Funding Source: National Institutes of Health 1R15AI160139-01A1 – Despite affecting nearly 20% of infants in the United States, there is no cure for atopic dermatitis/eczema. Some parents feed their infants human milk in an effort to protect the infant from … Continue reading Diversity of human milk oligosaccharide metabolizing genes in two infant cohorts

Funding Source: Wellcome Leap 1kD – Brain structure and function are sensitive and responsive to environmental conditions and individual experiences such as nutrition, gut microbiome, household environment and levels of stress. The main goals of this multi-scale, and multi-modal study … Continue reading A multi-scale approach to characterizing developing executive functions

Funding Source: National Institutes of Health – The trillions of microbes inhabiting our bodies are essential for extracting nutrients from our food to maintaining the health of our immune systems. There is a growing recognition that the microbiome is directly linked … Continue reading The role of human microbiome on child development