Jennifer Carlson, MD
Professor
Pediatrics
School of Medicine

During her as faculty across institutions, she has served in a range of clinical roles (providing care in the ambulatory, inpatient, and consultative services), educational roles (serving as rotation director, pediatric resident coach, program director for Adolescent Medicine fellowship), and operational roles (serving as medical site director and portal medical director). She has led/collaborated on program initiatives with the goal of improving health access, particularly for the adolescent-aged population.

Specific areas of interest and scholarship include: 1)Improving health access for the pediatric population- particularly for the adolescent and young adult age range- through novel program development (such as Virtual PrEP clinic). 2)Developing foundational and systemic approaches to managing health information within the EHR to allow for optimal health care for all patients. This includes ensuring that private and confidential information is protected within the electronic health record and non-private information is easily accessible to patients and families. 3)Improving systems for screening and management of psychosocial factors that affect the health of youth and families (ie, social determinants of health, universal depression screening, etc).

• Navigating Adolescent Health Through a Portal
  Narrative Inquiry in Bioethics 2025 JL Carlson
• Confidential Healthcare for Adolescent Minors and Young Adults: A Position Paper of the Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine
  Journal of Adolescent Health 2025 Ford CA, English A, Baltag V, Campbell KN, Carlson JL, Chung RJ, Pasternak RH, Turetsky R
• Large Language Model Responses to Adolescent Patient and Proxy Messages.
  JAMA pediatrics 2025 Tse G, Zahedivash A, Anoshiravani A, Carlson J, Haberkorn W, Morse KE
• Medical Considerations and Consequences of Eating Disorders.
  Focus (American Psychiatric Publishing) 2024 Carlson JL, Lemly DC
• The association between overuse and musculoskeletal injuries and the female athlete triad in Division I collegiate athletes.
  PM & R : the journal of injury, function, and rehabilitation 2024 Miller Olson E, Sainani KL, Dyrek P, Bakal D, Miller K, Carlson JL, Fredericson M, Tenforde AS
• Evaluation of a Large Language Model to Identify Confidential Content in Adolescent Encounter Notes.
  JAMA pediatrics 2024 Rabbani N, Brown C, Bedgood M, Goldstein RL, Carlson JL, Pageler NM, Morse KE
• Provider Perspectives on Adolescent Confidentiality and the Electronic Health Record Postimplementation of the 21st Century Cures Act Final Rule.
  The Journal of adolescent health : official publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine 2023 Goldstein RL, Mermelstein SJ, Sisk BA, Carlson JL
• The Prevalence of Confidential Content in Adolescent Progress Notes Prior to the 21st Century Cures Act Information Blocking Mandate.
  Applied clinical informatics 2023 Bedgood M, Rabbani N, Brown C, Goldstein R, Carlson JL, Steinberg E, Powell A, Pageler NM, Morse K
• A Natural Language Processing Model to Identify Confidential Content in Adolescent Clinical Notes.
  Applied clinical informatics 2023 Rabbani N, Bedgood M, Brown C, Steinberg E, Goldstein RL, Carlson JL, Pageler N, Morse KE
• Providing Online Portal Access to Families of Adolescents and Young Adults with Diminished Capacity at an Academic Children's Hospital: A Case Report.
  Applied clinical informatics 2023 Carlson JL, Pageler N, McPherson T, Anoshiravani A
• Creating a Guardrail System to Ensure Appropriate Activation of Adolescent Portal Accounts.
  Applied clinical informatics 2023 Xie J, Hogan A, McPherson T, Pageler N, Lee T, Carlson J
• Encyclopedia of Child and Adolescent Health. Elsevier Press
  The female athlete triad/male athlete triad and relative energy deficiency in sport (RED-S). 2023 Carlson JL
• Clinician confidence and practices for evaluating bone health in male and female adolescents and young adults with an eating disorder.
  Eating disorders 2022 Nelson LR, Carlson JL, Halpern-Felsher BL, Nagata JM
• Dobbs v. Jackson Decision: It's Time to Get Uncomfortable.
  Hospital pediatrics 2022 Goldstein RL, Carlson JL, Tyson NA
• Female Athlete Triad Risk Factors Are More Strongly Associated With Trabecular-Rich Versus Cortical-Rich Bone Stress Injuries in Collegiate Athletes.
  Orthopaedic journal of sports medicine 2022 Tenforde AS, Katz NB, Sainani KL, Carlson JL, Golden NH, Fredericson M
• Implementation of an Inpatient Reproductive Health Screening Consult Service.
  Hospital pediatrics 2022 Goldstein RL, Keppler H, Pineda N, Weng Y, Carlson JL
• Managing adolescent confidentiality in Epic: recommendations of Epic’s primary care pediatrics specialty steering board and children’s health leadership council” [White paper]
  Managing adolescent confidentiality in Epic: recommendations of Epic’s primary care pediatrics specialty steering board and children’s health leadership council” [White paper] 2022 Specialty Steering Board, Epic Corporation
• Ensuring Adolescent Patient Portal Confidentiality in the Age of the Cures Act Final Rule.
  The Journal of adolescent health : official publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine 2021 Xie J, McPherson T, Powell A, Fong P, Hogan A, Ip W, Morse K, Carlson JL, Lee T, Pageler N
• Clinician practices assessing hypothalamic-pituitary-gonadal axis suppression in adolescents with an eating disorder.
  The International journal of eating disorders 2021 Nelson LR, Halpern-Felsher BL, Nagata JM, Carlson JL
• Low-Energy Availability and the Electronic Preparticipation Examination in College Athletes: Is There a Better Way to Screen?
  Current sports medicine reports 2021 Goldstein R, Carlson J, Tenforde A, Golden N, Fredericson M
• Markers of Low-Iron Status Are Associated with Female Athlete Triad Risk Factors.
  Medicine and science in sports and exercise 2021 Finn EE, Tenforde AS, Fredericson M, Golden NH, Carson TL, Karvonen-Gutierrez CA, Carlson JL
• To meat or not to meat: disordered eating and vegetarian status in university students.
  Eating and weight disorders : EWD 2021 Sieke EH, Carlson JL, Lock J, Timko CA, Neumark-Sztainer D, Peebles R
• NASPAG/SAHM Statement: The 21st Century Cures Act and Adolescent Confidentiality.
  The Journal of adolescent health : official publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine 2021 Carlson J, Goldstein R, Hoover K, Tyson N
• Lower Trabecular Bone Score and Spine Bone Mineral Density Are Associated With Bone Stress Injuries and Triad Risk Factors in Collegiate Athletes.
  PM & R : the journal of injury, function, and rehabilitation 2020 Tenforde AS, Carlson JL, Sainani KL, Chang AO, Kim JH, Diaz R, Golden NH, Fredericson M
• Using the Electronic Health Record to Conduct Adolescent Telehealth Visits in the Time of COVID-19.
  The Journal of adolescent health : official publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine 2020 Carlson JL, Goldstein R
• Associations between ergogenic supplement use and eating behaviors among university students.
  Eating disorders 2020 Nagata JM, Peebles R, Hill KB, Gorrell S, Carlson JL
• Teenager, Parent, and Clinician Perspectives on the Electronic Health Record.
  Pediatrics 2020 Carlson JL, Goldstein R, Buhr T, Buhr N
• Providers' Perspectives on Adolescent Confidentiality and the Electronic Health Record: A State of Transition.
  The Journal of adolescent health : official publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine 2019 Goldstein RL, Anoshiravani A, Svetaz MV, Carlson JL
• Eating behavior and reasons for exercise among competitive collegiate male athletes.
  Eating and weight disorders : EWD 2019 Gorrell S, Nagata JM, Hill KB, Carlson JL, Shain AF, Wilson J, Alix Timko C, Hardy KK, Lock J, Peebles R
• Comparisons of bone density and body composition among adolescents with anorexia nervosa and atypical anorexia nervosa.
  The International journal of eating disorders 2019 Nagata JM, Carlson JL, Golden NH, Long J, Murray SB, Peebles R
• Sport and Triad Risk Factors Influence Bone Mineral Density in Collegiate Athletes.
  Medicine and science in sports and exercise 2018 Tenforde AS, Carlson JL, Sainani KL, Chang AO, Kim JH, Golden NH, Fredericson M
• Associations between exercise, bone mineral density, and body composition in adolescents with anorexia nervosa.
  Eating and weight disorders : EWD 2018 Nagata JM, Carlson JL, Golden NH, Murray SB, Long J, Leonard MB, Peebles R
• Contraception for Adolescents and Young Adults in the Inpatient Setting: The Providers' Perspective.
  Hospital pediatrics 2018 Goldstein RL, Carlson JL, Halpern-Felsher B
• Adolescent Medicine: State of the Art Reviews: Advances in Adolescent Eating Disorders. NH Golden, MM Fisher (eds.). American Academy of Pediatrics Section on Adolescent Health
  The female athlete triad 2018 Carlson JL, Hill KB.
• Characterization and correlates of exercise among adolescents with anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa.
  The International journal of eating disorders 2017 Nagata JM, Carlson JL, Kao JM, Golden NH, Murray SB, Peebles R
• Assessment of Sex Differences in Body Composition Among Adolescents With Anorexia Nervosa.
  The Journal of adolescent health : official publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine 2017 Nagata JM, Golden NH, Peebles R, Long J, Murray SB, Leonard MB, Carlson JL
• Association of the Female Athlete Triad Risk Assessment Stratification to the Development of Bone Stress Injuries in Collegiate Athletes.
  The American journal of sports medicine 2016 Tenforde AS, Carlson JL, Chang A, Sainani KL, Shultz R, Kim JH, Cutti P, Golden NH, Fredericson M
• Effect of a Prior History of Overweight on Return of Menses in Adolescents With Eating Disorders.
  The Journal of adolescent health : official publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine 2016 Seetharaman S, Golden NH, Halpern-Felsher B, Peebles R, Payne A, Carlson JL
• Assessment of sex differences in bone deficits among adolescents with anorexia nervosa.
  The International journal of eating disorders 2016 Nagata JM, Golden NH, Peebles R, Long J, Leonard MB, Chang AO, Carlson JL
• Use of Psychopharmacologic Medications in Adolescents With Restrictive Eating Disorders: Analysis of Data From the National Eating Disorder Quality Improvement Collaborative.
  The Journal of adolescent health : official publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine 2015 Monge MC, Forman SF, McKenzie NM, Rosen DS, Mammel KA, Callahan ST, Hehn R, Rome ES, Kapphahn CJ, Carlson JL, Romano ME, Malizio JB, Bravender TD, Sigel EJ, Rouse MR, Graham DA, Jay MS, Hergenroeder …
• The Female Athlete Triad: A Clinical Guide.CM Gordon, MS LeBoff (eds.). New York: Springer Science+Business Media
  The Menstrual Cycle 2015 Carlson, JL.
• The female athlete triad
  The Female Patient 2012 Carlson JL, Golden NH.
• Obstacles in the optimization of bone health outcomes in the female athlete triad.
  Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) 2011 Ducher G, Turner AI, Kukuljan S, Pantano KJ, Carlson JL, Williams NI, De Souza MJ
• Using OCs for teen eating disorders: What are we treating?
  Contemporary Ob/Gyn 2009 Carlson JL, Golden NH.
• The pathophysiology of amenorrhea in the adolescent.
  Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 2008 Golden NH, Carlson JL
• Clinician practices for the management of amenorrhea in the adolescent and young adult athlete.
  The Journal of adolescent health : official publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine 2007 Carlson JL, Curtis M, Halpern-Felsher B
• Service utilization and the life cycle of youth homelessness.
  The Journal of adolescent health : official publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine 2006 Carlson JL, Sugano E, Millstein SG, Auerswald CL
• Childhood and adolescent sexuality.
  Pediatric clinics of North America 2003 Duncan P, Dixon RR, Carlson J