Jenny Francis, M.D. Titles and Appointments Associate Professor School Medical School Department Pediatrics | Public Health You have reached the Academic Profile. For more information on the doctor and patient care, please visit the clinical profile. Biography Jenny K. Rodriguez Francis, M.D., M.P.H., is an Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Public Health at UT Southwestern Medical Center and an adolescent medicine specialist at Children’s Health in Dallas. She earned her medical degree from the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston and completed a pediatric residency at Montefiore/Albert Einstein College of Medicine in the Bronx, NY. This was followed by an adolescent medicine fellowship and a master’s in public health at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York, New York. Before relocating to Texas in 2017, she served as faculty at Columbia University. She directs the Adolescent Medicine Fellowship Program at UT Southwestern, is a member of the Institutional Review Board, and leads funded research to improve triadic communication between clinicians, parents, and adolescents. Education Medical School UT Medical Branch at Galveston (2008) Residency Albert Einstein College of Medicine/Montefiore Medical Center (2011), Pediatrics Other Post Graduate Training ICAHN School of Medicine/Mount Sinai Adolescent Health Center (2014) Graduate School ICAHN School of Medicine/Mount Sinai Adolescent Health Center (2014), Public Health Research Interest Health care delivery researcher. Improving communication between the adolescent-parent-clinician triad. Publications Adolescent Time Alone With a Provider: Adolescent-Mother Dyads' Perspectives on Its Role to Support Emerging Autonomy Katzman CL, Rosenthal SL, Francis JK Journal of Adolescent Health 2025 Oct 77 779-781 Inpatient Adolescent Sexual Health Services and Long-Acting Reversible Contraception Training Zhao A, Higashi RT, Edmondson S, Wong C, DeSilva N, Gribbons M, Tiro JA, Francis JK Hospital Pediatrics 2025 Apr 15 325-333 Exploring residents' and fellows' confidence in sexually transmitted infection management and confidential care for adolescents Wynn CL, Wong C, Lee MJ, Tiro JA, Francis JK Sexual Health 2025 Feb 22 Mother-Daughter Dyads’ Perceptions of Contraception Katzman CL, Sims JC, Harris JN, Rosenthal SL, Francis JK Journal of pediatric and adolescent gynecology 2025 Feb 38 79-84 Exploring adolescent contraceptive counseling: A hypothetical daughter scenario Traseira Pedraz C, Wong C, DeSilva N, Gribbons M, Jetelina KK, Tiro JA, Francis JK Patient Education and Counseling 2025 Jan 130 Confidence in adolescent contraceptive counseling among residents and fellows training at the University of Texas Southwestern in Dallas, Texas Sims JC, Harris JN, Katzman CL, Wong C, Jetelina K, Tiro JA, Rosenthal SL, Francis JK Contraception 2024 Sep 137 Attitudes about the Provision of Sexual Health Services in an Inpatient Setting Ybarra A, Wong C, Gribbons M, DeSilva N, Jetelina K, Rosenthal SL, Francis JK Journal of pediatric and adolescent gynecology 2023 Dec 36 525-531 Association of Social Determinants of Health, Race and Ethnicity, and Age of Menarche among US Women Over 2 Decades Srikanth N, Xie L, Francis J, Messiah SE Journal of pediatric and adolescent gynecology 2023 Oct 36 442-448 Characteristics of parents who think intrauterine devices or contraceptive implants are “best” for their daughter: An exploratory analysis in Dallas, Texas Mang A, Jetelina KK, McNeely C, Durante JC, Sánchez V, Tiro JA, Francis JK Contraception 2023 Sep 125 Patient Attitudes Regarding Health Care Clinician Communication in Adolescents with Cystic Fibrosis Woolley JC, Edmondson SN, Sathe MN, Rodriguez Francis JK Journal of pediatric gastroenterology and nutrition 2023 Aug 77 E23-E28 Results 1-10 of 35 1 2 3 4 Next Last Honors & Awards D MagazineBest Doctor (2021) Merck Investigator initiated Study (2021-2023) American Cancer Society HPV Cancer Free (2020-2022) NIH K23 Mentored Patient-Oriented Research Career Development Award (2019-2024) CCRAC (Children's Clinical Research Advisory Committee) Award (2018-2022) PDEMCHID (Program for the Development and Evaluation of Model Community Health Initiatives in Dallas) Award (2018-2021) Provosts Grant for Junior Faculty Who Contribute to the Diversity Goals of the UniversityColumbia University (2015) Professional Associations/Affiliations American Academy of Pediatrics (2011-2019) Pediatric Society of Greater Dallas Society for Pediatric Research Society of Adolescent Health and Medicine
