Years of Funding: 2024-2026

 

“Solving a big problem for tiny babies: Digital body composition for infants”

 

I am an assistant professor in the Section of Nutrition, Department of Pediatrics. My research centers on understanding the earliest origins of health and disease and how we should feed infants and toddlers based on their intrauterine exposures. Body composition is an essential outcome measure to fully understand the impact of early life nutrition interventions. Despite the importance of body composition, most large research studies are limited to simple anthropometric measurements such as weight, height and BMI, limiting their impact. Major limitations to assessing body composition longitudinally in children include cost, acquisition time, radiation exposure, and/or requirement for trained personnel. Our project aims to develop a novel method for assessing body composition in infants using digital photography. Ready access to body composition will improve infant nutritional and growth monitoring and, in turn, directly impact patient outcomes.

Years of Funding: 2024-2026

 

“Solving a big problem for tiny babies: Digital body composition for infants”

 

I am an assistant professor in the Section of Nutrition, Department of Pediatrics. My research centers on understanding the earliest origins of health and disease and how we should feed infants and toddlers based on their intrauterine exposures. Body composition is an essential outcome measure to fully understand the impact of early life nutrition interventions. Despite the importance of body composition, most large research studies are limited to simple anthropometric measurements such as weight, height and BMI, limiting their impact. Major limitations to assessing body composition longitudinally in children include cost, acquisition time, radiation exposure, and/or requirement for trained personnel. Our project aims to develop a novel method for assessing body composition in infants using digital photography. Ready access to body composition will improve infant nutritional and growth monitoring and, in turn, directly impact patient outcomes.

Years of Funding: 2024-2026

 

“Solving a big problem for tiny babies: Digital body composition for infants”

 

I am an assistant professor in the Section of Nutrition, Department of Pediatrics. My research centers on understanding the earliest origins of health and disease and how we should feed infants and toddlers based on their intrauterine exposures. Body composition is an essential outcome measure to fully understand the impact of early life nutrition interventions. Despite the importance of body composition, most large research studies are limited to simple anthropometric measurements such as weight, height and BMI, limiting their impact. Major limitations to assessing body composition longitudinally in children include cost, acquisition time, radiation exposure, and/or requirement for trained personnel. Our project aims to develop a novel method for assessing body composition in infants using digital photography. Ready access to body composition will improve infant nutritional and growth monitoring and, in turn, directly impact patient outcomes.

Years of Funding: 2024-2026

 

“Solving a big problem for tiny babies: Digital body composition for infants”

 

I am an assistant professor in the Section of Nutrition, Department of Pediatrics. My research centers on understanding the earliest origins of health and disease and how we should feed infants and toddlers based on their intrauterine exposures. Body composition is an essential outcome measure to fully understand the impact of early life nutrition interventions. Despite the importance of body composition, most large research studies are limited to simple anthropometric measurements such as weight, height and BMI, limiting their impact. Major limitations to assessing body composition longitudinally in children include cost, acquisition time, radiation exposure, and/or requirement for trained personnel. Our project aims to develop a novel method for assessing body composition in infants using digital photography. Ready access to body composition will improve infant nutritional and growth monitoring and, in turn, directly impact patient outcomes.

Years of Funding: 2024-2026

 

“Solving a big problem for tiny babies: Digital body composition for infants”

 

I am an assistant professor in the Section of Nutrition, Department of Pediatrics. My research centers on understanding the earliest origins of health and disease and how we should feed infants and toddlers based on their intrauterine exposures. Body composition is an essential outcome measure to fully understand the impact of early life nutrition interventions. Despite the importance of body composition, most large research studies are limited to simple anthropometric measurements such as weight, height and BMI, limiting their impact. Major limitations to assessing body composition longitudinally in children include cost, acquisition time, radiation exposure, and/or requirement for trained personnel. Our project aims to develop a novel method for assessing body composition in infants using digital photography. Ready access to body composition will improve infant nutritional and growth monitoring and, in turn, directly impact patient outcomes.

Years of Funding: 2024-2026

 

“Solving a big problem for tiny babies: Digital body composition for infants”

 

I am an assistant professor in the Section of Nutrition, Department of Pediatrics. My research centers on understanding the earliest origins of health and disease and how we should feed infants and toddlers based on their intrauterine exposures. Body composition is an essential outcome measure to fully understand the impact of early life nutrition interventions. Despite the importance of body composition, most large research studies are limited to simple anthropometric measurements such as weight, height and BMI, limiting their impact. Major limitations to assessing body composition longitudinally in children include cost, acquisition time, radiation exposure, and/or requirement for trained personnel. Our project aims to develop a novel method for assessing body composition in infants using digital photography. Ready access to body composition will improve infant nutritional and growth monitoring and, in turn, directly impact patient outcomes.

Years of Funding: 2024-2026

 

“Solving a big problem for tiny babies: Digital body composition for infants”

 

I am an assistant professor in the Section of Nutrition, Department of Pediatrics. My research centers on understanding the earliest origins of health and disease and how we should feed infants and toddlers based on their intrauterine exposures. Body composition is an essential outcome measure to fully understand the impact of early life nutrition interventions. Despite the importance of body composition, most large research studies are limited to simple anthropometric measurements such as weight, height and BMI, limiting their impact. Major limitations to assessing body composition longitudinally in children include cost, acquisition time, radiation exposure, and/or requirement for trained personnel. Our project aims to develop a novel method for assessing body composition in infants using digital photography. Ready access to body composition will improve infant nutritional and growth monitoring and, in turn, directly impact patient outcomes.

Years of Funding: 2024-2026

 

“Solving a big problem for tiny babies: Digital body composition for infants”

 

I am an assistant professor in the Section of Nutrition, Department of Pediatrics. My research centers on understanding the earliest origins of health and disease and how we should feed infants and toddlers based on their intrauterine exposures. Body composition is an essential outcome measure to fully understand the impact of early life nutrition interventions. Despite the importance of body composition, most large research studies are limited to simple anthropometric measurements such as weight, height and BMI, limiting their impact. Major limitations to assessing body composition longitudinally in children include cost, acquisition time, radiation exposure, and/or requirement for trained personnel. Our project aims to develop a novel method for assessing body composition in infants using digital photography. Ready access to body composition will improve infant nutritional and growth monitoring and, in turn, directly impact patient outcomes.

Years of Funding: 2024-2026

 

“Solving a big problem for tiny babies: Digital body composition for infants”

 

I am an assistant professor in the Section of Nutrition, Department of Pediatrics. My research centers on understanding the earliest origins of health and disease and how we should feed infants and toddlers based on their intrauterine exposures. Body composition is an essential outcome measure to fully understand the impact of early life nutrition interventions. Despite the importance of body composition, most large research studies are limited to simple anthropometric measurements such as weight, height and BMI, limiting their impact. Major limitations to assessing body composition longitudinally in children include cost, acquisition time, radiation exposure, and/or requirement for trained personnel. Our project aims to develop a novel method for assessing body composition in infants using digital photography. Ready access to body composition will improve infant nutritional and growth monitoring and, in turn, directly impact patient outcomes.

Years of Funding: 2024-2026

 

“Solving a big problem for tiny babies: Digital body composition for infants”

 

I am an assistant professor in the Section of Nutrition, Department of Pediatrics. My research centers on understanding the earliest origins of health and disease and how we should feed infants and toddlers based on their intrauterine exposures. Body composition is an essential outcome measure to fully understand the impact of early life nutrition interventions. Despite the importance of body composition, most large research studies are limited to simple anthropometric measurements such as weight, height and BMI, limiting their impact. Major limitations to assessing body composition longitudinally in children include cost, acquisition time, radiation exposure, and/or requirement for trained personnel. Our project aims to develop a novel method for assessing body composition in infants using digital photography. Ready access to body composition will improve infant nutritional and growth monitoring and, in turn, directly impact patient outcomes.