| Janet M. (Friedmann) Gilchrist, PhD, RD
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Research Assistant Professor of Pediatrics |
Phone: (501) 364-2805 |
Research Overview
With nearly two decades of experience as a Registered Dietitian, Dr. Gilchrist has clinical and research expertise in all components of energy balance, including metabolism, dietary assessment, hands-on physical assessment, body composition analysis, and physical activity monitoring. Her past research efforts have focused on prevention of obesity among vulnerable populations, including older adults and breast cancer survivors. Current research interests focus on obesity prevention among children. In the USDA-funded longitudinal Beginnings cohort study, she is evaluating the effects of type of early infant feeding and introduction of starter foods on growth and body composition. As this cohort is followed prospectively, Dr. Gilchrist will have the opportunity to relate early growth and body composition with risk of overweight and obesity among school children. Other research efforts in her laboratory include developing improved methodologies and normative reference data for body composition (%fat) among infants, toddlers, and preschool children.
Key Publications
Friedmann JM, Jensen GL, Smiciklas-Wright H, McCamish MA. Predicting early non-elective readmission in nutritionally compromised older adults. Am J Clin Nutr. 1997; 65:1714-1720.
Seale JA, Klein GL, Friedmann JM, Jensen GL, Mitchell DC, Smiciklas-Wright H. Energy expenditure measured by doubly labeled water, activity recall, and diet records in the rural elderly. Nutrition. 2002; 18:568-573.
Pivik RT, Dykman RA, Jing H, Gilchrist JM, Badger TM. The influence of infant diet on early developmental changes in processing human voice speech stimuli: ERP variations in breast and milk formula-fed infants at three and six months after birth. Developmental Neuropsychology. 2007; 31(3): 279 – 335.
Shankar K, Harrell A, Liu X, Gilchrist JM, Ronis MJJ and Badger TM. Maternal obesity at conception programs obesity in the offspring. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol. 2007; 294(2):R528.
Jing H, Pivik RT, Gilchrist JM, Badger TM. No difference indicated in electroencephalographic power spectral analysis in 3- and 6-month-old infants fed soy- or milk-based formula. Matern Child Nutr. 2008; 4(2): 136 – 145.
Research Support
ARS/USDA: Exposure to Dietary Factors Early in Human Development: Health Consequences of Phytochemical Intake – Co-Investigator
ARS/USDA: Effects of Diet and Nutrition on Psychological/Psychophysiological Functioning in Children – Co-Investigator
Life Measurement, Inc (LMi): Developing Normative Body Composition Data in Early Infancy – Principal Investigator