The Children’s Nutrition Research Center (CNRC) is a unique cooperative venture between Baylor College of Medicine, Texas Children's Hospital and the U.S. Department of Agriculture/Agricultural Research Service (USDA/ARS). The center has 50 faculty members conducting nutrition-related research and a total staff of more than 200.
Texas Children's is creating a healthier future for children and women across our global community through our leadership in patient care, education and research. We’re proud of the daily efforts that build into cumulative medical results and discoveries accomplished by each of our institutions.
The Children’s Nutrition Research Center is the first federal nutrition research center to investigate the nutritional needs of children from conception through adolescence, and that of pregnant women and nursing mothers. It is 1 of 6 U.S. Department of Agriculture human nutrition research centers conducting scientific investigations designed to provide Americans with a clear understanding of the role of nutrition in maintaining a healthy, active life.
Submissions from 2023
Pgc-1α Senses the CBC of Pre-mRNA To Dictate the Fate of Promoter-Proximally Paused Rnapii, Xavier Rambout, Hana Cho, Roméo Blanc, et al.
RAB1A Haploinsufficiency Phenocopies the 2p14-p15 Microdeletion and Is Associated With Impaired Neuronal Differentiation, Jonathan J Rios, Yang Li, Nandina Paria, et al.
Characteristics of Type 2 Diabetes in Female and Male Youth, Beatriz Castillo Rodriguez, Marcela Astudillo, Mustafa Tosur, et al.
History of Childhood Physical Abuse Is Associated With Gut Microbiota Diversity Among Adult Psychiatric Inpatients, Jessica C Rohr, Katelynn A Bourassa, Dominique S Thompson, et al.
The EN-TEx Resource of Multi-Tissue Personal Epigenomes & Variant-Impact Models, Joel Rozowsky, Jiahao Gao, Beatrice Borsari, et al.
Prematurity Blunts Protein Synthesis in Skeletal Muscle Independently of Body Weight in Neonatal Pigs, Marko Rudar, Jane K Naberhuis, Agus Suryawan, et al.
Regulation of Skeletal Muscle Protein Synthesis in the Preterm Pig by Intermittent Leucine Pulses During Continuous Parenteral Feeding, Marko Rudar, Agus Suryawan, Hanh V Nguyen, et al.
Induction of Astrocytic Slc22a3 Regulates Sensory Processing Through Histone Serotonylation, Debosmita Sardar, Yi-Ting Cheng, Junsung Woo, et al.
Associations Between Avocado Intake and Measures of Glucose and Insulin Homeostasis in Hispanic Individuals with and Without Type 2 Diabetes: Results from the Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos (HCHS/SOL), MacKenzie K Senn, Mark O Goodarzi, Gautam Ramesh, et al.
Whole Genome Analysis of Venous Thromboembolism: the Trans-Omics for Precision Medicine Program, Amanda A Seyerle, Cecelia A Laurie, Brandon J Coombes, et al.
Genome-Wide Association Study of Lung Adenocarcinoma In East Asia and Comparison With A European Population, Jianxin Shi, Kouya Shiraishi, Jiyeon Choi, et al.
Feasibility of a Food-Based Diabetes Self-Management Education Intervention for Food Insecure Patients With Type 2 Diabetes: A Convergent Mixed Methods Study, Eliza Short, Debbe Thompson, Douglas Taren, et al.
Commentary: Effect Evaluation of Sahtak Bi Sahnak, a Lebanese Secondary School-Based Nutrition Intervention: A Cluster Randomised Trial, Abu Bakkar Siddique, Andrew W Brown, Lilian Golzarri-Arroyo, et al.
Fit24, a Digital Health Intervention to Reduce Type 2 Diabetes Risk Among Hispanic Youth: Protocol for a Feasibility Pilot Study, Erica G Soltero, Callie Lopez, Salma M Musaad, et al.
An SMS Text Message-Based Type 2 Diabetes Prevention Program for Hispanic Adolescents With Obesity: Qualitative Co-Design Process, Erica Soltero, Callie Lopez, Sandra Mihail, et al.
Total Daily Energy Expenditure Has Declined over the Past Three Decades Due to Declining Basal Expenditure, Not Reduced Activity Expenditure, John R Speakman, Jasper M A de Jong, Srishti Sinha, et al.
Initial Insights into the Genetic Variation Associated with Metformin Treatment Failure in Youth with Type 2 Diabetes, Shylaja Srinivasan, Ling Chen, Miriam Udler, et al.
Preterm Birth Alters the Feeding-Induced Activation of Akt Signaling in the Muscle of Neonatal Piglets, Agus Suryawan, Marko Rudar, Jane K Naberhuis, et al.
How Societal Forces of Change Are Transforming Youth Physical Activity Promotion in North America, Jacob Szeszulski, Jamie M Faro, Rodney P Joseph, et al.
Pseudohypercreatininemia After Surgery for Aortic Dissection: A Case Report, Ayako Tasaki, Makoto Fukuda, Yuki Ikeda, et al.
A Pilot Genome-Wide Association Study Meta-Analysis of Gastroparesis, Leticia Camargo Tavares, Tenghao Zheng, Madeline Kwicklis, et al.
Diet Quality among Pre-Adolescent African American Girls in a Randomized Controlled Obesity Prevention Intervention Trial, Debbe Thompson, Yiming Mirabile, Noemi Islam, et al.
See Me, Hear Me, Know Me: Perspectives on Diet and Physical Activity Influences among Teens Living in Rural Texas Communities, Debbe Thompson, Julie Miranda, Chishinga Callender, et al.
Differential Co-Expression Networks of the Gut Microbiota Are Associated With Depression and Anxiety Treatment Resistance Among Psychiatric Inpatients, Dominique S Thompson, Chenlian Fu, Tanmay Gandhi, et al.
Second International Consensus Report on Gaps and Opportunities for the Clinical Translation of Precision Diabetes Medicine, Deirdre K Tobias, Jordi Merino, Abrar Ahmad, et al.