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Selected Publications

Infant Cognition

Momin, S.R., Senn, M.K.,  Buckley, S, Buist, N.R.M., Gandhi, M., Hair, A.B., Hughes, S.O., Hodges, K.R., Lange, W.C., Papaioannou, M.A., Phan, M., Waterland, R.A., Wood, A.C. Rationale and design of the Baylor Infant Twin Study (BITS) - A study assessing obesity-related risk factors from infancy. Obesity Science & Practice. 2021; 7(1):63-70. PMCID: PMC7909590

Gunasekara, C.J., Scott, C.A., Laritsky, E., Baker, M.S., MacKay, H., Duryea, J.D., Kessler, N.J., Hellenthal, G., Wood, A.C., Hodges, K.R., Gandhi, M., Hair, A.B., Silver, M.J., Moore, S.E., Prentice, A.M., Li, Y., Chen, R., Coarfa, C., Waterland, R.A. A genomic atlas of systemic interindividual epigenetic variation in humans. Genome Biology. 2019; 20:105. PMCID: PMC6545702

Frazier-Wood, A.C., Saudino, K.J. Activity level in the lab: Overlap with shyness indicates it is more than pure motoric activity. Developmental Psychology. 2017; 53(9):1611-9. PMCID: PMC5565700

Nutritional Epidemiology

Harris, W.S., Tintle, N.L., Imamura, F., Qian, F., Korat, A.V., …,Wood, A.C., Mozaffarian, D., on behalf of the Fatty Acids and Outcomes Research Consortium (FORCE). Blood n-3 fatty acid levels and total and cause-specific mortality from 17 prospective studies Nature Communications. 2021; 12:1239. PMCID: PMC8062567

Qian, F., Korat, A.V.A., Imamura, F., Marklund, M., Tintle, N., …Wood, A.C., … Mozaffarian, D*, Sun, Q.,* on behalf of the Fatty Acids and Outcomes Research Consortium (FORCE). n-3 fatty acid biomarkers and incident type 2 diabetes: An individual participant-level pooling project of 20 prospective cohort studies Diabetes Care. 2021; 44(5):1133-42.  PMCID: PMC8132316.

Klimentidis, Y.C., Arora, A., Newell, M., Zhou, J., Ordovas, J.M., Renquist, B.J., Wood, A.C. Phenotypic and genetic characterization of lower LDL cholesterol and increased type-2 diabetes risk in the UK Biobank. Diabetes. 2020; 69(10):2194-205. PMCID: PMC7506834

Child Eating Behaviors

Campbell, H., Wood, A.C. Challenges in feeding children posed by the COVID-19 pandemic: A systematic review of changes in dietary intake combined with a dietitian’s perspective. Current Nutrition Reports. 2021; [Online ahead of print]. doi: 10.1007/s13668-021-00359-z. Not NIH funded.

Wood, A.C., Blissett, J.M., Brunstrom, J.M., Carnell, S., Faith, M.S., Fisher, J.O., Hayman, L.L., Khalsa, A.S., Hughes, S.O., Miller, A.L., Momin, S.R., Welsh, J.A., Woo, J.G., Haycraft, E. Caregiver influences on eating behaviors in young children: A scientific statement from the American Heart Association. Journal of the American Heart Association. 2020; 9(10):e014520. PMCID: PMC7660848

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. The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 2019; 110(4):814-22. PMCID: PMC6766443

Statistical Support

Jiang, X., Zhu, F., Graça, G., Du, X., Ran, J., Ahmadizar, F., Wood, A.C., Zhou Y., Scholtens, D.M., Farzaneh, A., Ikram, M.A., Kuang, A., Le Roux, C., Gadgil, M.D., Cornelis, M.C., Taylor, K.D., Guo, X., Ghanbari, M., Rasmussen-Torvik, L.J., Tracy, R.P., Bertoni, A.G., Rotter, J.I., Herrington, D.M., Greenland, P., Kavousi, M., Zhong, V.W. Serum metabolomic profiling of incident type 2 diabetes mellitus in the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis and Rotterdam Study. The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism. 2024; [Epub ahead of print]. doi: 10.1210/clinem/dgae812

Valentine, G., Antony, K.M., Sangi-Haghpeykar, H., Wood, A.C., Chirwa, R., Petro, S., Dumba, M., Nanthuru, D., Shope, C., Mlotha-Namarika, J., Wilkinson, J., Aagaard, J., Aagaard, E., Seferovic, M.D., Levinson, J., Kazembe, P., Aagaard, K.M. A cluster randomized trial of xylitol chewing gum for prevention of preterm birth: The PPaX trial. Med. 2024; [Epub ahead of print]. doi: 10/106/j.medj.2024.10.1016

Taylor, K.D., Wood, A.C., Rotter, J.I., Guo, X., Herrington, D.M., Johnson, W.C., Post, W.S., Tracy, R.P., Rich, S.S., Malik, S. Metagenomic study of the MESA: Detection of Gemella morbillorum and association with coronary heart disease. Journal of the American Heart Association. 2024; 13(19):e035693. 

Forster, C.S., Wood, A.C., Davis-Rodriguez, S., Chang, P.W., Desai, S., Tchou, M., Morrison, J.M., Mudd, J.D., Casey, B.D., Trevisanut, V., Hamdy, R.F., Vemulakonda, V., Brady, P.W., Wallace, S.S., UTI in Children with CAKUT Study Group. Frequency of treatment failure of UTIs in children with congenital urinary tract anomalies. Hospital Pediatrics. 2024; 14(3):189-196. PMCID: PMC10896743 

Gadgil, M.D., Wood, A.C., Karaman, I., Graça, G., Tzoulaki, I., Zhong, V.W., Greenland, P., Kanaya, A.M., Herrington, D.M. Metabolomic profile of the Healthy Eating Index-2015 in the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis. Journal of Nutrition. 2023; 153(8):2174-2180. PMCID: PMC10493432

Moreno, J.P., Wood, A.C., Reichek, B., Dadabhoy, H., Baranowski, T., Thompson, D., O’Connor, T.M. Examination of parent-reported differences in children’s daily screen use, sleep and sleep hygiene behaviors during the school year and summer and their association with BMI. Sleep Health. 2023; 9(3):306-313. PMCID: PMC10293069

Kennelly, A.M., McIntyre, B., Wood, A.C., Monteiro, S., Voigt, R.G. Patient satisfaction in neurodevelopmental pediatrics:  In-person versus telemedicine. Journal of Child Neurology. 2022; 37(3):181-185. Not NIH funded.

Lam, S.Y., Mommersteeg, M.C., Yu, B., …, Wood, A.C., …, Peppelenbosch, M.P. Toll-like receptor 1 locus re-examined in a genome-wide association study update on anti-Helicobacter pylori IgG titers. Gastroenterology. 2022; 162(6):1705-1715. Not NIH funded.

Murphy, R.A., Tintle, N., Harris, W.S., …, Wood, A.C., …, Mozaffarian, D. PUFA omega-3 and omega-6 biomarkers and sleep: A pooled analysis of cohort studies on behalf of the Fatty Acids and Outcomes Research Consortium (FORCE). The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 2022; 115(3):864-76. PMCID: PMC8895226

Wood, A.C., Garcia de Mitchell, C.A., Kaushik, R. Improvement in total and face-to-face provider time in a multidisciplinary craniofacial anomalies team clinic: An interventional study. The Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Journal. 2022; 59(6)779-84. Not NIH funded.

Haslam, D.E., Peloso, G.M., Guirette, M., Imamura, F., Bartz, T.M., … Wood, A.C., … McKeown, N.M. Sugar-sweetened beverage consumption may modify associations between genetic variants in the CHREBP locus and HDL-C and TG concentrations. Circulation: Genomic and Precision Medicine. 2021; 14(4):e003288. PMCID: PMC8373451

Trainee Publications

Phan, M., Momin, S., Senn, M.K., Wood, A.C. Metabolomic insights into the effects of breast milk versus formula milk feeding in infants. Current Nutrition Reports. 2019; 8(3):295-306.

Ford, C.N., Chang, S., Wood, A.C., Manson, J.E., Garcia, D.O., Laroche, H., Bird, C.E., Vitolins, M.Z. On the joint role of non-Hispanic Black race/ethnicity and weight status in predicting postmenopausal weight gain. PLoS One. 2021; 16(3):e0247821. PMCID: PMC7920337

Davis, J.S., Banfield, E., Lee, H.W., Peng, H.L., Chang, S., Wood, A.C. Lifestyle behavior patterns and mortality among adults in the NHANES 1988-1994 population: A latent profile analysis. Preventive Medicine. 2019; 120:131-9. Not NIH funded.

Ford, C., Chang, S., Vitolin, M.Z., Fenton, J.I., Howard, B., Rhee, J.J., Stefanick, M., Chen, B., Snetselaar, L., Urrutia, R., Frazier-Wood, A.C. Evaluation of diet pattern and weight status in postmenopausal women enrolled in the Women’s Health Initiative Observational Study. British Journal of Nutrition. 2017; 117(8):1189-97. PMCID: PMC5728369

Wang, Z., Manichukal, A., Goff, D.C., Mora, S., Ordovas, J.M., Pajewski, N.M., Post, W.S., Rotter, J.I., Sale, M.M., Santorico, S.A., Siscovik, D., Tsai, M.Y., Arnett, D.K., Rich, S., Frazier-Wood, A.C. Genetic associations with lipoprotein subfraction measures differ by ethnicity in the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA). Human Genetics. 2017; 136(6):715-26. PMCID: PMC5429342

Davis, J.S., Lee, H.W., Kim, J., Advani, S.M., Peng, H.L., Banfield, E., Hawk, E.T., Chang, S., Frazier-Wood, A.C. Use of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs in U.S. adults: Changes over time and by demographic. Open Heart. 2017; 4:e000550. PMCID: PMC5471872

Wang, Z., Manichukal, A., Goff, D.C., Mora, S., Ordovas, J.M., Pajewski, N.M., Post, W.S., Rotter, J.I., Sale, M.M., Santorico, S.A., Siscovik, D., Tsai, M.Y., Arnett, D.K., Rich, S., Frazier-Wood, A.C. Genetic associations with lipoprotein subfraction measures differ by ethnicity in the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA). Human Genetics. 2017; 136(6):715-26. PMCID: PMC5429342

Frazier-Wood, A.C., Wang, Z. The genetics of obesity. In: Ahima, R.S., editor. Metabolic Syndrome: A Comprehensive Textbook.  Springer International Publishing. 2016; p. 123-40.

Banfield, E.C., Liu, Y., Davis, J.S., Chang, S., Frazier-Wood, A.C. Poor adherence to US dietary guidelines for children and adolescents in the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey population. Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. 2016; 116(1):21-7. PMCID: PMC4698034

Cheung, C.H., Frazier-Wood, A.C., Asherson, P., Rijsdijk, F., Kuntsi, J. Shared cognitive impairments and aetiology in ADHD symptoms and reading difficulties. PLoS One. 2014; 9(6):e98590. PMCID: PMC4041781

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