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SUMMARY:Jean Kerver\, PhD\, MSc\, RD: Incorporating Early Life Micronutrient Status in ECHO studies of Neurodevelopment
DESCRIPTION:Incorporating Early Life Micronutrient Status in ECHO studies of Neurodevelopment \nKey Takeaways: \nIt 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 than dietary intake\, and its impact on neurodevelopment. She reviews often overlooked interactions between nutrients and environmental toxicants. Dr. Kerver suggests areas where ECHO can better leverage existing knowledge about nutrition’s impact on neurodevelopment. She advocates for greater integration of these interactions in ECHO analyses. \n \nJean Kerver\, PhD\, MSc\, RD  \nDepartment of Epidemiology and Biostatistics\nCollege of Human Medicine\, Traverse City Campus\nMichigan State University\nContact Principal Investigator of ECHO Award 129 \nSpeaker Biography: \nJean Kerver\, PhD\, MSC\, RD\, is the contact Principal Investigator of ECHO Award 129 at Michigan State University. An epidemiologist and registered dietitian\, Dr. Kerver investigates perinatal causes of childhood disorders and develops strategies to promote healthy lifestyle behaviors among families experiencing poverty or other challenges. Based in Traverse City\, Dr. Kerver supports MSU’s College of Human Medicine rural research network initiative. Her primary research focuses on micronutrients and neurodevelopment\, with an emphasis on biomarkers and exposures. \nDownload the slide presentation
URL:https://echochildren.org/event/jean-kerver-phd-msc-rd-incorporating-early-life-micronutrient-status-in-echo-studies-of-neurodevelopment/
CATEGORIES:environmental,innovations,neuro,pregnancy
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20211110T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20211110T140000
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SUMMARY:Christy Porucznik: Systematic Collection of Biospecimens in the Periconceptional Period
DESCRIPTION:Christy Porucznik: Systematic Collection of Biospecimens in the Periconceptional Period\nECHO Discovery Summary\nTraditional 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 by both the mother and the father around the time of conception can influence their success in achieving and maintaining a pregnancy. \nChristy Porucznik\, PhD\, MSPH of the University of Utah Health shared an example of how studies can successfully collect data on environmental exposures from before conception. Her presentation discussed the success of the Home Observation of Peri-conceptional Exposures (HOPE) study\, which recruited couples who were planning a pregnancy before they conceived. \nDr. Porucznik explained how the HOPE study was able to train women to track their ovulation cycle and have both members of the couple collect regular biospecimen samples throughout that cycle until pregnancy was achieved. Urine\, hair\, saliva\, and semen samples were collected and banked for future studies. The timing of the collection allowed Dr. Porucznik and her team to investigate how certain exposures affected time to pregnancy\, sperm count and morphology\, and sperm epigenetics—analyses that would all be missed by a traditional environmental exposure study. \nDr. Porucznik also highlighted the potential for ECHO studies sites to specialize in and implement a similar remote preconception protocol to gather more extensive and diverse preconception data. Participants who achieve pregnancy can then be transferred into a traditional ECHO cohort for further follow up. \n \nSpeaker: \nChristy Porucznik\, PhD\, MSPH \nUniversity of Utah Health \n  \n  \nSpeaker Bio: \nChristy Porucznik\, PhD\, MSPH\, is the President of the Academic Senate at the University of Utah and a professor in the Division of Public Health\, Department of Family and Preventive Medicine in the School of Medicine.  She completed graduate training in epidemiology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Public Health. Dr. Porucznik is broadly interested in efficient exposure assessment and research questions that can be easily explained to non-scientists. \nSlides\nDate: Wednesday\, November 10th\, 1 to 2pm ET \n \n 
URL:https://echochildren.org/event/christy-porucznik-systematic-collection-of-biospecimens-in-the-periconceptional-period/
CATEGORIES:environmental,pregnancy
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210908T130000
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SUMMARY:Lyall/Zimmerman: Optimizing Neurodevelopmental Assessments in ECHO: Validating Measures and Capturing Critical Periods of Development
DESCRIPTION:Lyall/Zimmerman: Optimizing Neurodevelopmental Assessments in ECHO: Validating Measures and Capturing Critical Periods of Development\nECHO Discovery Summary\nOn 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 to support projects for the introduction of new research\, tools\, and technologies in the ECHO Program. Each study examined different testing measures for pre-\, peri-\, and postnatal neurodevelopmental health outcomes. \nIntegration of Non-Nutritive Suck and Eye Tracking as Markers of Neurodevelopment Across Five ECHO Cohorts \nDr. Zimmerman presented her research on the association between maternal prenatal stress and infant non-nutritive suck (NNS). NNS refers to when a baby sucks without receiving any nutrition\, such as on fingers or pacifiers. \nHer study implemented NNS and eye tracking across 5 ECHO Cohorts to assess neurocognitive functions in relation to environmental exposures and maternal stress. Mother and infant participants were from the IKIDS Cohort in Illinois and ECHO-PROTECT in Puerto Rico. IKIDS mothers were predominantly white\, married\, and had at least a bachelor’s degree\, while ECHO-PROTECT mothers were predominantly Puerto Rican and in households earning less than $50\,000 per year. \nInvestigators found that mothers who reported feeling more nervous and stressed\, and who had increased feelings of anger\, had infants with lower sucking activity. Prenatal maternal perceived stress was significantly associated with fewer but longer sucking bursts in ECHO-PROTECT\, which can likely be attributed to lower income and stressful events such as the Zika virus outbreak and hurricane activity. \nValidation of Shortened Versions for the Social Responsiveness Scale: Implications for ECHO and Quantitative Trait Research \nDr. Lyall’s presentation was focused around Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and how to lessen the burden of a particular method of measuring ASD-related behaviors\, called the Social Responsiveness Scale (SRS). \nASD is a developmental condition that can be characterized by challenges in social interactions and communication\, repetitive and stereotyped patterns of behavior and interest\, and developmental delays at an early age. The SRS is a widely-used measure of autism-related traits that can be administered by a provider or caregiver. \nThe research found that shortening the SRS from 65 questions to 16 led to reduced participant burden without substantial loss in measurement of ASD-related behaviors. This can eventually lead to opportunities for wider-scale application. Dr. Lyall is optimistic that the SRS\, including the shortened version\, can be used to learn more about ASD and related social functioning. \nSpeakers: \nKristen Lyall\, ScD \nDrexel University \n  \n  \n  \nSpeaker Bio: Dr. Lyall’s research seeks to identify and understand modifiable risk factors for autism-related outcomes. Her work focuses on parental factors\, prenatal exposure to environmental chemicals\, and maternal dietary factors and their association with child ASD\, as well as consideration of ASD- related traits according to continuous\, quantitative measures. \n  \n \nEmily Zimmerman\, PhD.\, CCC-SLP \nNortheastern University \n  \n  \n  \nSpeaker Bio: Dr. Zimmerman’s research is focused on the link between early sucking and feeding and subsequent neurodevelopment. She studies the environmental\, maternal\, physiological\, and genetic influences of these behaviors across patient populations and cultures. \nDate: Wednesday\, September 8th\, 1 to 2pm ET \nSlides\n \n 
URL:https://echochildren.org/event/drs-lyall-zimmerman-optimizing-neurodevelopmental-assessments-in-echo-validating-measures-and-capturing-critical-periods-of-development/
CATEGORIES:neuro,outcomes,pregnancy
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210714T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210714T140000
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SUMMARY:Carmen M. Vélez Vega: Community Engagement and Report Back the Story of PROTECT-ECHO in Puerto Rico
DESCRIPTION:ECHO Discovery Summary\nCommunity Engagement and Report Back: the Story of PROTECT-ECHO in Puerto Rico \nCarmen M. Vélez Vega\, PhD\, MSW of the University of Puerto Rico gave a presentation where she discussed the PROTECT-ECHO project in Puerto Rico. PROTECT (Puerto Rico Testsite for Exploring Contamination Threats) began in 2010 with the goal of understanding why Puerto Rico was ranked third in the world for highest preterm births. \nDr. Vélez Vega’s presentation covered how her team implemented community engagement and a report back system for the success of the project. \n“The PROTECT Center studies exposures to environmental contamination in Puerto Rico and its contribution to preterm births\,” Dr. Vélez Vega said. Investigators took samples from pregnant women to look at the health effects of environmental contaminants such as phthalates and chlorinated solvents in relation to high preterm birth rates. The cohort became part of the ECHO Program in 2017. \nThe Significance of Participant Engagement \nTo ensure high participant engagement\, the project team implemented a report back system via a project-specific smartphone application. Throughout sample collection and participation\, there was an emphasis on cultural identity and getting an accurate snapshot of typical foods eaten and household cleaning supplies used. \nParticipants utilized the mobile phone app to create personal profiles where they could view their results and analyses\, along with recommendations on how to reduce environmental and chemical exposures. Women were also able to share their experiences with each other\, and play an active role in providing feedback to investigators. Dr. Vélez Vega noted the high level of participant interest is because pregnant women want to contribute to science and understand why premature births are happening to them and their families. \nCommunity Engagement and the COVID-19 Response \nThe main vehicle of interaction with community stakeholders and participants throughout PROTECT-ECHO is the Community Engagement Core (CEC). This group utilizes participation and engagement resources to gather feedback and disseminate information to stakeholders throughout the community. \nThe CEC was extremely helpful to investigators following the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic\, as well as during other events such as earthquakes\, hurricanes\, Zika virus outbreaks\, and the evolving demographics of Puerto Rico. Since computer access is limited due to socioeconomic factors\, natural disasters\, and health events\, call centers were set up for investigators to follow up with participants. The project team also utilized outreach methods such as text messaging\, and provided educational materials to participants via email and social media. \nDr. Vélez Vega and the project team are currently working on the PROTECT Responde Campaign to feature videos\, educational materials\, and resources on environmental contaminants and health impacts during COVID-19 via social media. This will allow participants and community members in Puerto Rico to learn more about how to keep themselves healthy throughout pregnancy and potentially reduce rates of preterm birth for themselves and family members. \n  \nSpeaker: \nDr. Carmen M. Vélez Vega \nUniversity of Puerto Rico \n  \n  \n  \n  \nSpeaker Bio: Dr. Vélez Vega completed a PhD. in Social Policy Research and Analysis\, Graduate School of Social Work\, at the University of Puerto Rico Rio Piedras Campus\, and a MSW\, and BSW from Florida State University School of Social Work. She is Faculty at the Doctoral Program in Social Determinants of Health of the Social Sciences Department at the University of Puerto Rico\, Medical Sciences Campus\, School of Public Health\, and is a tenured Associate Professor. She has ample experience in community engagement activities and teaches in this area in the Schools MPH and Doctorate programs. She is the on site PI for PROTECT (Puerto Rico Testsite for Exploring Contamination Threats) and ECHO Cohort. She leads the Community Engagement Core for PROTECT and the Center for Collaborative Research in Health Disparities at the University of Puerto Rico. For the past 20 years she has been active in working for human rights especially for the the LGBTQ community in Puerto Rico. \nDate: Wednesday\, July 14th\, 1 to 2pm ET \nSlides
URL:https://echochildren.org/event/dr-carment-m-velez-vega-community-engagement-and-report-back-the-story-of-protect-echo-in-puerto-rico/
LOCATION:WebEx
CATEGORIES:outcomes,pregnancy
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210609T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210609T140000
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SUMMARY:Dr. Johnnye Lewis: Navajo Birth Cohort: Understanding Diversity\, Disparity\, and Resilience Through ECHO
DESCRIPTION:Dr. Johnnye Lewis: Navajo Birth Cohort: Understanding Diversity\,\nDisparity\, and Resilience Through ECHO\n\n\n\n\n\nECHO Discovery Summary\nNavajo Birth Cohort: Understanding Diversity\, Disparity\, and Resilience through ECHO \nDr. Johnnye Lewis of the University of New Mexico gave a presentation where she discussed the ECHO Program’s Navajo Birth Cohort. \nIn 2019\, NIH facilitated a data-sharing and use agreement between the Navajo Nation and ECHO Program grantees. The agreement was created to respect Navajo Nation cultural beliefs\, Tribal sovereignty\, and community values. The first Tribal data-sharing agreement for a nationwide research consortium creating a large-scale database\, it lays the groundwork for discussion with other Tribal Nations considering participation in biomedical research programs. \nDuring her presentation\, Dr. Lewis highlighted the importance of understanding diversity\, disparity\, and resilience of indigenous peoples in research and ECHO’s role in building and maintaining diversity of these peoples among its cohorts. \nIn a follow-up conversation with Dr. Lewis\, she discussed the Navajo Birth Cohort and why it’s important to include indigenous peoples in child health research. \nUnderstanding Tribal Sovereignty \nThe Navajo population holds a unique position in the country as the first and only peoples who retain their sovereign (self-governance) status within the U.S.\, says Dr. Lewis. Sovereignty is the basis for holding a negotiation status on policies of the federal government that impact tribal members\, and for their control and ownership of data collected on tribal lands. \n“The mistreatment of indigenous peoples has occurred through a series of broken treaty promises since the time of first contact\,” Dr Lewis notes. “This process has been formally documented within the congressional record as lands guaranteed in perpetuity have been taken away.” \nThe Navajo Birth Cohort and ECHO \nWhile the Navajo Birth Cohort is not the only source of tribal participants in ECHO\, their recruitment across tribal lands and by tribal members makes this cohort the most representative of an indigenous population as a whole still living on tribal land. \n“The Navajo Birth Cohort has already raised questions on the appropriateness of assessment tools\, understanding the potential variability in developmental trajectories\, and continuing to remain sensitive to the appropriateness for our tools and methods before interpreting our data and generalizing our results\,” says Dr. Lewis. \nThrough inclusion of the broad range of cohorts in ECHO\, and making sure that all remain included and the variability continues to be examined\, ECHO provides the opportunity through its research efforts to truly understand factors that contribute to child health and development in the U.S. population. \nSpeaker: \nDr. Johnnye Lewis\, PhD \nUniversity of New Mexico \n  \n  \n  \n  \nSpeaker Bio: Dr. Johnnye Lewis is a toxicologist and the founder and Director of the Community Environmental Health Program at the University of New Mexico’s Health Sciences Center College of Pharmacy.  She holds a MA in Psychology (University of Victoria)\,  Ph.D. in Pharmacology (University of Manitoba)\, and did her postdoctoral work in inhalation toxicology at the DOE Inhalation Toxicology Research Institute.  After running her own environmental health consulting business\, she went to the University of New Mexico in 1996 and began building community/research partnerships\, primarily with Indigenous communities\, to address environmental injustice concerns through team science that integrates population and field  studies with mechanistic laboratory studies to link exposures to outcomes\, confirm mechanisms\, and develop environmental and health interventions to reduce risk.  She is the Director of the UNM METALS Superfund Center (NIEHS)\, MPI of the Navajo Birth Cohort/ECHO study (NIH-OD) and of the Center for Native American Environmental Health Research Equity (NIMHD). \n  \nDate: Tuesday\, June 9th\, 1 to 2pm \nSlides
URL:https://echochildren.org/event/dr-johnnye-lewis-navajo-birth-cohort-understanding-diversity-disparity-and-resilience-through-echo/
LOCATION:WebEx
CATEGORIES:environmental,pregnancy
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210210T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210210T140000
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SUMMARY:O'Shea/Fry: Early Life Origins of Health Among Individuals Born Extremely Preterm
DESCRIPTION:Early Life Origins of Health Among Individuals Born Extremely Preterm\n\n\n\n\n\nECHO Discovery Summary\nPreterm Birth and Long-Term Health Outcomes \nECHO Researchers Dr. Michael O’Shea\, MD\, MPH of the UNC Chapel Hill Division of Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine and Dr. Rebecca Fry\, PhD of the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health gave a presentation about the Extremely Low Gestational Age Newborn (ELGAN) study. Dr. O’Shea and Dr. Fry presented the objectives of the ELGAN study and its findings in their presentation on ‘Early Life Origins of Health Among Individuals Born Extremely Preterm’. \nThe ELGAN Cohort focuses on researching mechanisms that could link preterm birth to long-term health outcomes\, such as chronic health and developmental disorders. Through the ECHO Program\, ELGAN has been able to expand to obesity\, asthma\, positive health (well-being\, life satisfaction\, global health)\, blood pressure\, and renal (kidney) outcome areas. Dr. O’Shea provided an overview of the study\, which has followed more than 1\,000 babies born at least 3 months early\, between 2002 and 2004\, at 14 different hospitals in five states. The ELGAN study confirmed strong relationships between neonatal inflammation and neurodevelopmental outcomes\, an area of ECHO research. Researchers have previously established that neonatal inflammation is associated with a broad suite of children’s health outcomes. \nAnother goal of ELGAN is to research perinatal influences on child health. One of the organs that researchers focused on was the placenta\, which is important for the developing fetus. Dr. Fry emphasized that data from the study indicates placental weight is linked to both prenatal exposures and later life adverse health outcomes. This suggests the possibility that placenta epigenetics links early life exposures and later life outcome. \nELGAN is now studying the cohort’s teenagers’ health and well-being\, including reasoning skills\, behavior\, emotions\, sleep patterns\, and overall quality of life. A key conclusion that both presenters highlighted is that similar studies are needed for diverse socioeconomic contexts and more recent birth cohorts. This will help lead to more indicative data for further findings in this area of neonatal and perinatal research. You can learn more about the ELGAN study and its research by watching the presentation. \nSpeakers: \n \nMichael O’Shea\, MD\, MPH \nDivision of Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine \nUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill \nSpeaker Bio: Michael O’Shea\, MD\, MPH\, received his undergraduate\, medical school\, and masters degrees\, as well as residency training in internal medicine and pediatrics at the University of North Carolina. He completed a fellowship in Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine at Duke University. \n  \n \nRebecca Fry\, PhD \nUNC Gillings School of Global Public Health \nSpeaker Bio:  \nDr. Rebecca Fry is the Carol Remmer Angle Distinguished Professor of Children’s Environmental Health at UNC-Chapel Hill. Dr. Fry is the Associate Chair in Environmental Sciences and Engineering at the Gillings School of Global Public Health\, the Director of the UNC Superfund Research Program\, and founding Director of the Institute for Environmental Health Solutions. Dr. Fry is trained in molecular biology with a MS\, and PHD from Tulane University and post-doctoral training at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. \nDate: Wednesday\, February 10 \, 1 to 2pm \nSlides
URL:https://echochildren.org/event/oshea-and-fry/
LOCATION:WebEx
CATEGORIES:neuro,pregnancy
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200513T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200513T140000
DTSTAMP:20260428T220306
CREATED:20200417T172707Z
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SUMMARY:Emily Oken: Using Cohort Studies to Understand Joint Effects of the Environment and Lifestyle on Health
DESCRIPTION:Using Cohort Studies to Understand Joint Effects of the Environment and Lifestyle on Health\n\n\n\n\nSpeaker: \nEmily Oken \nDepartment of Population Medicine at Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Inc \n  \n  \n  \nSpeaker Bio: Dr. Oken was trained in internal medicine and pediatrics and is currently a Professor in the Department of Population Medicine at Harvard Medical School and the Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute\, and in the Department of Nutrition at the Harvard School of Public Health.  Dr. Oken Directs the Division of Chronic Disease Research Across the Lifecourse within the Department of Population Medicine.  Her research focuses on the influences of nutrition and other environmental factors during pregnancy and early childhood on pregnancy outcomes as well as long-term maternal and child health\, especially cardiometabolic health\, cognitive development\, asthma\, and atopy.   Since 2016 she has led Project Viva\, a pre-birth cohort study that has followed pregnant women and their children since 1999.  Project Viva is currently conducting in follow-up visits with teens aged 17-19 and their moms.  The team is doing a fantastic job weathering the challenges of transition to remote data collection. \n  \nDate: Wednesday\, May 13\, 1 to 2pm \nSlides
URL:https://echochildren.org/event/using-cohort-studies-to-understand-joint-effects-of-the-environment-and-lifestyle-on-health/
LOCATION:WebEx
CATEGORIES:environmental,pregnancy
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200212T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200212T140000
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CREATED:20200129T204401Z
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SUMMARY:Paneth/Hirko: Identifying Opportunities for Implementation Science Approaches in the ECHO Program
DESCRIPTION:Identifying Opportunities for Implementation Science Approaches in the ECHO Program\n\n\n\n\n\nSpeaker: \nNigel Paneth\, MD\, MPH \nMichigan State University \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n \nKelly Hirko\, PhD\, MPH \nMichigan State University \n  \n  \n  \nAbout the Speakers: \nNigel Paneth is a pediatrician and perinatal and child health epidemiologist with a particular interest in the causes and prevention of childhood neurodevelopmental handicap\, especially cerebral palsy. After training in pediatrics and epidemiology\, Dr. Paneth began his academic career at Columbia University in 1978 in the newly established Sergievsky Center\, a research unit created to examine the etiology of epilepsy and other brain disorders. There he conducted studies of the relationship of perinatal medical care to patterns of fetal and infant mortality\, particularly in premature infants. Dr. Paneth’s NIH-supported case-control study of cerebral palsy (CP) from 2009-2012 showed that considerable amounts of mRNA are reliably preserved on newborn blood spots\, and hat gene expression in the newborn period differs in children who will later develop CP. His continued interest in CP is reflected in serving on the international task force on the definition and classification of CP. \nKelly Hirko is an epidemiologist and community-based researcher focusing on the role of lifestyle and  behavioral factors on health disparities. Kelly recently completed the NCI’s Training Institute for Dissemination & Implementation Research in Cancer facilitated course and is interested in investigating the implementation of evidence-based interventions in tobacco cessation and interested in physical activity to address rural cancer disparities. Kelly earned her Master of Public Health degree in Epidemiology from the Boston University School of Public Health\, and her PhD in Epidemiology from the University of Michigan School of Public Health. She completed a post-doctoral fellowship in Nutritional Epidemiology from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and is an assistant professor in the Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics at Michigan State University. \nOutcome Areas: Airways \nDate: Wednesday\, February 12\, 1 to 2pm \nPresentation Overview: \nDrs. Paneth and Hirko will use their cumulative epidemiology expertise to discuss opportunities with ECHO for implementation of methods to promote the systematic uptake of research findings and other evidence-based practives into routine practice\, and to improve the quality and effectiveness of healthcare. \n  \nSlides\n 
URL:https://echochildren.org/event/identifying-opportunities-for-implementation-science-approaches-in-the-echo-program/
LOCATION:WebEx
CATEGORIES:pregnancy,theoretical
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190508T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190508T140000
DTSTAMP:20260428T220306
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SUMMARY:Catherine Monk: Pregnant Women’s Mental Health and Its Influence on the Next Generation: Implications for ECHO Science
DESCRIPTION:Pregnant Women’s Mental Health and Its Influence on the Next Generation: Implications for ECHO Science\n\n\n\n\n\nSpeaker: \nCatherine Monk\, PhD \nColumbia University Medical Center \n  \n  \n  \nSpeaker Bio: Dr. Catherine Monk holds dual appointments as a Professor of Medical Psychology in the Departments of Obstetrics & Gynecology\, and Psychiatry\, and is Director of Research at the Women’s Program at Columbia University Irving Medical Center\, and Research Scientist VI at the New York State Psychiatric Institute. Originally trained as a clinical psychologist treating children and adults in a program that emphasized the developmental origins of psychopathology\, Dr. Monk’s research brings together the fields of perinatal psychiatry\, developmental psychobiology\, and neuroscience to focus on the earliest influences on children’s developmental trajectories — those that happen in utero and how to intervene early to help pregnant women and prevent risk for mental health disorders in the future children. \nOutcome Areas: Pre-\, peri\, and postnatal \nDate: Wednesday\, May 8\, 1 to 2pm \nSlides\n\nDiscussion:  \nQ: How do conceptualize stress?  What are the challenges in measuring stress? \nA: Stress is so used that it can lose precise meaning\, but it is about the person-context experience and about perception.  Stress can be measured by physical manifestations (allostatic load) or mental (subjective experience). The challenge in measuring is the difficulty in reliably linking high stress to high cortisol. \n  \nQ: One of the implications of the work was social support and its impact on outcomes.  What would it look like to do a study of this as part of ECHO? \nA: Social support has often been a co-variant or a moderator in past studies\, but it actually accounts for large differences between groups\, so it’s important to focus on in the future. ECHO could mine the data to create a hypothesis about the role of social support in creating positive outcomes. Loneliness is a factor that has been studied minimally\, but would be fascinating to look at more closely\, especially as it is differentiated from stress (women can be depressed or stress\, but have social support). \n  \nQ: A type of research that you could look at that controls just for social support is the studies done on women having a doula at their birth. Has this been researched? \nA: There is some data out there about the positive effect of doulas\, but it’s not rigorous\, so we could certainly bring in that perspective. Also\, depending on where a woman gives birth\, doulas may or may not be as welcomed and included in the process. \n  \nQ: In what ways would you study contributions of fathers in social support that might impact child outcomes? \nA: “Belonging” is fairly general at this point\, and not really distinguished as belonging with family\, friends\, or baby’s father\, but we want to learn more about fathers/partners\, and their roles in social support. \n  \nQ: Is there any data on pre-pregnancy stress and pregnancy and neurodevelopmental outcomes? \nA: This is a main question of local cohort’s ECHO research. \n  \nQ: I’m wondering about the populations being investigated: low income\, moderate income\, and/or special populations\, i.e.\, mothers and children in homeless shelters. \nA: The part of New York (Washington Heights) where this cohort is includes a diverse group of women\, with a large representation from Latina and low-income women.  This includes women in homeless shelters. \n  \nQ: Is there any data comparing maternal non-treated depression vs. treated depression (use of medication) on health outcomes for the child? \nA: Treating women’s psychiatric issues during pregnancy was not enough; parenting issues and risk factors that contributed to these issues were not impacted by the direct treatment of depression\, and had to be addressed separately. \n  \nQ: In addition to fathers\, teams should consider asking pregnant women about specific support from mother or other family/family-like individual. Particularly in minority communities and those of low-income\, if biological fathers are not maintaining partnership with mothers\, these individuals can play a critical role (our Memphis focus groups pointed this out to us too late for us to assess this). Our questionnaires don’t typically ask about this\, and instead ask about partners. \nA: That’s a great point\, and I agree this needs to be broadened.
URL:https://echochildren.org/event/pregnant-womens-mental-health-and-its-influence-on-the-next-generation-implications-for-echo-science/
LOCATION:WebEx
CATEGORIES:outcomes,pregnancy
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SUMMARY:Roz Wright: Advancing Discovery in ECHO:  Creating a Transdisciplinary Learning Culture Through Use of Life Course Models
DESCRIPTION:Advancing Discovery in ECHO: Creating a Transdisciplinary Learning Culture Through Use of Life Course Models\n\n\n\n\n\nSpeaker: \nRosalind (Roz) Wright\, MD\, MPH \nIcahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai\, Department of Pediatrics \n  \n  \n  \nAbout the Speaker: Rosalind J Wright MD\, MPH\, is the Horace W. Goldsmith Professor of Life Course Health Research in the Departments of Pediatrics and Environmental Medicine & Public Health at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai (ISMMS) in New York.  She is also Dean of Translational Biomedical Sciences for the Mount Sinai Health System (MSHS)\, a clinician scientist and Program Director and Principal Investigator of Conduits\, the Institute for Translational Sciences for the Mount Sinai Health System (the NCATs-funded CTSA). \nShe is an internationally recognized clinician scientist and life course epidemiologist with transdisciplinary training in molecular biology\, environmental health\, social determinants\, and stress mechanisms. Her background includes transdisciplinary training and expertise in environmental exposure assessment as well as genetics\, epigenetics\, and psychosocial stress measurement applied to environmental health studies across the life course. \nOutcome Areas: Neurodevelopment; Pre-\, peri\, and postnatal; Airways \nDate: Wednesday\, April 10\, 1 to 2pm \nPresentation Overview: \nLessons learned from developing a transdisciplinary team science and making discoveries at the intersections of various research disciplines outside of any one individual field. \nSlides\n 
URL:https://echochildren.org/event/advancing-discovery-in-echo-creating-a-transdisciplinary-learning-culture-through-use-of-life-course-models/
LOCATION:WebEx
CATEGORIES:pregnancy,theoretical
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