Alexa Barad, PhD, MS, RDN

Thanks, @shoaclarke.bsky.social! 😊

Super excited to witness this project coming to fruition! I was part of the initial pilot project that recruited ~60 participants. I can imagine the amount of work to recruit over 500 participants during the COVID years! Super impressed that @abarad.bsky.social and Kimberly got it done!

Iron & Precision Nutrition: The FeGenes Study AJCN In Press · Episode

Huge thanks to @kcklatt.bsky.social for having us on the AJCN 🎙️ to chat about the FeGenes study! Stay tuned for our next paper on the genetics of Fe absorption in this cohort, in collaboration with @yekaixiong.bsky.social. Exciting steps towards precision nutrition!
open.spotify.com/episode/091s...

Grad to share the first paper from grad student, Adanna! (Very happy to share this on Bluesky!)

Visual abstract illustrating coronary artery dominance, phenotyping using angiograms, GWAS, and downstream studies of human and mouse hearts.

Most hearts have right dominant coronary anatomy but some have left. Why? Is it random? When/how is dominance established?

Now out in @cellpress.bsky.social, the 1st GWAS of coronary dominance + experiments implicating CXCL12 as a driver of human coronary patterning!

www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...

Thanks, Shoa!! 😊

And the news report on our research: t.co/2Gh6hB0Vod

Link to the editorial: ajcn.nutrition.org/article/S000...

Access to the papers: (recommend reading in order!)
1. authors.elsevier.com/c/1kYITgSEOACR
2. authors.elsevier.com/c/1kYITgSEOAIF
3. authors.elsevier.com/c/1kYISgSEOAMW

Excited to share findings from my PhD work published in AJCN! As Dr. Hennigar noted in his editorial—“Findings from this study reframe how we think about dietary Fe requirements and build evidence for more precise Fe intake and supplementation guidelines”. Links below!👇 @nutritionorg.bsky.social

Some more detailed thoughts, and a plea to basic science #metabolism folks to collaborate with #nutrition scientists/RDs:
open.substack.com/pub/kcklatt/...

Guideline recommended statin eligibility and use among U.S. adults ages 20 to 39 years Guidelines for statin therapy emphasize treatment of adults ages 40–75 years, with less guidance for the treatment of younger adults, ages 20–39 years…

A bit delayed, but finally, here is a Skytorial (Bluetorial?) on our recent study of guideline recommended statin use in younger adults. #CardioSky #MedSky #CVPrev

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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I was told this place had better science discourse. Where you nerds at?

#nutrition nerds 🤓 ‼️

The scientific report of the Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee is live (this is the scientific report used to craft the Dietary Guidelines for Americans)

Big focus this edition on chronic disease & life-stage specific recs, with a health equity lens

DietaryGuidelines.gov

Guideline recommended statin eligibility and use among U.S. adults ages 20 to 39 years

Explore the article titled "Guideline-Recommended Statin Eligibility and Usage Among U.S. Adults Aged 20 to 39 Years." www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... #CardioSky #MedSky #AJPC @aspcardio.bsky.social