Professor In Residence
M_PEDS-GASTROENTEROLOGY
Publications
Weight gain in infancy and metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD) in a prospective birth cohort of Latino children.
Maternal health, neonatology and perinatology
Leukocyte telomere length and birth characteristics associated with obesity in infancy in a predominantly Latinx cohort.
Pediatric obesity
Changes in Preterm and Low Birthweight Birth Rate During the COVID-19 Lockdown at Two San Francisco Hospitals.
Journal of epidemiology and global health
Leukocyte telomere length change in children with obesity in the context of an isocaloric fructose restriction intervention.
Diabetology & metabolic syndrome
The Association Between Longer Maternal Leukocyte Telomere Length in the Immediate Postpartum Period and Preterm Birth in a Predominately Latina Cohort of Mothers.
Maternal and child health journal
High school diploma is associated with longer postpartum leukocyte telomere length in a cohort of primarily Latina women.
Maternal health, neonatology and perinatology
Validation of Variables for Use in Pediatric Obesity Risk Score Development in Demographically and Racially Diverse US Cohorts.
The Journal of pediatrics
Food insecurity is a risk factor for metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease in Latinx children.
Pediatric obesity
Sub-optimal maternal gestational gain is associated with shorter leukocyte telomere length at birth in a predominantly Latinx cohort of newborns.
Maternal health, neonatology and perinatology
Changes in leukocyte telomere length among children with obesity participating in a behavioural weight control program.
Pediatric obesity
Shorter leukocyte telomere length protects against NAFLD progression in children.
Scientific reports
Correction: Maternal genitourinary infections and poor nutritional status increase risk of preterm birth in Gasabo District, Rwanda: a prospective, longitudinal, cohort study.
BMC pregnancy and childbirth
Household and social characteristics associated with COVID-19 vaccine intent among Latino families in the San Francisco Bay Area.
BMC infectious diseases
A Brief Motivational Intervention Differentially Reduces Sugar-sweetened Beverage (SSB) Consumption.
Annals of behavioral medicine : a publication of the Society of Behavioral Medicine
Overcrowding and exposure to secondhand smoke increase risk for COVID-19 infection among Latinx families in the greater San Francisco Bay Area.
Tobacco induced diseases
Primary Nephrotic Syndrome and Risks of ESKD, Cardiovascular Events, and Death: The Kaiser Permanente Nephrotic Syndrome Study.
Journal of the American Society of Nephrology : JASN
High food insecurity in Latinx families and associated COVID-19 infection in the Greater Bay Area, California.
BMC nutrition
Limited consumption of 100% fruit juices and sugar sweetened beverages in Japanese toddler and preschool children.
Preventive Medicine Reports
Longer Leukocyte Telomere Length Predicts Stronger Response to a Workplace Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Sales Ban: An Exploratory Study.
Current developments in nutrition
Sugar sweetened beverage consumption is positively associated with Klotho levels at two years of age in LatinX youth.
BMC nutrition
Excess pregnancy weight gain in latinas: Impact on infant's adiposity and growth hormones at birth.
Preventive Medicine Reports
Obesity at Age Six Months Is Associated with Shorter Preschool Leukocyte Telomere Length Independent of Parental Telomere Length.
The Journal of pediatrics
Association between micronutrients and maternal leukocyte telomere length in early pregnancy in Rwanda.
BMC pregnancy and childbirth
The Precious Commodity of Time and Sub-Saharan Africa's Success in Keeping COVID-19 at Bay.
Journal of epidemiology and global health
Maternal genitourinary infections and poor nutritional status increase risk of preterm birth in Gasabo District, Rwanda: a prospective, longitudinal, cohort study.
BMC pregnancy and childbirth
Rapid infant weight gain and prenatal maternal depression are associated with prehypertension/hypertension before age 9.
Journal of human hypertension
Association of a Workplace Sales Ban on Sugar-Sweetened Beverages With Employee Consumption of Sugar-Sweetened Beverages and Health.
JAMA internal medicine
Alterations in the Gut Microbiome at 6 Months of Age in Obese Latino Infants.
Journal of the American College of Nutrition
Higher Birthweight and Maternal Pre-pregnancy BMI Persist with Obesity Association at Age 9 in High Risk Latino Children.
Journal of immigrant and minority health
Dying Alone: The Sad Irrelevance of Naloxone in the Context of Solitary Opiate Use.
Addiction (Abingdon, England)
Early life obesity increases the risk for asthma in San Francisco born Latina girls.
Allergy and asthma proceedings
Maternal Obesity and Risk of Preterm Birth and Low Birthweight in Hawaii PRAMS, 2000-2011.
Maternal and child health journal
Chronic Obesity and Incident Hypertension in Latina Women Are Associated with Accelerated Telomere Length Loss over a 1-Year Period.
Metabolic syndrome and related disorders
Cord blood klotho levels are inversely associated with leptin in healthy Latino neonates at risk for obesity.
Journal of pediatric endocrinology & metabolism : JPEM
Food insecurity is associated with maternal depression and child pervasive developmental symptoms in low-income Latino households.
Journal of hunger & environmental nutrition
Bisphenol a increases risk for presumed non-alcoholic fatty liver disease in Hispanic adolescents in NHANES 2003-2010.
Environmental health : a global access science source
Shorter preschool, leukocyte telomere length is associated with obesity at age 9 in Latino children.
Clinical obesity
Increased Cellular Aging by 3 Years of Age in Latino, Preschool Children Who Consume More Sugar-Sweetened Beverages: A Pilot Study.
Childhood obesity (Print)
Association of Household Food- and Drink-Sharing Practices With Human Herpesvirus 8 Seroconversion in a Cohort of Zambian Children.
The Journal of infectious diseases
Silence sexual and reproductive health discussions and we fuel the rise of HIV/AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa.
Reproductive health
Full fat milk consumption protects against severe childhood obesity in Latinos.
Preventive Medicine Reports
Shorter Leukocyte Telomere Length in Relation to Presumed Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease in Mexican-American Men in NHANES 1999-2002.
International journal of hepatology
First Nations Approaches to Childhood Obesity: Healthy Lifestyles in Canada Compared with Alternatives for Alaska Native Communities.
Children (Basel, Switzerland)
The association between cytomegalovirus infection, obesity, and metabolic syndrome in U.S. adult females.
Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.)
Antiretroviral Therapy for Perinatal HIV Prevention.
The New England journal of medicine
Early Antibiotic Exposure and Risk of Childhood Obesity in Latinos.
Childhood obesity (Print)
Time to Consider Moving Beyond Exclusive Breastfeeding in Southern Africa.
Children (Basel, Switzerland)
Store owners as potential agents of change: energy drinks in the interior of Alaska.
International journal of circumpolar health
Leukocyte Telomere Length in Relation to 17 Biomarkers of Cardiovascular Disease Risk: A Cross-Sectional Study of US Adults.
PLoS medicine
Antiretroviral exposure in utero and infancy: what do we know about African children in the age of option B+?
AIDS (London, England)
Early exclusive breastfeeding is associated with longer telomeres in Latino preschool children.
The American journal of clinical nutrition
Telomere length change plateaus at 4 years of age in Latino children: associations with baseline length and maternal change.
Molecular genetics and genomics : MGG
A Risk Score for Childhood Obesity in an Urban Latino Cohort.
The Journal of pediatrics
Beverage consumption in an Alaska Native village: a mixed-methods study of behaviour, attitudes and access.
International journal of circumpolar health
Cord blood telomere length in Latino infants: relation with maternal education and infant sex.
Journal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association
Effects of Antiretroviral Therapy on Kaposi's Sarcoma-Associated Herpesvirus (KSHV) Transmission Among HIV-Infected Zambian Children.
Journal of the National Cancer Institute
Preventing mother-to-child transmission of the human immunodeficiency virus in Southern Africa.
Acta paediatrica (Oslo, Norway : 1992)
Telomere length is associated with oppositional defiant behavior and maternal clinical depression in Latino preschool children.
Translational psychiatry
No Association between Obesity and Behavior in Low-income, Preschool Latino Children.
Journal of health care for the poor and underserved
The changing role of the primary school teacher in Swaziland in the context of HIV/AIDS: teacher as caretaker and economic provider.
Malawi medical journal : the journal of Medical Association of Malawi
Breastfeeding offers protection against obesity in children of recently immigrated Latina women.
Journal of community health
Risk factors for early childhood infection of human herpesvirus-8 in Zambian children: the role of early childhood feeding practices.
Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention : a publication of the American Association for Cancer Research, cosponsored by the American Society of Preventive Oncology
Maternal sociodemographic characteristics and the use of the Iowa Infant Attitude Feeding Scale to describe breastfeeding initiation and duration in a population of urban, Latina mothers: a prospective cohort study.
International breastfeeding journal
The use of the RESPeRATE device to lower blood pressure in inner city obese adolescents and children: a pilot feasibility study.
High blood pressure & cardiovascular prevention : the official journal of the Italian Society of Hypertension
Healthy hospital food initiatives in the United States: time to ban sugar sweetened beverages to reduce childhood obesity.
Acta paediatrica (Oslo, Norway : 1992)
The Spanish translation of the Edinburgh postnatal depression scale and the use of the word "desgraciada".
Transcultural psychiatry
No association between childcare and obesity at age 4 in low-income Latino children.
Pediatric obesity
Quality of life in patients postcolectomy for pediatric-onset ulcerative colitis.
Journal of pediatric gastroenterology and nutrition
Acculturation, dietary practices and risk for childhood obesity in an ethnically heterogeneous population of Latino school children in the San Francisco bay area.
Journal of immigrant and minority health
Bimodal distribution of risk for childhood obesity in urban Baja California, Mexico.
Journal of urban health : bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine
Reducing childhood obesity by eliminating 100% fruit juice.
American journal of public health
Adolescent nutritional awareness and use of food labels: results from the National Nutrition Health and Examination Survey.
BMC pediatrics
High-dose infliximab for treatment of pediatric ulcerative colitis: a survey of clinical practice.
World journal of gastroenterology
Peptide YY in children: a review.
Journal of pediatric endocrinology & metabolism : JPEM
Use of food labels, awareness of nutritional programmes and participation in the special supplemental program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC): results from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (2005-2006).
Maternal & child nutrition
Infant formula, tea, and water supplementation of latino infants at 4-6 weeks postpartum.
Journal of human lactation : official journal of International Lactation Consultant Association
The Zambia Children's KS-HHV8 Study: rationale, study design, and study methods.
American journal of epidemiology
Maternal prepregnancy body mass index and initiation and duration of breastfeeding: a review of the literature.
Journal of women's health (2002)
Maternal BMI and migration status as predictors of childhood obesity in Mexico.
Nutricion Hospitalaria
Maternal omega-3 fatty acid supplementation and risk for perinatal maternal depression.
The journal of maternal-fetal & neonatal medicine : the official journal of the European Association of Perinatal Medicine, the Federation of Asia and Oceania Perinatal Societies, the International Society of Perinatal Obstetricians
Postoperative outcome of colectomy for pediatric patients with ulcerative colitis.
Journal of pediatric gastroenterology and nutrition
Let's Move--childhood obesity prevention from pregnancy and infancy onward.
The New England journal of medicine
Impact of gluten-free camp on quality of life of children and adolescents with celiac disease.
Pediatrics
Early exclusive breastfeeding and maternal attitudes towards infant feeding in a population of new mothers in San Francisco, California.
Breastfeeding medicine : the official journal of the Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine
Maternal knowledge of infant feeding guidelines and label reading behaviours in a population of new mothers in San Francisco, California.
Maternal & child nutrition
Mortality among HIV-1- and human herpesvirus type 8-affected mother-infant pairs in Zambia.
Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention : a publication of the American Association for Cancer Research, cosponsored by the American Society of Preventive Oncology
Risk factors for macrosomia in infants born to Latina women.
Journal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association
Growth hormone treatment for growth failure in pediatric patients with Crohn's disease.
The Journal of pediatrics
Body mass index and elbow range of motion in a healthy pediatric population: a possible mechanism of overweight in children.
Journal of pediatric gastroenterology and nutrition
Traditional practices and exposure to bodily fluids in Lusaka, Zambia.
Tropical medicine & international health : TM & IH
Healthier choices and increased participation in a middle school lunch program: effects of nutrition policy changes in San Francisco.
American journal of public health
Socioeconomic status as a risk factor for HIV infection in women in East, Central and Southern Africa: a systematic review.
Journal of biosocial science
Low socioeconomic status and risk for infection with human herpesvirus 8 among HIV-1 negative, South African black cancer patients.
Epidemiology and infection
Introducing and negotiating the use of female condoms in sexual relationships: qualitative interviews with women attending a family planning clinic.
AIDS and behavior
Traditional behavioural practices, the exchange of saliva and HHV-8 transmission in sub-Saharan African populations.
British journal of cancer
Risk factors for high anti-HHV-8 antibody titers (> or =1:51,200) in black, HIV-1 negative South African cancer patients: a case control study.
BMC infectious diseases
"She drank his money": survival sex and the problem of violence in taverns in Gauteng province, South Africa.
Medical anthropology quarterly
Commercial sex work or ukuphanda? Sex-for-money exchange in Soweto and Hammanskraal area, South Africa.
Culture, medicine and psychiatry
Condom use, power and HIV/AIDS risk: sex-workers bargain for survival in Hillbrow/Joubert Park/Berea, Johannesburg.
Social science & medicine (1982)