

Pre-pregnancy overweight and obesity associated with child neurodevelopment
Our paper in Maternal & Child Nutrition was published online! In the Child Health and Development Studies (CHDS) cohort, we examined how...


HIV and body composition during breastfeeding in Ugandan women
Our paper on HIV and body composition changes during lactation was published online in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. In our...


K99/R00 Pathway to Independence Award
Our K99/R00 award "Pregnancy weight trajectories and offspring adiposity" (K99HD086304) was awarded. This award will provide $1,005,402...


Best Paper Award: Science Unbound Foundation
We are thrilled to announce that our paper in "Excessive gestational weight gain is associated with long-term body fat and weight...


Epidemiology Congress of the Americas
We were thrilled to present the first set of longitudinal results from our cohort in Uganda at the Epidemiology Congress of the Americas...


SPER 2016: Maternal BMI and child neurodevelopment
We presented our first poster focusing on a new area of research for the laboratory at the Society for Pediatric and Perinatal...
BPA associated with child body fat in girls
Our paper led by Dr. Lori Hoepner on BPA exposure and childhood body fat was published in Environmental Health Perspectives in May 2016....
Thrasher Research Fund Award
Our proposal "Pathways between maternal nutrition, toxicant exposure, home environment and child neurodevelopment" was awarded a Thrasher...


American Society for Nutrition Meeting
We are very excited to be presenting at ASN meeting in San Diego. Dr. Widen will be co-charing a session on "Global Nutrition:...
Long term effects of pregnancy weight gain on maternal health
Our paper in American Journal of Clinical Nutrition showed that high pregnancy weight gain had long term effects on maternal body size...