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Darleen Sandoval, PhD, was named a Fellow of The Obesity Society. She presented “Role of Glucagon Signaling in Postbariatric Hypoglycemia” at the NIH Workshop: Glucagon Physiology for the 21st Century in Bethesda, MD, February 9, 2026, and received the CU Anschutz Team Science Award for the NORC.

Suzanne Paul, DNP, was selected as a 2026 Fellow of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners (FAANP) and will be inducted in June 2026.

Catherine Cohen, PhD, RD, received an R00 Notice of Award for her grant titled Pancreatic fat and volume and childhood metabolic health.

Tyler Cook, PhD, received a Research Pilot Award from the Concordia Coalition Research Collaborative and an NIH Loan Repayment Award (L70DK144920; NIDDK; PI, 2025–2027). He presented at the NIH Workshop: Glucagon Physiology for the 21st Century, received a travel award, and contributed to multiple collaborative publications.

Silvania Teixeira, PhD, published the following:

• Bethea M, Cook T, Stafford P, Knaub L, Martinez ME, Schniedewind B, Christians U, Hendrix JJ, Mestroni L, Graw S, Karimpour-Fard A, Taylor MRG, Vagnozzi RJ, Hernandez A, Scalzo R, Sandoval D, da Silva Teixeira S. Activity of cardiomyocyte type 3 deiodinase after myocardial infarction influences cardiac recovery in females. Endocrinology. 2025 Dec 12:bqaf181. doi:10.1210/endocr/bqaf181.

Darleen Sandoval, PhD, Silvania da Silva Teixeira, PhD, and Tyler Cook, PhD, collaborated on the following publications:

• Bethea M, Cook T, Stafford P, Knaub L, Martinez ME, Schniedewind B, Christians U, Hendrix JJ, Mestroni L, Graw S, Karimpour-Fard A, Taylor MRG, Vagnozzi RJ, Hernandez A, Scalzo R, Sandoval DA, da Silva Teixeira S. Activity of cardiomyocyte type 3 deiodinase after myocardial infarction influences cardiac recovery in females. Endocrinology. 2026 Jan 8;167(2). doi:10.1210/endocr/bqaf181. PMID: 41388537.
  
  
• Bethea M, Cook T, Mommandi M, McClennan A, Martin A, Hendrix JJ, Hutch CR, Lewis A, Seeley RJ, Fenselau H, da Silva Teixeira S, Sandoval DA. Weight loss reverses obesity-associated impairments in acute gastrointestinal stretch-induced suppression of food intake and glucose homeostasis. Molecular Metabolism. 2025 Dec;102:102260. doi:10.1016/j.molmet.2025.102260. PMID: 41015152.

Noel Mueller, PhD, published the following:

• Liu T, Petersen C, Zhao N, Moraes TJ, Subbarao P, Simons E, Azad MB, Miliku K, Bode L, Moore B, Turvey S, Mueller NT. Human Milk and Infant Gut Microbiome in Association With Infant Fecal Metabolome and Child Blood Pressure. JAMA Netw Open. 2026 Feb 2;9(2):e2559385. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2025.59385. PMID: 41686436; PMCID: PMC12905658.
  
  
• Bohn B, Tilves C, Tanaka T, Ferrucci L, Chia CW, Spira A, Mueller NT. Initiation of Proton Pump Inhibitors is Associated with Gut Microbiome Diversity and Composition: a new-user target trial emulation within the Baltimore Longitudinal Study of Aging. Am J Epidemiol. 2026 Feb 6:kwag026. doi: 10.1093/aje/kwag026. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 41645608; PMCID: PMC13086538.
  
  
• Xiao S, Zhao N, Doyon M, Bouchard L, Perron P, Guérin R, Allard C, Massé E, Moore B, Hivert MF, Mueller NT. Drinking water source and the gut microbiome of 5-year-old children: findings from Gen3G birth cohort. Am J Epidemiol. 2025 Aug 18:kwaf168. doi: 10.1093/aje/kwaf168. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 40820373.

Matt Haemer, MD, and Richard Boles, PhD, published:

• Haemer MA, Tong S, Steen EJ, Osborn B, Bradley M, Boles RE. Pragmatic pilot study of the Healthy Living Program: an obesity prevention and treatment program for low-income Hispanic families delivered through clinic-community partnership. Childhood Obesity. 2026 Jan 22. doi:10.1177/21532176251410314. PMID: 41572510.

Liliane Diab, MD, and Caitlin Cacioppo, RD, published:

• Diab L, Cacioppo C. Multidisciplinary management of epidermolysis bullosa. Pediatric Dermatology. 2026.

Doug Taren, PhD, contributed to the following publications:

• Taren D, Alaofè H, Burney J, Luo H, Suchdev P, Naylor R. Impact of solar market gardens on the nutritional status of children. Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition. 2025;424. doi:10.1186/s41043-025-01168-8.
  
  
• Varyvoda Y, Long J, Burniske G, Taren D. Scalable post-farmgate innovations in food systems: a scoping review for low- and middle-income countries. Nutrition Reviews. 2026. doi:10.1093/nutrit/nuag007.
  
  
• Taren D, Matzeller K, Gilley SP, Hernandez M, Kemp JF, Armstrong M, Doenges K, Krebs NF, Tang M. Infant hyperglycemic excursions by saliva 1,5-anhydroglucitol varied by weight status, rapid weight gain and mode of feeding. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 2026. doi:10.1016/j.ajcnut.2026.101254.