Alexis Wood, Ph.D
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Alexis Wood, Ph.D
Assistant Professor
Positions
- Assistant Professor
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Pediatrics-Nutrition
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, TX US
- Member
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Dan L Duncan Comprehensive Cancer Center
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, Texas United States
- Biostatistician
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RRO Office, Baylor College of Medicine
Addresses
- Children's Nutrition Research Center (Office)
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Room: CNRC-2036
Houston, TX 77030
United States
Phone: (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.
- Momin, S.R., Hughes, S.O., Elias, C., Papaioannou, M.A., Phan, M., Vides, D., Wood, A.C. "Observations of Toddlers' sensory-based exploratory behaviors with a novel food." Appetite. 2018 131 : 108-16.
Memberships
- American Heart Association
- member (01/2009)
- Behavior Genetics Association
- Member (01/2006)
- Dan L Duncan Comprehensive Cancer Center
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
- Overcoming Obstacles in Epigenetic Analysis of Human Twins (04/14/2016 - 04/13/2018) Grant funding from NIH
- Role: Co-PI
- Novel Multimodal Postoperative Arrhythmia Detection Tool in Children with Congenital Heart Disease (07/01/2019 - 06/30/2020) Grant funding from Baylor College of Medicine Pilot Awards
- Role: Biostatistician
- Evaluation of an Educational Intervention to Improve Early Detection of Childhood Cancers and Blood Disorders Among Front-Line Health Workers in Botswana (07/01/2019 - 06/30/2020) Baylor College of Medicine Pilot Award
- Role: Biostatistician
- Associations between blood fatty acids and sleep duration: a pooled analysis of prospective cohort studies (06/25/2018 - 12/31/2019) International Life Sciences Institute (ILSI) North America
- Role: Biostatistician
- Impact of the gut microbiome and diet on change in insulin homeostasis and cardiometabolic risk (04/01/2017 - 03/31/2022) NIH
- Role: Subcontract PI
- Genetics at the interface of lipid and glycemic traits (04/01/2018 - 03/31/2021) NIH
- Role: Co-investigator
- Avocado Intake and Type 2 Diabetes Prevention: A Metabolomic Enhanced Analysis (01/01/2020 - 12/31/2020) Hass Avocado Board
- Role: PI
- Improving Repair of Female Reproductive Anomalies (09/01/2017 - 08/31/2020) NIH
- Role: Biostatistician
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