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 2025
Therapeutic Radiation Drives Leptomeningeal Dissemination of Medulloblastoma Through an Innate Immune Process, Carolina Nör, Kaitlin Kharas, Alex Rasnitsyn, et al.
Establishing Standardized Transthoracic Echocardiography Reference Ranges for Mouse Models: Insights Into the Impact of Anesthesia, Sex, and Age, Manuela A Oestereicher, Christopher S Ward, Elida Schneltzer, et al.
Predictors of Response to Emergent Therapies in Paediatric Immune Thrombocytopenia, Candelaria O'Farrell, Taylor M Luckie, Matthew J Willis, et al.
Food-Related Behaviors of Rural (Asaase Kooko) and Peri-Urban (Kaadjanor) Households in Ghana, Prince Kwabena Osei, Megan A McCrory, Matilda Steiner-Asiedu, et al.
The Overlooked Impact of Background Diet and Adherence in Nutrition Trials, Javier I Ottaviani, Hagen Schroeter, Dennis M Bier, et al.
Associations among Human Milk Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids and Infant Sleep Patterns: A Cross-Sectional Study, Ana M Palacios, Dominick J Lemas, Bridget E Young, et al.
Metabolic Signatures in Adipose Tissue Linking Lipophilic Persistent Organic Pollutant Mixtures to Blood Pressure Five Years After Bariatric Surgery Among Adolescents, Shudi Pan, Zhenjiang Li, Douglas I Walker, et al.
MBNL Loss of Function in Smooth Muscle as a Model for Myotonic Dystrophy Associated Gastrointestinal Dysmotility, Janel A M Peterson, Jesus A Frias, Andrew N Miller, et al.
Sleep-Disordered Breathing Subtypes and Future Diet Quality in the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis, Kaitlin S Potts, Cecilia Castro-Diehl, Tianyi Huang, et al.
The Joint Association of Diet Quality and Sleep Regularity with Incident Cardiovascular Disease in the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis, Kaitlin S Potts, Claire Veldkamp, Alexis C Wood, et al.
The Neonatal Gut Microbiome in Health and Disease, Geoffrey A Preidis
Prediction Models of Basal Energy Expenditure in Children and Adolescents Across the BMI Spectrum Based on Room Calorimetry: A Cross-Sectional Cohort Study, Maurice Puyau, Roman Shypailo, Nancy F Butte, et al.
Regulating Chemoresistance and Cancer Stemness: The CDH17-Yap Pathway in Distinct Cellular States of Lung Cancer CTC Clusters, Zujun Que, Dan Qi, Yun Yang, et al.
Src/FN1 Pathway Activation Drives Tumor Cell Cluster Formation and Metastasis in Lung Cancer: A Promising Therapeutic Target, Zujun Que, Zhichao Xi, Dan Qi, et al.
Amino Acid Signaling in Skeletal Muscle Is Blunted by Prematurity in a Piglet Model, Antonio C Ramos Dos Santos, Agus Suryawan, Ki Beom Jang, et al.
Quality-of-Care Measures for Cardio-Oncology: An IC-OS and ACC Cardio-Oncology Leadership Council Perspective, Vijay U Rao, Anita Deswal, Daniel Lenihan, et al.
Gastroesophageal Reflux and Gastrointestinal Symptoms After Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery in Adolescents: An 8-year Follow-up Analysis, John B Rode, Suhail A Zeineddin, Jane C Khoury, et al.
Mid-life Anti-inflammatory Metabolites Are Inversely Associated With Long-Term Cardiovascular Disease Events, Anum Saeed, Chris McKennan, Jiaxuan Duan, et al.
Proteomics-Based Aging Clocks in Midlife or Late-Life and Their Associated Risk of Dementia, Sanaz Sedaghat, Saeun Park, Rob F Walker, et al.
Polo-Like Kinase 1 Inactivation Enhances PI3K Inhibition-Mediated Apoptosis of NOTCH1-Mutant Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma, Pooja A Shah, Tuhina Mazumdar, Soma Ghosh, et al.
Functional Regulation of Macrophages by Ces1d-Mediated Lipid Signaling in Immunometabolism, Long J Shao, Fathima Elizondo, Feng Gao, et al.
Randomized Trial: Peppermint Oil (Menthol) Pharmacokinetics in Children and Effects on Gut Motility in Children With Functional Abdominal Pain: 540 mg vs. 900 mg Dose Comparison, Robert J Shulman, Bruno P Chumpitazi, Daniel Gonzalez, et al.
High-Resolution Peripheral Quantitative Computed Tomography Reliability and Accuracy of Bone Density and Morphology Properties in Children, Roman J Shypailo, Chadi Calarge, Punam K Saha, et al.
Exploring the Acute Effects of Sedentary Behaviors on Cardiometabolic Risk in Hispanic Adolescents with Obesity: A Randomized Crossover Study, Erica G Soltero, Osamah Salim, Yiming Mirabile, et al.
Exogenous Arginine Differentially Regulates Inflammatory Cytokine and Inducible Nitric Oxide Synthase Expression in Macrophages, Kelsey Stayer, Saliha Pathan, Aalekhya Biswas, et al.