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Jean Kerver, PhD, MSc, RD: Incorporating Early Life Micronutrient Status in ECHO studies of Neurodevelopment
Incorporating Early Life Micronutrient Status in ECHO studies of Neurodevelopment Key Takeaways: It is known that early life nutrition, including pregnancy diet and infant feeding, is critical for brain development, yet the impact of the suboptimal micronutrient status of the US population is unknown. In this presentation, Dr. Kerver discusses micronutrient status, highlighting biomarkers rather […]
Christy Porucznik: Systematic Collection of Biospecimens in the Periconceptional Period
Christy Porucznik: Systematic Collection of Biospecimens in the Periconceptional Period ECHO Discovery Summary Traditional studies investigating environmental exposures during pregnancy often recruit women during their first trimester, and as a result these studies exclude data from around the time of conception and create an incomplete and biased understanding of the exposure’s effect. Environmental exposures experienced […]
Lyall/Zimmerman: Optimizing Neurodevelopmental Assessments in ECHO: Validating Measures and Capturing Critical Periods of Development
Lyall/Zimmerman: Optimizing Neurodevelopmental Assessments in ECHO: Validating Measures and Capturing Critical Periods of Development ECHO Discovery Summary On September 8, Kristen Lyall, ScD of Drexel University and Emily Zimmerman, PhD of Northeastern University gave presentations on their ECHO Opportunities and Infrastructure Fund (OIF) Award Studies. The OIF is an NIH-funded grants mechanism for early investigators […]