Welcome to Nutrition
The mission of the Section of Pediatric Nutrition is to enhance the health of all infants and children through research and the promotion of best practices for nutrition and physical activity in health and disease.
Our academic mission includes research, clinical care, education and training, and community outreach.
Highlights & News
Nancy Krebs,MD, MS, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation 2024 Goalkeepers Awardee, September 23, 2024.
Suzanne Paul, DNP, FNP-C, is the winner of the 2024 Stacey Wall Leadership Award at Children’s Hospital Colorado, announced September 16, 2024.
Kartik Shankar, PhD, was invited to present at the 2024 Nestle International Nutrition Symposium in Lausanne Switzerland, on ‘Improving Resilience Against Heat Stress through Micronutrient Supplementation – The Women First Trial’.
Kartik Shankar, PhD, presented the Reckitt Mead Johnson Lecture at the 53rd Annual Perinatal Research Society meeting - ‘The Nexus of Heat Stress and Maternal Malnutrition: A Hot Topic for Newborn Vulnerability’.
Noel Mueller, PhD, Promotion- Secondary Appointment: Associate Professor of Epidemiology in the Department of Epidemiology
Kim Gracey, PA-C, Roadmap Project featured in the American Board of Pediatrics September newsletter
Kristen Boyle, Phd, New publication: Lipidomics of infant mesenchymal stem cells associate with the maternal milieu and child adiposity. Gyllenhammer LE, Zaegel V, Duensing AM, Lixandrao M, Dabelea D, Bergman BC, Boyle KE. JCI Insight. 2024. PMID: 39226911
Kristen Boyle, Phd,invited to speak:
• Muscle Health Research Centre Seminar, York University, Toronto, Ont, CA; February 2025.
• Fetal Physiology Satellite Meeting at the 72nd Society for Reproductive Investigation Annual Meeting, Charlotte, NC, March 2025.
For more information about the Nutrition Seminar Series, please contact
carolyn.doyle@cuanschutz.edu or velma.parker@cuanschutz.edu
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