Jennifer Obrien, MD, PhD

Dr. Obrien is an Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine and will be teaching in the Primary Care department at UNC College of Osteopathic Medicine. She has been a Hospitalist in the Denver area since 2009. She has worked with medical students and residents in clinical settings throughout her career. She has also taught Clinical skills to preclinical Osteopathic medical students. Prior to entering the medical field she obtained at PhD in Physiology and Biophysics and studied Neurobiology. She is excited to join the team at UNC College of Osteopathic Medicine and educate DO students in Colorado.

Bachelor of Arts | Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD

PhD | University of Washington Department of Physiology and Biophysics

Doctor of Medicine | University of Washington

O’Brien JA, Sebe JY, Berger AJ. GABA(B) modulation of GABA(A) and glycine receptor-mediated synaptic currents in hypoglossal motoneurons. Respir Physiol Neurobiol. 2004 Jul 12;141(1):35-45.

O’Brien JA, Berger AJ. The nonuniform distribution of the GABA(A) receptor alpha 1 subunit influences inhibitory synaptic transmission to motoneurons within a motor nucleus. J Neurosci. 2001 Nov 1;21(21):8482-94.

Nguyen T, Chin WC, O’Brien JA, Verdugo P, Berger AJ. Intracellular pathways regulating ciliary beating of rat brain ependymal cells. J Physiol. 2001 Feb 15;531(Pt 1):131-40.

Eggers ED, O’Brien JA, Berger AJ. Developmental changes in the modulation of synaptic glycine receptors by ethanol. J Neurophysiol. 2000 Nov;84(5):2409-16.

O’Brien JA, Berger AJ. Cotransmission of GABA and glycine to brain stem motoneurons. J Neurophysiol. 1999 Sep;82(3):1638-41.

Schwindt P, O’Brien JA, Crill W. Quantitative analysis of firing properties of pyramidal neurons from layer 5 of rat sensorimotor cortex. J Neurophysiol. 1997 May;77(5):2484-98.

O’Brien JA, Isaacson JS, Berger AJ. NMDA and non-NMDA receptors are co-localized at excitatory synapses of rat hypoglossal motoneurons. Neurosci Lett. 1997 May 9;227(1):5-8.