Email

Positions

Assistant Professor

Pediatrics-Nutrition
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, TX, US

Member

Dan L Duncan Comprehensive Cancer Center
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, Texas, United States

Biostatistician

RRO Office, Baylor College of Medicine

Addresses

Children's Nutrition Research Center (Office)

Room: CNRC-2036
Houston, TX 77030
United States
(713) 798-7055

Education

BS from University of Warwick

06/2002 - Coventry, United Kingdom

Psychology and Philosophy

MS from Kings College London

10/2006 - London

Social, Genetic and Developmental Psychiatry

PhD from Kings College London

10/2009 - London

Social, Genetic and Developmental Psychiatry

Post-Doctoral Fellowship at University of Alabama at Birmingham

06/2012 - Birmingham, Alabama

Statistical Genetics, Epidemiology

Honors & Awards

Conference Award Finalist

MD Anderson Energy Balance Retreat (02/2014)

Scott Grundy Award for Excellence in Metabolism Research

American Heart Association (03/2013)

2nd place

UAB Annual Postdoctoral Research Day (02/2012)

1st Place

NORC “Creativity is Decision" (06/2011)

1st Place

Center for Cardiovascular Disease Biology Annual Retreat (05/2011)

2nd place

Center for Cardiovascular Disease Biology Annual Retreat (05/2011)

1st Place

SOPH 3rd Annual Public Health Research day (04/2011)

Young Investigator Award Finalist

American Heart Association EPI/NPAM conference (03/2011)

Young Investigator Award

2nd Annual International Congress on ADHD (05/2009)

Best paper winner

Our paper "Cognitive performance and BMI: shared genetics between BMI and reaction time, but not response inhibition, across childhood" was selected as one of 6 winning entries to the society's annual conference and featured in a special symposium.

The Obesity Society (11/2014)

Associate Faculty Member F1000 Prime

Appointed an Associate Faculty Member of the Faculty of 1000 http://f1000.com/

F1000 Prime (09/2014)

Mark Bieber Award for Excellence in Nutrition Research

American Heart Association (03/2015)

Websites

Selected Publications

• Frazier-Wood, A., C., Pena, O., Carnell, S., Hughes, S. O., O’Connor, T. M., Asherson, P., and Kuntsi J "Cognitive performance and BMI in childhood: Shared genetic influences between reaction time but not response inhibition.." Obesity. 2014 November ; 22 (11): 2312-8. Pubmed PMID: 25376398
• Merino, J., Guasch-Ferre, M., Ellervik, C., Dashti, H.S., Sharp, S.J., Wu, P., … Frazier-Wood, A.C., … Florez,, J.C. "Quality of dietary fat and genetic risk of type 2 diabetes: Individual participant data meta-analysis." BMJ. 2019 266 : 366:14292.
• Wood, A.C., Vainik, U., Engelhardt, L.E., Briley, D.A., Groetzinger, A., Church, J.A., Harden, K.P., Tucker-Drob, E.M. "Genetic overlap between executive functions and BMI in childhood.." AJCN. 2019 110 (4): 814-22.
• Wood, A.C., Wren, J.D., Allison "The need for greater rigor in childhood nutrition and obesity research." JAMA Peds. 2019 173 (4): 311-2.

Memberships

American Heart Association

member (01/2009)

Behavior Genetics Association

Member (01/2006)

Funding

Early Genetic and Environmental Influences on Adiposity:The Baylor Infant Twin (BITS) Study

(10/01/2014 - 09/30/2018) Grant funding from USDA

Role: PI

Hummus for Health: Dietary Quality and Gut Microbiota in Toddlers

(01/01/2016 - 12/31/2017) Grant funding from Sabra Dipping Company

Role: Co-PI

ROLE OF PUFA-GENE INTERACTIONS IN HEALTH DISPARITIES

(12/01/2015 - 11/30/2020) Grant funding from NIH

Role: Subcontract PI

Ethnic Differences in Lipoprotein Risk Factors - #14BGIA18740011

(03/01/2014 - 12/31/2016) Grant funding from American Heart Association

Role: PI