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John David Spencer

Medicine · The Ohio State University

Established · publishing since 1966

Publications

161

Citations

2,830

Est. group size

~4

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

61

Publishing since 1966

Research summary
AI-generated

This researcher studies urinary tract infections, particularly how the kidney and bladder defend themselves against bacteria, and how conditions like obesity, diabetes, and insulin resistance can weaken these defenses. The work spans laboratory studies of immune cells in the kidney and urothelium (bladder lining) as well as clinical research on biomarkers for diagnosing and predicting recurrent UTIs in children and critically ill patients. Prospective students would likely engage with a mix of basic immunology/cell biology and translational pediatric nephrology-urology research.

Urinary tract infection immunityKidney and bladder epithelial biologyObesity/metabolic effects on host defensePediatric nephrology biomarkersAntimicrobial peptides in the urinary tract

Publication output grew sharply from 2017-2019 and has remained fairly steady at 12-15 papers per year from 2021 through 2025.

Generated by claude-sonnet-5 from public bibliographic data · Jul 20, 2026

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 11.2/year recently
2017: 3 publications172018: 4 publications182019: 15 publications15192020: 8 publications202021: 12 publications212022: 12 publications222023: 14 publications232024: 13 publications242025: 12 publications252026: 5 publications26
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • Journal of the American Society of Nephrology×33
  • Pediatric Nephrology×9
  • American Journal of Physiology-Renal Physiology×3
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences×3
  • Scientific Reports×3
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This profile was generated automatically from public scholarly data (OpenAlex). Group size and activity levels are estimates derived from co-authorship patterns.

Last updated Jul 19, 2026.

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