Pediatric Infectious Diseases and Neonatology | Global Child Health and Nutrition Research | University of Washington. Views are my own.
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17 May 2022
After more years of education than I want to count, it's finally done. Here's to never taking an exam at Prometric again!
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Full version of new @WHO guidelines on acute malnutrition now released, including the prevention section!who.int/news/item/20-11-2023โฆ
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4 Oct 2023
๐meta-analysis of 118,000 pregnancies including data from our Keneba field station reveals insights on pregnancy weight gain & birth outcomes @bmj_latest tinyurl.com/47twkafv
Low๐คฐ๐พweight gainโก๏ธlow birthweight, smaller heads.
Excess๐คฐ๐พweight gainโก๏ธprematurity, macrosomia.
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A neglected topic that needs more focus! Great work to all the authors @Lelijveld_et_al
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24 Sep 2023
Our new editorial in @AJCNutrition accompanying an important manuscript on long-term outcomes of childhood survivors of SAM
authors.elsevier.com/a/1hn7nโฆ
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18 Sep 2023
Congrats to Dr. Taylor Hendrixson on receiving a K23 award for his study! bit.ly/3PhVCeq
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13 Sep 2023
Today in @Nature a synthesis of the epidemiology of child #malnutrition in the Global South published in 3 papers led by our team. Below, Iโll highlight a few of the results #epitwitter #Medtwitter #tweetorial ๐งต (1/17)
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19 Aug 2023
Received a NOA for my K23 today from @NICHD_NIH! Looking forward to this project with my mentors Drs. John-Stewart and McGrath @GlobalWACh
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122 million more people pushed into hunger since 2019 due to multiple crises, reveals UN report @unicef shar.es/afV4xp
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10 Jul 2023
๐ The management sections of the @WHO guideline on the prevention & management of wasting and nutritional oedema have been released
We are delighted to see section 1 dedicated to the management of infants <6 months at-risk of poor growth & development โฌ๏ธ childwasting.org/normative-gโฆ
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29 Jun 2023
A new report from WHO & @UNICEF calls for greater attention and investment in childrenโs vital first years.
The period up to the age of 3 โ when the brain grows fastest โ provides a critical window to improve lifelong health and well-being bit.ly/3PC4i11
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27 Jun 2023
5 Malaria cases in Texas and Florida are the first US spread since 2003
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23 May 2023
Dr. @DTHendrixsonMD, @uwpediatrics Assistant Professor, with @GlobalWACh @KEMRI_Kenya & NW Metabolic Center, will generate data on metabolite compositions for interventions benefiting HIV-exposed & HIV-unexposed uninfected children at risk for poor growth. bit.ly/3BS1a96
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17 Nov 2022
Families play a central role in the care of babies #BornTooSoon and too small and their involvement has been shown to:
๐ฆ decrease serious infections
๐ผ increase growth
๐ฅ shorten hospital stays
๐ฝ decrease parental anxiety
#WPD2022
#ForEveryChild, to survive & thrive
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1 Nov 2022
NEW research alert โ๏ธ Newborn MUAC identifies LBW infants and infants at risk of neonatal mortality in Sierra Leone.
MUAC did not predict who would be stunted or wasted at 6 months.
@DTHendrixsonMD and @PPB_RUTF Team ๐
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13 Oct 2022
Excited to attend this series and learn about innovative approaches to address the double burden of malnutrition!
13 Oct 2022
What factors contribute to the double burden of malnutrition (DBM) -the coexistence of undernutrition & obesity? Join #NICHD Oct 19-20 to discuss behavior changes, intervention programs, & more. Introductory remarks by #Fogarty director Roger Glass: nichd.nih.gov/about/meetingsโฆ
ALT Graphic with photo collage of children and portrait photo of Dr. Roger Glass along with the words: Socio-Ecological Factors and the Double Burden of Malnutrition (DBM) Among Children and Adolescents in Low- and Middle-Income Countries (LMICs). NICHD Global Health Conference. Introductory remarks by: Dr. Roger Glass, Fogarty Director. October 19-20, 2022. 12:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. each day.
24 Jun 2022
As food prices climb, the price of life-saving RUTF has sharply increased. More children are developing acute wasting- one child per minute, into severe malnutrition shar.es/afoH4a
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17 May 2022
Nice editorial in @AJCNutrition on the infant formula crisis in the US.
Infant and child formula shortages: now is the time to prevent recurrences academic.oup.com/ajcn/advancโฆ
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17 May 2022
Cost of RUTF project to increase by 16%! A large portion of children with malnutrition do not receive this live saving intervention bc of lack of access and costs. We must do more for the world's children- they are the future.
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โIf we donโt act now we will see an avalanche of child deaths in a matter of weeks."
@MohamedFall raises the alarm on the devastating impact of drought in the Horn of Africa.
unicef.org/press-releases/leโฆ
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