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Jacqueline Ho MD
  • Jacqueline Ho, MD

    Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Nephrology

Jacqueline Ho, MD

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Nephrology

Profile:

Education and Training

Medical School:

2001 University of Western Ontario, Canada

Residency:

2005 Pediatrics, British Columbia Children’s Hospital, University of British Columbia (UBC)

Fellowship:

2010 Nephrology, Children’s Hospital Boston, Harvard Medical School
2007 Research Fellow, Nephrology, Children’s Hospital Boston, Harvard Medical School

Memberships

  • International Pediatric Nephrology Association
  • American Academy of Pediatrics
  • Canadian Society of Nephrology
  • American Society of Nephrology
  • American Society of Pediatric Nephrology
  • Canadian Association of Pediatric Nephrology

Board Certifications

  • Royal College of Physicians of Canada (Pediatric Nephrology), Fellow
  • American Board of Pediatrics (Pediatric Nephrology), Diplomate
  • Royal College of Physicians of Canada (Pediatrics), Fellow
  • American Board of Pediatrics, Diplomate
  • USMLE Steps 1-3

Awards

  • 2014 March of Dimes Basil O’Connor Starter Scholar Research Award
  • 2013 International Pediatric Nephrology Association Renée Habib Young Investigator Award
  • 2008 Top Trainee Presentation Award, Canadian Society for Nephrology
  • 2007 Abstract selected for free communication plenary: “This Year’s Outstanding Abstracts”, American Society for Nephrology
  • 2005 Wyeth Excellence in Laboratory Research UBC Resident Research Award, University of British Columbia
  • 2005 National Pediatric Resident Research Competition (Canada), Manitoba Institute of Child Health
  • 2004 Rising Researcher Support Program Award, Canadian Child Health Clinician Scientist (CCHCSP) Program
  • 2001 Dr. F.R. Eccles Scholarship (Pediatrics), University of Western Ontario

Publications

  • Ho J, Pandey P, Schatton T, Sims-Lucas S, Khalid M, Frank MH, Hartwig S and Kreidberg JA. The pro-apoptotic protein Bim is a microRNA target in kidney progenitor cells. J Am Soc Neph 2011; 22(6): 1053-1063.  PMID 21546576.
  • Ho J and Kreidberg JA.  The long and short of microRNAs.  J Am Soc. Neph 2012; 23(3): 400-4.  PMID 22302196.
  • Chu JYS, Sims-Lucas S, Bushnell DS, Bodnar AJ, Kreidberg J and Ho J.  Dicer function is required in the metanephric mesenchyme in early kidney development.  Am J Physiol Renal Physiol 2014; 306(7): F764-72. PMID 24500693.
  • Marrone AK, Stolz DB, Bastacky SI, Kostka D, Bodnar AJ and Ho J.  miR-17~92 is required for nephrogenesis and renal function.  J Am Soc Neph 2014; 25(7): 1440-1452.  PMID 24511118.