Category: Students

Amy Nichols, a doctoral candidate in our lab, and Dr. Widen recently published a paper in the Journal of Developmental Origins of Health and Disease in the article titled, “Prepregnancy obesity is associated with lower psychomotor development scores in boys at age 3 in a low-income, minority birth cohort.” The article explores associations between maternal…

Amy Nichols was awarded the 2019 Jean Hankin Nutritional Epidemiology Research Grant from the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics Foundation. This $20,000 grant is awarded to provide financial support to a doctoral student working on a dissertation in the area of nutritional epidemiology. This grant will support Amy’s research focusing on maternal nutrition during pregnancy…

 Pictured: Dr. Beth Widen (left), Jessica Dziuba (right) Jessica Dziuba, a Health Science Scholar and Honors Nutrition Major in the Widen Lab, presented her Honor’s thesis research titled, “The Benefit of Breastfeeding: Differences Between High and Low socioeconomic Status Mothers,” at the Longhorn Research Poster Session on April 17th, 2019. Jessica’s research examined the relationship between breastfeeding…

Congratulations to Jessica Dziuba, Health Science Scholar and Honors Nutrition Major in the Widen Lab. Jessica has been awarded a TIDES summer fellowship from the College of Natural Sciences. Jessica is investigating how nutrition during pregnancy and in early life impact short and long-term maternal and child health, and is working in the lab on…

Pictured: Elizabeth Widen, PhD, RD (left) and Amy Nichols, MS, RD (right) Pictured: Monique Hedderson, PhD (left) and Amy Nichols, MS, RD (right) Amy Nichols, MS, RD is a third year PhD Candidate and Assistant Instructor at the University of Texas at Austin. Amy has been working with the Widen lab for 2 years. She successfully…