Dr. Wei Perng: Understanding the natural history of cardiovascular health across early-life Key Takeaways:  This talk describes cohort-specific findings regarding the natural history of cardiovascular health in children and adolescents, […]

Prenatal Air Pollution Exposure and Risk of Autism: New Insight from ECHO Cohorts Key Takeaways:  In the past decade, air pollution has substantially declined in the US because of policies […]

Using Knowledge-Driven AI to Predict and Explain Environmental Health Outcomes in Mothers and Children Key Takeaways: As increasingly rich and complex environmental health data are collected for secondary analysis, new […]

Untargeted Analysis of Microsamplers: The Utility of Dried Capillary Blood Spots for Exposome Research Key Takeaways: Researchers use blood samples to measure the levels of various chemicals and metabolites related […]

Cross-Cohort Mixture Analysis: A Data Integration Approach with Applications on Child Health Outcomes Key Takeaways:  Integrating data across multiple studies can enhance the statistical power of analyses and help researchers […]

Penn-CHOP ECHO: Applying causal inference methods to address pressing questions in environmental children’s health Key Takeaways:  Exposures during early life can set the stage for lifelong health outcomes and well-being. […]

Unveiling Maternal Health Disparities: Addressing the Impact of Racism Key Takeaways*: Dr. Amutah-Onukagha noted that: Historically, women of color have disproportionately experienced reproductive injustices exacerbated by medical bias, unequal distribution […]

Fish Consumption during Pregnancy and Impacts on Child Health Kristen Lyall, ScD (A.J. Drexel Autism Institute); Emily Oken, MD, MPH (Harvard Medical School and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute); Margaret […]

Emerging Trends and Treatments in Pediatric Obesity Key Takeaways*: Dr. Chan noted that: In recent years, there has been a concerning increase in rates of pediatric obesity and obesity-related complications, […]

Epigenetic Regulators in Human Milk: Opportunities in ECHO with a Focus on miRNAs Key Takeaways:* MiRNAs, small molecules known to regulate the expression of certain genes, represent a major class […]

The Early Life Microbiome and Disrupting Exposures Key Takeaways*: Dr. Dominguez-Bello noted that: During a vaginal birth, babies are exposed to dense bacterial communities, and throughout early childhood, they continue […]

Multi-Omic Data Illuminates the Placenta's Role as a Mediator Between Prenatal EDC Exposures and Preterm Birth Key Takeaways: Preterm birth is one of the leading causes of infant morbidity and […]

Microbiomes of Pregnancy and Infancy: Implications for Child Health Outcomes Key Takeaways: ECHO cohort sites have collected longitudinal microbiome samples and data spanning pregnancy through adolescence from a geographically, socioeconomically, […]

Applications of Skin Color Scales to the Study of Racial Inequality Key Takeaways: In this brief presentation we discuss the benefits and challenges of utilizing skin color scales to study […]

An Introduction to the NIH Baby Toolbox Key Takeaways: This presentation provides an overview of the NIH Infant and Toddler Toolbox, or “Baby Toolbox,” a new neuropsychological, cognitive, motor, and […]

Stakeholder Engagement in Pediatric Disability Research: Why and How to do it Key Takeaways: To study child health, researchers must also study child disability. Research to improve child outcomes necessarily […]

Opportunities and challenges for subfecundity research in ECHO Key Takeaways: Since the advent of assisted reproduction, there have been questions about potential impacts on child health, with neurodevelopment being a […]

Does adherence to U.S. dietary guidelines during pregnancy reduce exposure to over 50 contemporary and understudied chemicals? Key Takeaways: Diet is an important source of exposure to endocrine disrupting chemicals […]