Research Projects
We are interested in how body composition, bone turnover, and skeletal strength are altered in the face of a chronic disease. Our current studies are exploring physical and mental health outcomes in:
- Childhood Cancer Survivors
- Adolescent Girls and Young Women with Premature Ovarian Insufficiency
- Teenage Mothers
- Adolescents with Delayed Puberty
- Children and Adolescents with Inflammatory Bowel Disease
- Adolescents with Restrictive Eating Disorders
- Children with the rare disease, Hutchinson Gilford Progeria Syndrome
Clinical Studies
IRB Number: H-52098
Study Title: POI In Childhood Cancer Survivors
A Pilot study examining multiple physical and psychological outcomes in adolescent girls and young women, age 10-24 years, who are long-term cancer survivors. Each participant has received an alkylating agent and/or radiation therapy in the past and has evidence of ovarian insufficiency as evidence by an elevated follicle stimulating hormone (FSH) level and either delayed puberty or menstrual irregularities.
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IRB Number: H-50638
Study Title: Skeletal Health and Marrow Composition in Youth
This is a NIH subaward-funded study through Boston Children’s Hospital to examine bone marrow adiposity after pubertal blockade and the relation to bone density and accrual in young adolescents. Enrollment is taking place in Boston, MA and Cincinnati, OH and Dr. Catherine Gordon is serving as a collaborator from Baylor College of Medicine.
