Olivia Zofia Bentkowski Ginnard, D.O.
Assistant Professor
Positions
- Assistant Professor
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Pediatrics
Nutrition/Diabetes and Endocrinology
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, Texas, United States
- Associate Director of Pediatric Endocrinology Fellowship Program
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Pediatrics
Diabetes and Endocrinology
Baylor College of Medicine
Education
- BS from University of Texas
- 05/2011 - Austin, TX
- Psychology, Biology
- DO from University of North Texas Health Science Center – Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine
- 05/2016 - Fort Worth, Texas, United States
- Medicine
- Residency at University of Texas Medical Branch
- 06/2019 - Galveston, Texas, United States
- Pediatrics
- Fellowship at Baylor College of Medicine/Texas Children's Hospital
- 07/2022 - Houston, Texas, United States
- Pediatric Endocrinology
Certifications
- General Pediatrics
- American Board of Pediatrics
- Pediatric Endocrinology
- American Board of Pediatrics
Honors & Awards
- Invited Presenter
- 70th Pediatrics by the Gulf: Annual Conference on Advances in Pediatrics (06/2021)
- Outstanding Abstract Award
- Endocrine Society (03/2021)
- Invited Presenter
- Pediatric Endocrinologists of Texas, Oklahoma, Louisiana, and Arkansas (03/2021)
- Outstanding Fellow Abstract Award
- Pediatric Endocrinologists of Texas, Oklahoma, Louisiana, and Arkansas (02/2021)
- Pediatric Grand Rounds Speaker
- UTMB (06/2019)
- Trainee Travel Award
- Southern Society for Pediatric Research (02/2019)
- Invited Presenter
- American Federation for Medical Research (02/2019)
Selected Publications
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Olivia Z B Ginnard , Maria Morales, Ji Youn Youn, Yong Xu, Stephanie R Sisley. " Vitamin D is glucoprotective in aging males but not females " J Steroid Biochem Mol Biol .. 2026 Feb ;
Pubmed PMID: 41242400. -
Olivia Z. B. Ginnard. " Another Disease, Another Utility of Vitamin D " J Nutr .. 2026 Feb ;
Pubmed PMID: 41655704. -
Olivia Z.B. Ginnard, G. Todd Alonso, Sarah D. Corathers, Carla Demeterco-Berggren, Lauren H. Golden, Brian T. Miyazaki, Grace Nelson, Emma Ospelt, Osagie Ebekozien, Joyce M. Lee, Kathryn S. Obrynba, Daniel J. DeSalvo.. " Quality Improvement in Diabetes Care: A Review of Initiatives and Outcomes in the T1D Exchange Quality Improvement Collaborative " Clin Diabetes. 2021 Jul ; 39 (3)
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Olivia Z.B. Ginnard, Maria J. Redondo, Sarah K. Lyons. " Diabetes with multiple islet cell autoantibody positivity successfully managed with GLP-1 receptor agonist alone: a case report. " Can. J. Diabetes. 2022 ;
Memberships
- Endocrine Society
- Pediatric Endocrine Society
- American Academy of Pediatrics
- American Diabetes Association
Funding
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Rising Star Award
- (01/01/2022 - 01/01/2023)
- Pediatric Endocrine Society
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Career Development Award
- (04/01/2025 - 03/31/2028)
- Grant funding from American Heart Association
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