Alison Stuebe is interested in modifiable risk factors for metabolic disease in the perinatal period, gestational diabetes, pregnancy-associated weight gain, maternal health effects of lactation, effects of postpartum depression on breastfeeding physiology, the role of subclinical infection in breast pain, and the etiology of racial and ethnic disparities in breastfeeding, breastfeeding difficulties, and postpartum depression. … Read more

Karen Mohlke studies human genetic approaches to identify and study the function of DNA variants associated with increased body mass index, waist-hip ratio, and many traits related to metabolic and cardiovascular disease risk. (Keywords: Cardiovascular diseases (risk factors), diseases (genetic aspects), genetic approaches, genetic epidemiology, genetics, human genetics, metabolic diseases (risk factors), obesity (genetic aspects), … Read more