Bibliography:

Layton JB, Hogan SL, Jennette CE, Kenderes B, Krisher J, Jennette JC, McClellan WM. Discrepancy between Medical Evidence Form 2728 and Renal Biopsy for Glomerular Diseases. Clin J Am Soc Nephrol. 2010 Aug 5. [Epub ahead of print]

Jennette CE, Vupputuri S, Hogan SL, Shoham DA, Falk RJ, Harward DH. Community perspectives on kidney disease and health promotion from at-risk populations in rural North Carolina, USA. Rural Remote Health 10 (2), 2010.

Jennette C, Derebail V, Baldwin J, Cameron, S.  Renal Replacement Therapy and Barriers to Choice: Using a Mixed Methods Approach to Explore the Patient’s Perspective.  Journal of Nephrology Social Work 32, 2009.

Harward DH, Bomback AS, Jennette CE, Amamoo MA, Falk RJ. The Kidney Education Outreach Program (KEOP)’s Community-based Screenings:  Participants’ Demographics and Screening Results. North Carolina Medical Journal 70:6, 2009.

Lionaki S, Hogan SL, Jennette CE, Hu Y, Hamra JB, Jennette JC, Falk RJ, Nachman PH. The clinical course of ANCA small-vessel vasculitis on chronic dialysis. Kidney International 76, 2009.

Lionaki S, Hogan SL, Falk, RJ, Joy MS, Chin H, Jennette CE, Jennette JC, Nachman PH. Association of thyroid disease and its treatment with ANCA small-vessel vasculitis: a case control study. Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation 2007.

Vupputuri S, Jennette CE. The Burden of Kidney Disease in North Carolina, 2007. University of North Carolina Kidney Center, Chapel Hill, July 2007.

Hogan SL, Cooper GS, Savitz DA, Nylander-French, LA, Parks CG, Chin H, Jennette CE, Lionaki S, Jennette JC, Falk RJ. Association of Silica Exposure with ANCA Small Vessel Vasculitis: A Population-Based Case-Control Study. Clin J Am Soc Nephrol 2:290-299, 2007.

Jennette, CE and Ferris, M. Building the Bridge: Social Workers Are Needed for Transitional Work with Pediatric Renal Patients. Jnl of Neph Social Work 25, 2006.

Thomas DB, Franceschini N, Hogan SL, Ten Holder S, Jennette CE, Falk RJ, Jennette JC. Clinical and pathologic characteristics of focal segmental glomerulosclerosis pathologic variants. Kidney International 69:5, 2006.

Gipson DS, Chin H, Presler TP, Jennette C, Ferris ME, Massengill S, Gibson K, Thomas DB. Differential risk of remission and ESRD in childhood FSGS. Pediatric Nephrology 21:3, 2006.

Hogan SL, Falk RJ, Chin H, Cai J, Jennette CE, Nachman PN, Predictors of relapse and treatment resistance in antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody-associated small-vessel vasculitis. Annals of Internal Medicine 143:9, 2005.

Thomas DB, Franceschini N, Hogan, SL, Jennette CE, Falk RJ, Jennette JC: Correlation of the Columbia pathologic classification of focal segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS) with clinical phenotype and outcome. Laboratory Investigation 84:292A, 2004.

Davis LA, Lewis MA, Jennette CE, Thomas DB, Hogan SL. Quality of life among biopsy-proven glomerular disease patients. Journal of the American Society of Nephrology 13:697A (abstract),2002.