Jelte Kelchtermans, MD, MTR
Instructor A of Pediatrics
Department: Pediatrics
Contact information
3615 Civic Center Blvd
Philadelphia, 19104
Philadelphia, 19104
Education:
BS
KULeuven (Medicine), 2011.
MD
KULeuven (Medicine Doctorate), 2015.
MSTR
UPenn (Master of Science in Translational Research – Bioinformatics concentration), 2023.
Permanent linkBS
KULeuven (Medicine), 2011.
MD
KULeuven (Medicine Doctorate), 2015.
MSTR
UPenn (Master of Science in Translational Research – Bioinformatics concentration), 2023.
Selected Publications
Kelchtermans J, Mentch F, Qu H, McGrath-Morrow SA, Hakonarson H: The impact of prematurity on pediatric asthma morbidity and indices with environmental pollution and genetic susceptibility. Commun Med (Lond) 5(1): 324, Jul 2025 Notes: PMID:40745387.Kelchtermans J, Collaco JM, Qu H, Mentch F, McGrath-Morrow SA, Hakonarson H: Sex-specific spirometry effects of adult COPD polygenic score in children with asthma. Sci Rep 15(1): 11258, Apr 2025 Notes: PMID:40175472.
Kelchtermans J, March ME, Mentch F, Qu H, Liu Y, Nguyen K, Hakonarson H: Genetic modifiers of asthma response to air pollution in children: An African ancestry GWAS and PM2.5 polygenic risk score study. Environ Res Page: 267:120666, Feb 2025 Notes: PMID:39725137.
Kelchtermans J, Allen J, Bhandari A: PM2.5 exposure and household income are associated with lung function abnormalities in children with sickle cell disease. Pediatr Pulmonol 59(12): 3419-3425, Dec 2024 Notes: PMID: 39171784.
Leon C, Martin A, Young LR, Aoyama BC, Rice JL, Kelchtermans J, Collaco JM, McGrath-Morrow SA: Outpatient inhaled corticosteroid use in bronchopulmonary dysplasia. Pediatr Pulmonol 59(11): 2815-2822, Nov 2024 Notes: PMID: 38874181.
Rice JL, Kelchtermans J, Li N, Li Y, Collaco JM, McGrath-Morrow S: Indoor air pollution increases during wildfires for children with bronchopulmonary dysplasia. Pediatr Pulmonol 59(10): 2708-2710, Oct 2024 Notes: PMID: 38837692.
Kelchtermans J, March ME, Hakonarson H, McGrath-Morrow SA: Phenotype wide association study links bronchopulmonary dysplasia with eosinophilia in children. Sci Rep 14(1): 21391, Sept 2024 Notes: PMID:39271728.
Kelchtermans J, Mentch F, Hakonarson H: Ambient air pollution sensitivity and severity of pediatric asthma. J Expo Sci Environ Epidemiol 34(5): 853-860, Sept 2024 Notes: PMID: 37369742.
Kelchtermans J, Aoyama BC, Rice JL, Martin A, Collaco JM, McGrath-Morrow SA: Ambient Air Pollution and Outpatient Morbidities in Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia. Ann Am Thorac Soc 21(1): 88-93, Jan 2024 Notes: PMID: 37703519.
Kelchtermans, J., Allen, J., Bhandari, A: PM2.5 exposure and household income associated with lung function in children with sickle cell disease. Presented at the ATS International Conference 2024.