Objectives
This NHLBI-led Workshop will bring together basic scientists, experts in maternal-fetal medicine, neonatologists, pulmonologists, nutrition experts, and nurses to discuss the role of periconceptional and perinatal nutrition and lung health across the lifespan and identify critical research gaps, challenges, and opportunities.
Specific objectives will include consideration of current research and identified gaps in the following areas:
- The impact of maternal nutrition, dietary and sleep patterns, as well as infant nutrition and feeding schedules on lung development, including the fetal and postnatal lung clock, especially in preterm infants
- To assess circadian signals in human milk and their impact on lung development and predisposition to childhood/adult chronic lung disease
- The influence of maternal and infant diet, and timing, on the infant’s gut microbiome and predisposition to childhood/adult chronic lung disease
- The impact of macro- and micro-nutrient intake, and feeding practices in preterm infants, especially those with bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD), during hospitalization and post-discharge, on childhood and adult respiratory outcomes
- Implementation approaches for nutritional interventions to optimize early lung health through nutrition
Registration Close Dates:
- Friday, October 18, 2024 at 5:00 PM EST
Additional Information
For questions about the program, please email Beena Sood at Beena.Sood@nih.gov and Charlotte Pratt at Charlotte.Pratt@nih.gov.
For logistical questions, please email Brittney Villafana at v.
Individuals with disabilities who need Sign Language Interpreters and/or reasonable accommodations to participate in this event, or those that may have questions, please contact Brittney Villafana at v. Requests need to be made five (5) days in advance.