Nicholas J. Ollberding, PhD

Associate Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
UC Department of Rehabilitation, Exercise, and Nutrition Sciences

nicholas.ollberding@cchmc.org

About

Biography

Nicholas Ollberding is an epidemiologist with applied research interests into the role of diet in the etiology and progression of chronic disease and the impact of the developing infant intestinal microbiome on growth and early development. Areas of methodical research interest include the application and development of analytical methods for microbial metagenomic next-generation sequence data, dietary assessment and analysis methodology, predictive modeling, and casual inference. He also collaborates broadly as a quantitative methodologist in the area of health sciences research and leads the Biostatistics Core of the Heart Institute Research Core and the Microbial Metagenomics Analysis Center at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center.

Interests

Nutritional epidemiology; microbial metagenomics; quantitative methods; dietary assessment and analysis methodology

Research Areas

Biostatistics and Epidemiology

Publications

Clinical Risk Assessment and Prediction in Congenital Heart Disease Across the Lifespan: JACC Scientific Statement. Opotowsky, AR; Khairy, P; Diller, G; Kasparian, NA; Brophy, J; Jenkins, K; Lopez, KN; McCoy, A; Moons, P; Ollberding, NJ; Rathod, RH; Rychik, J; Thanassoulis, G; Vasan, RS; Marelli, A. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 2024; 83:2092-2111.

Cardiac atrial pathology in Duchenne muscular dystrophy. Greiner, E; Breaux, A; Kasten, J; Seo, JD; Ollberding, NJ; Spar, D; Ryan, TD; Lang, SM; Tian, C; Sawnani, H; Villa, CR. Muscle and Nerve. 2024; 69:572-579.

Lung Transplantation for Children with Refractory Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome. Koh, W; Zang, H; Ollberding, NJ; Hayes, D. Annals of the American Thoracic Society. 2024; 21:672-675.

Acute pancreatitis is associated with gut dysbiosis in children. Dike, CR; Ollberding, NJ; Thompson, T; Kotha, N; Minar, P; Vitale, DS; Lin, TK; Nasr, A; Denson, LA; Haslam, DB; Abu-El-Haija, M. Digestive and Liver Disease. 2024; 56:444-450.

Time to Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy Initiation and 90-Day Major Adverse Kidney Events in Children and Young Adults. Gist, KM; Menon, S; Anton-Martin, P; Bigelow, AM; Cortina, G; Deep, A; De La Mata-Navazo, S; Gelbart, B; Gorga, S; Guzzo, I; Uber, A; Zang, H; Zappitelli, M; Selewski, DT. JAMA Network Open. 2024; 7:e2349871.

A decentralized delivery program for rheumatic heart disease treatment and prevention in Uganda. Nakagaayi, D; Pulle, J; Otim, I; Akiya, OC; Otto, OH; Danforth, K; Longenecker, CT; Ollberding, N; Sarnacki, R; Nakitto, M; Webel, A; Beaton, A; Okello, E; Watkins, D. Nature Medicine. 2024; 30:12-13.

Ventricular global function index is associated with clinical outcomes in pediatric pulmonary hypertension. Ta, HT; Critser, PJ; Schäfer, M; Ollberding, NJ; Taylor, MD; Di Maria, MV; Hirsch, R; Ivy, DD; Frank, BS. Journal of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance. 2023; 25:39.

Microbiota-derived butyrate dampens linaclotide stimulation of the guanylate cyclase C pathway in patient-derived colonoids. Velez Lopez, A; Waddell, A; Antonacci, S; Castillo, D; Santucci, N; Ollberding, NJ; Eshleman, EM; Denson, LA; Alenghat, T. Neurogastroenterology and Motility. 2023; 35:e14681.

Biomarker-based risk model to predict persistent multiple organ dysfunctions after congenital heart surgery: a prospective observational cohort study. Benscoter, AL; Alten, JA; Atreya, MR; Cooper, DS; Byrnes, JW; Nelson, DP; Ollberding, NJ; Wong, HR. Critical Care (UK). 2023; 27:193.

Phosphate-Containing vs. Phosphate-Free Solutions in Pediatric Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy: A WE-ROCK Study. Zafar, F; Gist, KM; Neyra, JA; Selewski, DT; Zang, H; Ollberding, NJ; Menon, S. Journal of the American Society of Nephrology : JASN. 2023; 34:231.