BA: Asbury University, Wilmore, KY, 1996.
MS: University of Virginia, Charlottesville ,1998.
MD: Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, 2003.
Residency: Pediatrics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, 2006.
Fellowship: Gastroenterology and Nutrition, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, 2009.
Certification: Pediatric Gastroenterology.
Pediatric gastroenterology; enteropathies; undernutrition; global health
Gastroenterology
Structure and function of the gastrointestinal tract in the context of childhood nutrition, growth, immunity, and host-microbe interactions
Gastroenterology Hepatology and Nutrition
A novel method for culturing enteric neurons generates neurospheres containing functional myenteric neuronal subtypes. Journal of Neuroscience Methods. 2024; 407:110144.
A shared group of bacterial taxa in the duodenal microbiota of undernourished Pakistani children with environmental enteric dysfunction. mSphere. 2024; 9:e0019624.
Machine-learning-based integrative -'omics analyses reveal immunologic and metabolic dysregulation in environmental enteric dysfunction. iScience. 2024; 27:110013.
Microbial cues stimulate linear growth in undernourished mice. Nature Reviews: Gastroenterology and Hepatology. 2023; 20:485-486.
Impact of diarrhoea and acute respiratory infection on environmental enteric dysfunction and growth of malnourished children in Pakistan: a longitudinal cohort study. The Lancet Regional Health - Southeast Asia. 2023; 15:100212.
Mucosal transcriptomics highlight lncRNAs implicated in ulcerative colitis, Crohn's disease, and celiac disease. JCI insight. 2023; 8.
Standard RUTF vs. locally-made RUSF for acutely malnourished children: A quasi-experimental comparison of the impact on growth and compliance in a rural community of Pakistan. PloS one. 2023; 18:e0287962.
GATA6-AS1 Regulates Intestinal Epithelial Mitochondrial Functions, and its Reduced Expression is Linked to Intestinal Inflammation and Less Favourable Disease Course in Ulcerative Colitis. Journal of Crohn's and Colitis. 2023; 17:960-971.
Quantitative Morphometry and Machine Learning Model to Explore Duodenal and Rectal Mucosal Tissue of Children with Environmental Enteric Dysfunction. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 2023; 108:672-683.
Essential Fatty Acid Deficiency Associates with Growth Faltering and Environmental Enteric Dysfunction in Children. Metabolites. 2023; 13.