Thursday, March 18, 2021
9:00 am - 10:00 am
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"Maternal Weight Gain in Pregnancy:A Large Scale Public Health Problem"
Stefanie Hinkle, PhD
Staff Scientist
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD
Bethesda, Maryland
Stefanie Hinkle, Ph.D., is a staff scientist in the Epidemiology Branch of the Division of Intramural Population Health Research at the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development. She received her Ph.D. in Nutrition and Health Sciences from Emory University and completed her postdoctoral fellowship in Epidemiology at NICHD. Dr. Hinkle's research focuses on maternal obesity and GDM and their interplay with complex lifestyle factors, underlying molecular mechanisms, and long-term metabolic consequences for women and their children.