Email

kathleen.pennington@bcm.edu

Positions

Assistant Professor

Obstetrics and Gynecology
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, TX, US

Education

BS from University of Delaware

05/2005 - Newark

PhD from University of Florida

12/2010 - Gainesville

Animal Molecular and Cellular Biology

Postdoctoral Fellowship at University of Missouri

08/2015 - Columbia

Reproductive Biology, Fetal Programming

Professional Interests

• Fetal Programming
• Placental Development and Function
• Pregnancy
• Long Term Maternal Health

Websites

Selected Publications

• Pennington KA, Harper JL, Sigafoos AN, Beffa LM, Carleton SM, Phillips CL, Schulz LC. " Effect of food restriction and leptin supplementation on fetal programming in mice " Endocrinology. 2012 Sep ; 153 (9) : 4556-4567.
  Pubmed PMID: 22778222.
• Pollock KE, Stevens D, Pennington KA, Thaisrivongs R, Kaiser J, Ellersieck MR, Miller DK, Schulz LC. " Hyperleptinemia during pregnancy decreases adult weight of offspring and is associated with increased offspring locomotor activity in mice " Endocrinology. 2015 Jul 21;
  Pubmed PMID: 26196541.
• Pennington KA, Schlitt JM, Schulz LC. " Isolation of primary mouse trophoblast cells and trophoblast invasion assay " J Vis Exp. 2012 Jan 8; (59) : e3202.
  Pubmed PMID: 22257865.
• Schulz LC, Schlitt JM, Caesar G, Pennington KA. " Leptin and the Placental Response to Maternal Food Restriction During Early Pregnancy in Mice " Biol Reprod. 2012 Nov 1; 87 (5) : 120.
  Pubmed PMID: 22993381.
• Rosenfeld CS, Siepli PT, Warzak DA, Ellersieck MR, Pennington KA, Roberts RM. " Maternal exposure to bisphenol A and genistein has minimal effect on A(vy)/a offspring coat color but favors birth of agouti over nonagouti mice " Proc Natl Acad Sci. 2013 Jan 8; 110 (2) : 537-542.
  Pubmed PMID: 23267115.
• Harper JL, Caesar GA, Pennington KA, Davis JW, Schulz LC. " Placental changes caused by food restriction during early pregnancy in mice are reversible " Reproduction. 2015 Jun 9; 150 (3) : 165-172.
  Pubmed PMID: 26060317.
• Pennington KA, Ealy AD. " The expression and potential function of bone morphogenetic proteins 2 and 4 in bovine trophectoderm " Reprod Biol Endocrinol. 2012 Feb 13; 10 (12)
  Pubmed PMID: 22330732.

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Memberships

Society for the Study of Reproduction

Society of Reproductive Investigation

American Heart Association

Endocrine Society