The effects of iron deficiency (ID) during infancy extend beyond the hematologic compartment and include short- and long-term adverse effects on many tissues including the brain. However, sensitive biomarkers of iron-dependent brain health are lacking in humans. To determine whether serum and cer...
The gut microbiome has been implicated in multiple human chronic gastrointestinal (GI) disorders. Determining its mechanistic role in disease has been difficult due to apparent disconnects between animal and human studies and lack of an integrated multi-omics view of disease-specific physiologica...
Multi-center, prospective observational cohort study of individuals with congenital heart defects (CHD). Phenotypic data and source DNA of probands, parents, and families of interest are being collected to investigate relationships between genetic factors and phenotypic and clinical outcomes in p...