Publications and Presentations

Selected Recent Publications

Onuoha O, Carlson SE, Christifano DN. Vitamin A Status in Pregnancy and Birth Outcomes. Current Opinions in Physiology. Volume 48, 2026, 100947, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cophys.2026.100947.

Wu J, Christifano DN, Carlson SE, Gajewski BJ. Estimating Baseline Cutoffs for DHA Dosage in Preterm Birth Prevention: A Bayesian Personalized Change-Point Analysis. J Appl Stat. 2026 Feb 6:10.1080/02664763.2026.2625118. doi: 10.1080/02664763.2026.2625118. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 41788607; PMCID: PMC12959820.

Cortez NR, Hull HR, Christifano DN, Carlson SE, Goday PS. Feeding the hospitalized large-for-gestational-age infant: Clinical dilemmas and the need for growth standards. Nutr Clin Pract. 2026 Mar 11. doi: 10.1002/ncp.70114. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 41813643.

Kracht CL, Bolamperti G, Breeden R, Crocker M, Christifano DN, Gibler RC, Gyllenborg G, Johnson P, Lovell J, Mathews L, Onuoha O, Samaroo N, Trofimoff AS, Weidling P, Wallisch A. Melatonin Use in Young Children: A Systematic Review. JAMA Netw Open. 2026 Jan 2;9(1):e2551958. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2025.51958. PMID: 41481289; PMCID: PMC12761335.

Brown AR, Gajewski BJ, Mudaranthakam DP, Carlson SE, Dutta S, Christifano DN. Exploring Bayesian adaptive designs in multi-arm randomized controlled trials with a patient preference arm. J Biopharm Stat. 2025 Dec 23:1-14. doi: 10.1080/10543406.2025.2604125. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 41432293; PMCID: PMC12933519.

Colombo J, Shaddy DJ, Mathis N, Christifano DN, Brown AR, Gajewski BJ, Carlson SE, Gustafson KM. Effects of Prenatal DHA Dose on Infant Visual Attention. Dev Psychobiol. 2025 Sep;67(5):e70072. doi: 10.1002/dev.70072. PMID: 40791013. (J)

Christifano DN, Gustafson K, Colombo J, Carlson SE. Chapter 35 Long-chain Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids in Neurobehavioral Development. Polin & Fox: Fetal and Neonatal Physiology. 7th edition Textbook. 2025. Proofs Accepted. (I)

Christifano D, Liao K, Mathis N, Colombo J, Hinton-Chollet L, Carlson S, Gustafson K. Neuroprotective Nutrients in Pregnancy and Infant Brain Function. Clinical Nutrition ESPEN. 2025 May 22;68:417-422. doi: 10.1016/j.clnesp.2025.05.030. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 40412614.

Fortin-Miller SA, Gajewski BJ, Carlson SE, Colombo JA, Christifano DN, Sullivan DK, Hull HR. Ethnicity modifies the relationship between added sugars and fructose exposure in the first 1000 days and offspring body composition at 24 months. Nutr Res. 2025 Apr 19;139:1-15. doi: 10.1016/j.nutres.2025.04.009. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 40381608.

Griebel-Thompson AK, Sands S, Chollet-Hinton L, Christifano D, Sullivan DK, Hull H, Camargo JT, Carlson SE. Maternal Urinary Fluoride Levels of a Large Pregnancy Cohort in the United States: Findings from the ADORE Study. Environ Health Perspect. 2025 Apr;133(3-4):47001. doi: 10.1289/EHP14711. Epub 2025 Apr 4. PMID: 40043234; PMCID: PMC11980916.

Dutta S, Boyd S, Carlson SE, Christifano DN, Lee GT, Smith SA, Gajewski BJ. Enhancing DHA
supplementation adherence: A Bayesian approach with finite mixture models and irregular interim
schedules in adaptive trial designs. Stat Methods Med Res. 2024 Oct 4. doi:
10.1177/09622802241283165. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 39363807.

Shi X, Wick J, Christifano DN, Carlson SE, Brown A, Mudaranthakam D, Gajewski B. DHA
supplementation for early preterm birth prevention: an application of Bayesian finite mixture models to adaptive clinical trial design optimization. Contemporary Clinical Trials. 2024.

Christifano DN, Gustafson KM, Carlson SE, Mathis NB, Brown A, Onuoha O, Taylor MK. The Role of Fresh Beef Intake and Mediterranean Diet Adherence during Pregnancy in Maternal and Infant Health Outcomes. Nutrients. 2024 May 9;16(10):1436. doi: 10.3390/nu16101436. PMID: 38794674; PMCID: PMC11124296.

Drenckpohl DC, Christifano DN, Carlson SE. Is choline deficiency an unrecognized factor in necrotizing enterocolitis of preterm infants? Pediatr Res. 2024 Apr 24. doi: 10.1038/s41390-024-03212-5. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 38658665.

Christifano DN, Gustafson KM, Carlson SE, Sultanna N, Brown A, Sands SA, Colombo J, Gajewski BJ. Maternal Docosahexaenoic Acid Exposure Needed to Achieve Maternal-Newborn EQ. Nutrients. 2022 Aug 12;14(16):3300. doi: 10.3390/nu14163300. PMID: 36014806; PMCID: PMC9412712.

Christifano DN, Chollet-Hinton L, Mathis NB, Gajewski BJ, Carlson SE, Colombo J, Gustafson KM. DHA Supplementation During Pregnancy Enhances Maternal Vagally Mediated Cardiac Autonomic Control in Humans. J Nutr. 2023 Jan 14;152(12):2708-2715. doi: 10.1093/jn/nxac178. PMID: 35953431; PMCID: PMC9839999.

Christifano DN, Chollet-Hinton L, Hoyer D, Schmidt A, Gustafson KM. Intake of eggs, choline, lutein, zeaxanthin, and DHA during pregnancy and their relationship to fetal neurodevelopment. Nutr Neurosci. 2023 Aug;26(8):749-755. doi: 10.1080/1028415X.2022.2088944. Epub 2022 Jun 17. PMID: 35715980; PMCID: PMC9758270.

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Recent Presentations

"Seafood Intake in Maternal and Child Health: Guidelines, Evidence & Practice. International Food Information Council"
International Food Information Council meeting held October 23, 2025.

"Exposome and DOHaD: Unraveling Consequences of Obesity in Pregnancy for the Health of the Offspring"
International DOHaD Congree meeting held September 9, 2025.

"Maternal and Infant Lipid Nutrition"
International Society for the Study of Fatty Acids and Lipids Congress meeting held June 3, 2025.

"Docosahexaenoic Acid intake Among KS WIC Clients"
American Society for Nutrition Meeting held on June 2, 2025.

"The Role of Nutrition in Maternal and Infant Health"
KC-DONS Seminar Lecture held on February 7, 2025.

"The Role of Docosahexaenoic Acid in Pregnancy"
Presented during OBGYN Resident Research Day held April 26, 2024, in Kansas City, Kansas.

"The Role of Docosahexaenoic Acid in Pregnancy"
Kansas Women, Infant, Children Program annual conference held April 23, 2024, in Wichita, Kansas.

"DHA Supplementation during Pregnancy: Clinical and Research Opportunities"
Presented at the Kansas City OB-GYN meeting held September 22, 2023, in Kansas City, Kansas.

"DHA Supplementation During Pregnancy: Timing, Dose, and Birth Outcomes"
Presented at the Developmental Origins of Health and Disease annual conference held September 18, 2023, in Kansas City, Kansas.