Brian P Jenssen, MD, MSHP

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Assistant Professor of Pediatrics (General Pediatrics) at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Attending Physician, Division of General Pediatrics, Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Faculty, PolicyLab, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Senior Fellow, Leonard Davis Institute, University of Pennsylvania
Associate Director, Clinical Futures, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Department: Pediatrics

Contact information
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
2716 South Street, 10-322
Philadelphia, PA 19146
Office: 2675591566
Education:
BA (History)
Davidson College, 2005.
MD (Medicine)
University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, 2010.
MSHP (Health Policy)
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, 2016.
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Description of Research Expertise

Brian Jenssen is a faculty member at PolicyLab at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP), an Assistant Professor in the Department of Pediatrics at the University of Pennsylvania, a practicing primary care pediatrician at CHOP, and Medical Director, Value-Based Care for CHOP’s Care Network (a primary care network for 260,000 pediatric patients in Pennsylvania and New Jersey). Dr. Jenssen’s research involves the use of clinical decision support systems and population health management techniques to protect children from secondhand smoke exposure and tobacco use. Current efforts include helping parents quit smoking in clinical settings and clinical and policy research to protect adolescents and youth from e-cigarettes/vaping. More broadly, he focuses on leveraging health information technology to engineer and implement novel approaches and products to improve care for children and their parents.

Selected Publications

Jenssen BP, DiFiore G, Powell M, Luberti A, Rapposelli, Lawton G, Dalembert G, Wood S, Ford CA, Biggs L, Fiks AG. : Accelerating Innovation in Adolescent Primary Care to Support Health Risk Discussions. Pediatrics 2023, In Submission.

Bouchelle Z, Yazdani M, Dalembert G, Negro D, Jenssen BP, Virudachalam S, Shea J, Gwynn K, Morrow K, Kenyon CC.: Low-Income Caregiver Perspectives on a State Education Savings Program and Receptivity to Clinic-Based Financial Counseling. Acad Pediatr. 21, Aug 2023.

Ramachandran J, Mayne SL, Kelly MK, Powell M, McPeak KE, Dalembert G, Jenssen BP, Fiks AG.: Measures of Neighborhood Opportunity and Adherence to Recommended Pediatric Primary Care. JAMA Netw Open 6(8), Aug 2023.

Jenssen, BP, Schnoll, R, Beidas, RS, Bekelman, J, Bauer, A, Evers-Casey, S, Fisher, T, Scott, C, Nicoloso, J, Gabriel, P, Asch, DA, Buttenheim, AM, Chen, J, Melo, J, Grant, D, Horst, M, Oyer, R, Shulman, LN, Clifton, ABW, Lieberman, A, Salam, T, Rendle, KA, Chaiyachati, KH, Shelton, RC, Fayanju, O, Wileyto, EP, Ware, S, Blumenthal, D, Ragusano, D, Leone, FT.: A Cluster Randomized Pragmatic Clinical Trial Testing Behavioral Economic Implementation Strategies to Improve Tobacco Treatment for Cancer Patients Who Smoke. Journal of Clinical Oncology. Jul 2023.

Jenssen BP, Ramachandran J, DiFiore G, Powell M, Fuller KM, Luberti A, Fiks AG.: Meeting Adolescents Where They Are: Hybrid Virtual-in-Person Visits for Routine Preventive Care. Ann Fam Med 21(4): 376, Jul-Aug 2023.

Jenssen BP, Kelly MK, Shu D, Dalembert G, McPeak KE, Powell M, Mayne SL, Fiks AG.: Trends and Persistent Disparities in Child Obesity During the COVID-19 Pandemic. Child Obes May 2023.

Jenssen BP, Kelly MK, Faerber JA, Asch DA, Shults J, Schnoll RA, Fiks AG.: Pediatrician-Delivered Smoking-Cessation Messages for Parents: An Update. Acad Pediatr May 2023.

Jenssen BP, Walley SC, Boykan R, Little Caldwell A, Camenga D; SECTION ON NICOTINE AND TOBACCO PREVENTION AND TREATMENT; COMMITTEE ON SUBSTANCE USE AND PREVENTION.: Protecting Children and Adolescents From Tobacco and Nicotine: Clinical Report. Pediatrics Apr 2023.

Jenssen BP, Walley SC, Boykan R, Little Caldwell A, Camenga D; SECTION ON NICOTINE AND TOBACCO PREVENTION AND TREATMENT; COMMITTEE ON SUBSTANCE USE AND PREVENTION.: Protecting Children and Adolescents From Tobacco and Nicotine: Technical Report. Pediatrics Apr 2023.

Jenssen BP, Walley SC, Boykan R, Little Caldwell A, Camenga D; SECTION ON NICOTINE AND TOBACCO PREVENTION AND TREATMENT; COMMITTEE ON SUBSTANCE USE AND PREVENTION.: Protecting Children and Adolescents From Tobacco and Nicotine: Policy Statement. Pediatrics Apr 2023.

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Last updated: 09/20/2023
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