Jennifer Hranilovich, MD
Child Neurology
Locations
Practice Locations
Children's Hospital Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
720-777-1234
Provider Expertise
Clinical Interest for Patients
My primary clinical interest is in headache, but I also treat other neurologic conditions in children such as epilepsy.
Care Philosophy
Headache is a complex disorder and every patient develops headache by a different pathway, featuring their own unique genes, social factors, hormones, and environment. To ensure the best treatment of my patients, I strive to identify these factors and in combination with current scientific evidence on headache treatment, develop the best plan for the child and family to reduce the burden of headache.
Specialties
- Child Neurology
Conditions & Treatments
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Brain and Nervous System
Migraine
Education & Training
Medical Schools
MD, Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine (2013)
Undergraduate Schools
BS, University of California–Los Angeles (CA) (2009)
Residency Program
University of Utah Medical Center Program (2018)
University of Utah Medical Center Program (2018)
Fellowships
Brigham and Women's Hospital/Children's Hospital/Harvard Medical School Program (2019)
Research & Grants
Research Interests for Patients
My research interests are primarily focused on the way in which hormones such as estrogen and testosterone influence the development of headache in puberty as well as the changes in brain structure and function that show us how this development happens. A particular group of patients in which I study this is transgender youth, with my primary research technique involving imaging of the brain using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI).
information for referring providers
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Clinical Interests for Referring Providers
My primary clinical interest is in my subspecialty of headache, but I also treat other neurologic conditions such as developmental delay, epilepsy, neurofibromatosis, stroke, and tuberous sclerosis.
Research Interest for Referring Providers
My primary research interest is in neuroimaging biomarkers of effects of hormones like estrogen and testosterone on brain development. The nexus with headache comes with the fact that the overall prevalence of headache in women is about twice that in men. This difference in prevalence starts in adolescence when estrogen rises significantly in girls, and many think that estrogen plays a role in this sex difference in headache, particularly migraine. Evidence from prior studies suggests that the rise in average estrogen levels at puberty guides the development of brain structure and function, including areas key to headache. I have led two observational studies working with transgender youth receiving gender affirming hormone therapy to explore effects of estrogen and testosterone.
