Email

jeanweih@bcm.edu

Positions

Senior Staff Scientist

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

Education

PhD from University of Toronto

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

MSc from Dalhousie University

Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

Selected Publications

• Jahoor F, Hsu JW, Mehta PB, Keene KR, Gaba R, Mulukutla SN, Caducoy E, Peacock WF, Patel SG, Rasmus B, Ake L, Balasubramanyam A.. " Metabolomic profiling of patients with A-β+ Ketosis-Prone Diabetes during diabetic ketoacidosis " Diabetes. 2021 May 21;
  Pubmed PMID: 34021044.
• Tan HC, Hsu JW, Kovalik JP, Eng A, Chan WH, Khoo CM, Tai ES, Chacko S, Jahoor F. " Branched-Chain Amino Acid Oxidation Is Elevated in Adults with Morbid Obesity and Decreases Significantly after Sleeve Gastrectomy " J Nutr. 2020 Dec 10; 150 (12) : 3180-3189.
  Pubmed PMID: 33097955.
• Tan HC, Hsu JW, Tai ES, Chacko S, Wu V, Lee CF, Kovalik JP, Jahoor F. " De novo glycine synthesis is reduced in adults with morbid obesity and increases following bariatric surgery " Front Endocrinol (Lausanne). 2022 Jun 9; 13
  Pubmed PMID: 35757406.
• Kumar P, Liu C, Hsu JW, Chacko S, Minard C, Jahoor F, Sekhar RV. " Glycine and N-acetylcysteine (GlyNAC) supplementation in older adults improves glutathione deficiency, oxidative stress, mitochondrial dysfunction, inflammation, insulin resistance, endothelial dysfunction, genotoxicity, muscle strength, and cognition " Clin Transl Med. 2021 Mar ; 11 (3) : e372.
  Pubmed PMID: 33783984.
• Kumar P, Liu C, Suliburk J, Hsu JW, Muthupillai R, Jahoor F, Minard CG, Taffet GE, Sekhar RV. " Supplementing Glycine and N-Acetylcysteine (GlyNAC) in Older Adults Improves Glutathione Deficiency, Oxidative Stress, Mitochondrial Dysfunction, Inflammation, Physical Function, and Aging Hallmarks: A Randomized Clinical Trial " J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci. 2022 Aug 17;
  Pubmed PMID: 35975308.
• Shivakumar N, Hsu JW, Kashyap S, Thomas T, Kurpad AV, Jahoor F. " Tryptophan oxidation in young children with environmental enteric dysfunction classified by the lactulose rhamnose ratio " Am J Clin Nutr. 2022 Jun 14;
  Pubmed PMID: 35700138.
• Tosur M, Hsu JW, Deen S, Huang X, Guffey D, Uysal S, Astudillo M, Redondo MJ, Jahoor F, Balasubramanyam A. " Plasma amino acid signatures define types of pediatric diabetes " Clin Nutr ESPEN. 2023 Jun 12; 57 : 21-28.
  Pubmed PMID: 37739658.
• Tan HC, Hsu JW, Tai ES, Chacko S, Kovalik JP, Jahoor F. " The impact of obesity-associated glycine deficiency on the elimination of endogenous and exogenous metabolites via the glycine conjugation pathway " Front Endocrinol (Lausanne). 2024 Apr 3; 15 : 1343738.
  Pubmed PMID: 38633754.
• Jahoor F, Hsu JW, Keene KR, Peacock WF, Huang X, Guffey D, Byun J, Bennet R, Lernmark A, Tosur M, Balasubramanyam A. " Amino acids and CART distinguish A-β+ Ketosis-Prone Diabetes from type 1 and type 2 diabetes during hyperglycemic crises " J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2025 Jan 16; dgaf033
  Pubmed PMID: 39820433.
• Tan HC, Hsu JW, Tai ES, Chacko S, Kovalik JP, Jahoor F. " The Impact of Bariatric Surgery on Glutathione Synthesis in Individuals with Severe Obesity " Antioxidants (Basel). 2024 Aug 9; 13 (8) : 967.
  Pubmed PMID: 39199212.

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Memberships

American Society for Nutrition

Canadian Nutrition Society

American Society for Mass Spectrometry