In this episode, Associate Editor, Kevin C. Klatt, PhD, RD speaks with Kimberly O’Brien, PhD, Professor of human nutrition at Cornell University, and Alexa Barad Zayat, PhD RD, a postdoctoral scholar at Stanford University, about their recent series of publications from the FeGenes study, detailing differences in iron status, absorption and regulatory hormones across individuals of different ancestry groups. The set of 3 publications can be found below: Characterization of iron status b...

In this episode, Associate Editor, Kevin C. Klatt, PhD, RD, and Early Career Editor, Cora Best PhD, MHS, RDN, speak with authors and nutrition physicians David S. Seres, MD, ScM, PNS, FASPEN and Leen Hasan, MD about their recent publication in the Nutrition for the Clinician series titled, “Navigating complex nutritional challenges after bariatric surgery: malnutrition, multiple nutrient deficiencies, and gastrointestinal dysfunction in pregnancy“. This case details the assessment, diagnosis ...

In this episode, Kevin C. Klatt, PhD, RD (he/him) speaks with 2 highly distinguished nutrition physician clinicians and researchers, neonatologist Steven Abrams, MD and pediatric gastroenterologist Robert J. Shulman, MD about their recent paper, “What would happen in the United States if there were no cow milk-based preterm infant nutritional products: Historical perspective and evaluation of nutrient-related challenges”. This episode discusses the challenges in feeding preterm infants and th...

In this episode, Kevin C. Klatt, PhD, RD (he/him) speaks with Section Editor Nancy Krebs MD MS, and Stephanie Waldrop MD MPH, both from the Section of Nutrition at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Center. Drs Kreb and Waldrop discuss their recent publication, the inaugural case in the new “Nutrition for the Clinician” series, detailing a case of a pediatric patient presenting with SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) and additional unexplained symptoms that resulted in consulting the nutrition te...

In this episode, Kevin C. Klatt, PhD, RD (he/him) speaks with Editor In Chief Christopher Duggan MD MPH, Section Editor Nancy Krebs MD MS, and Early Career Editor Cora Best PhD MHS RD about the newly launched section of the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition titled “Nutrition for the Clinician”. Drs Duggan, Krebs and Best discuss the impetus for launching this new case study series and tips for prospective authors. Relevant Links:Introductory Editorial for the seriesInformation on cl...

In this episode, Early Career Editor Kevin C. Klatt, PhD, RD speaks with Briana Stephenson, PhD (she/her/hers), an Assistant Professor in the Departments of Biostatistics at the Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health, about her recent publication, “Racial and ethnic heterogeneity in diets of low-income adult females in the United States: results from National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys from 2011 to 2018” in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. Dr Stephenson discusses her...

Happy 2023 from everyone at the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition! In this episode, our Early Career Editor Kevin C. Klatt, PhD, RD chats with AJCN Editor in Chief, Christopher Duggan MD, MPH, and Academic Editor, Deirdre (DeeDee) Tobias, ScD, as they all reflect on the past year at AJCN and dive into some our top papers for the year.Find more about Drs. Duggan and Tobias, and all of our editors: https://ajcn.nutrition.org/editorialboardPapers discussed in this episode:A link ...

In this episode, Early Career Editor Kevin C. Klatt, PhD, RD speaks with Harry Jarrett, PhD, Helene McNulty, PhD, RD, MRIA and Mary Ward, PhD, RD about their recent publication, “Vitamin B6 and riboflavin, their metabolic interaction and relationship with MTHFR genotype, in adults aged 18-102 years” in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. The authors discuss the rationale for looking at Vitamin B2 and B6 status marker interactions, including MTHFR genotype, and provide epidemiological ...

In this episode, Dennis M. Bier MD Young Career Editor Kevin C. Klatt, PhD, RD speaks with a Christopher Gardner, PhD, and Matthew Landry, PhD, RD about their new study published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition titled “Effect of a ketogenic diet versus Mediterranean diet on glycated hemoglobin in individuals with prediabetes and type 2 diabetes mellitus: The interventional Keto-Med randomized crossover trial”. In this Episode, Drs Gardner and Landry detail the rationale for unde...

In this episode, Dennis M. Bier MD Young Career Editor Kevin C. Klatt, PhD, RD speaks with a distinguished team of authors about their recent work published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition titled “Metagenomic profile of the fecal microbiome of preterm infants consuming mother's own milk with bovine milk-based fortifier or infant formula: a cross-sectional study”. In this episode, we dive into the rationale for this newest work examining the relationship between the mode of feedi...

In this episode, Dennis M. Bier MD Young Career Editor Kevin C. Klatt, PhD, RD speaks with Mark A. Levine, MD, Section Chief of the Molecular and Clinical Nutrition Section of the Digestive Disease Branch at the National Institutes of Health. Dr. Levine’s laboratory conducts basic, translational and clinical research to better understand Vitamin C kinetics in health and disease and its potential role in disease prevention and treatment. In this episode, Dr. Levine details his groups’ rec...

In this episode, Dennis M. Bier MD and Young Career Editor Kevin C. Klatt, PhD, RD speaks with Dylan McKay, PhD, Assistant Professor of Food and Human Nutritional Sciences at the University of Mannitoba and senior author of the recently published AJCN manuscript, “Genosets for APOE and CYP7A1-rs3808607 variants do not predict LDL cholesterol lowering upon intervention with plant sterols in a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial”. In this episode, we dive into the poten...

In this episode, Dennis M. Bier MD Young Career Editor Kevin C. Klatt, PhD, RD speaks with first author, Sachelly Julián-Serrano and leader author, Rachael Z Stolzenberg-Solomon, of the recently published AJCN manuscript “Hepcidin-regulating iron metabolism genes and pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma: a pathway analysis of genome-wide association studies”. In this episode, we dive into genetic epidemiology approaches, iron metabolism, and the risk of PDAC with our 2 guest authors from the Divi...

Happy New Year from everyone at the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition! In this episode, Dennis M. Bier MD Young Career Editor Kevin C. Klatt, PhD, RD sits down (literally, in person!) to talk with AJCN Editor in Chief, Christopher Duggan MD, MPH, and Academic Editor, Deirdre (DeeDee) Tobias, ScD, and reflect on 2021 at AJCN.Find more about Drs. Duggan and Tobias, and all of our editors.Papers discussed in this episode:Insect ProteinPURE Red MeatVegan Diets & ChildrenVitamin D & C...

In this episode of AJCN In Press, AJCN’s Inaugural Dennis M. Bier Young Career Editor, Kevin C. Klatt, PhD, RD chats with members of the all-star, global team behind the recent November 2021 Issue Supplement of the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, focusing on the impact of small quantity lipid-based nutrient supplements (SQ-LNS) in global child health. In this conversation, Dr. Klatt and the author team discuss the rationale behind utilizing SQ-LNS, the strengths of individual particip...

In this episode of AJCN In Press, AJCN’s Inaugural Dennis M. Bier Young Career Editor, Kevin C. Klatt, PhD, RD chats with Georgia D. Tomova, MSc and PhD candidate, and Peter WG Tennant, PhD, at the Leads Institute for Data Analytics and the Alan Turing Institute for Data Science and Artificial Intelligence. Ms. Tomova and Dr. Tennant are co-leaders of the Causal Inference Interest Group at the Alan Turing Institute and their interests mutually lie within the field of causal inference and meth...

In this episode of AJCN In Press, AJCN’s Inaugural Dennis M. Bier Young Career Editor, Kevin C. Klatt, PhD, RD chats with YuHan Chiu, MD, PhD, a postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Epidemiology at Harvard University. Dr. Chiu is a fellow in the laboratory of Miguel Hernán, MD, DrPH, and the Kolokotrones Professor of Biostatistics and Epidemiology and focuses on applying causal inference methodologies to dietary data in epidemiological studies. In this episode, Drs. Klatt and Ch...

In this episode of AJCN In Press, AJCN’s Inaugural Dennis M. Bier Young Career Editor, Kevin C. Klatt, PhD, RD chats with Jessica Fanzo, PhD and Lorraine Brennan, PhD, both Associate Editors at AJCN respectively leading two new research categories: Food Systems and The Environment, and Nutrigenomics and Precision Nutrition. In this episode, Drs Fanzo and Brennan discuss the rationale behind developing these 2 new journal sections, what prospective authors and readers should know abo...

In this episode of AJCN In Press, AJCN’s Inaugural Dennis M. Bier Young Career Editor, Kevin C. Klatt, PhD, RD chats with PhD candidate, Jessica Johnson, at the Institute of Arctic Biology at the University of Alaska Fairbanks. Ms. Johnson is a member of the Diane M. O’Brien Laboratory and focuses her research on how we can utilize naturally occurring stable isotope ratios in circulating metabolites as biomarkers of dietary intake. In this episode, we discuss Ms. Johnson’s recent first author...

In this episode of AJCN In Press, we travel across the pond, so to speak, and chat with Professor Kevin Whelan, Professor of Dietetics and Head of Department of Nutritional Sciences at King’s College London, United Kingdom about his recent publication in AJCN. Dr. Whelan is a renowned investigator in the fields of gastroenterology and dietetics, having undertaken and led extensive research on pre- and pro-biotics, fiber, the gut microbiome, and gastrointestinal health and disease. His r...