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Fida Bacha Lab Recognition

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2021-2022 recognition

  • Shawar R, Puyau M, Bacha F. Fasting Blood Glucose and Cardiovascular Disease Risk in Hispanic Youth with Obesity. Oral presentation at the 47th International Society for Pediatric and Adolescent Diabetes (ISPAD) 2021 Virtual Conference. October 15, 2021; Winner of Support Grant Award for post-doctoral fellow Dr. Shawar.
  • Shawar R, El Ayash H, Puyau M, Bacha F. Adipokines and Bone Health in Hispanic Children. Oral presentation at the 2022 Pediatric Research Symposium (One of the Top 5 abstracts submitted), Texas Children’s Hospital, April 5, 2022. Houston, TX. 
  • El Ayash H, Shawar R, Puyau M, Bacha F. Hyperglycemia is the main determinant of cardiac autonomic dysfunction in youth with obesity across the spectrum of glycemic regulation. Poster Presentation at the Baylor College of Medicine 9th Cardiovascular Research Institute (CVRI) Symposium April 6, 2022. Houston, TX. 
  • Shawar R, El Ayash H, Puyau M, Bacha F. Adipokines and Bone Health in Hispanic Children. Poster Plus Presentation at ENDO 2022.  June, 2022. Atlanta, GA. 
  • El Ayash H, Shawar R, Puyau M, Bacha F. Hyperglycemia is the main determinant of cardiac autonomic dysfunction in youth with obesity across the spectrum of glycemic regulation. Rapid Fire e-Poster Presentation at ENDO 2022.  June, 2022. Atlanta, GA. 
  • El-Ayash H, Mohamad M, Shawar R, Kanchi R, Sharma S, Puyau M, Coarfa C, Bacha F. Glycine and Branched-Chain Amino Acids (BCAA) Metabolic Signature in Youth with Obesity and Type 2 Diabetes (T2D), Oral presentation at the American Diabetes Association’s 82nd Scientific Sessions, June 2022, New Orleans, Louisiana.