Jean L. Olson, MD
Research and Clinical Interests
My chief clinical interest is renal pathology although I can also provide expertise in electron microscopy. My research interests include hypertension and nonimmunologic mechanisms of renal injury.
Selected Publications
- Melcher, ML, Olson, JL, Baxter-Lowe, LA, Stock, PG, Posselt, AM, Antibody-Mediated rejection of a pancreas allograft, Am J Transplant, 6:423-8, 2006.
- Cheng, S, Pollock, AS, Mahimkar, R, Olson, JL, Lovett, DH, Matrix metalloproteinase 2 and basement membrane integrity: A unifying mechanism for progressive renal injury, FASEB J 20:1898-1900, 2006
- Erdely, A, Freshour, G, Maddox, DA, Olson, JL, Samsell L, Baylis, C, Renal disease in rats with type II diabetes is associated with decreased nitric oxide production, Diabetologia, 47:1672-6, 2004.
- Hall, YN, Fuentes, EF, Chertow, GF, Olson, JL, Race/ethnicity and disease severity in IgA nephropathy BMC Nephrol 5:10, 2004
- Deschepper, CF, Olson, JL, Otis, M, Gallo-Payet, N, Characterization of blood pressure and morphological traits in cardiovascular-related organs in 13 different inbred mouse strains, J Appl Physiol 97:369-76, 2004.
Selected Awards
- 1993 Alumni Award for Excellence in Teaching, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
- 1996 Residents’ Teaching Award, Department of Pathology, University of California San Francisco
Additional Information
- Professor of Clinical Pathology, Director, Renal Pathology and Electron Microscopy Laboratory
- Pathology
Specialty Area
Renal Pathology and Electron Microscopy
Contact Information
- jean.olson@
ucsf.edu - Phone: 415-476-2727
- Pager: 415-443-1683
- Fax: 415-514-2796
- UCSF, Dept of Pathology Room S-570
- 513 Parnassus Box 0102
- San Francisco, CA 94143
Hospital Affiliation(s)
- UCSF Medical Center-Parnassus