Research News, September, 2021

Sept. 30, 2021

Publications

Horlyck-Romanovsky MF, Haley S. Increasing Obesity Odds Among Foreign-Born New Yorkers are not Explained by Eating Out, Age at Arrival, or Duration of Residence: Results from NYC HANES 2004 and 2013/2014. BMC Public Health 2021, 1453. DOI https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-021-11351-1

Juray S, Axen KV, Trasino SE. Remission of Type 2 Diabetes with Very Low-Calorie Diets-A Narrative Review. Nutrients. 2021 Jun 18;13(6):2086. doi: 10.3390/nu13062086.PMID: 34207117

Korsmo HW*, Jiang X. One carbon metabolism and early development: a diet-dependent destiny. Trends Endocrinol Metab. 2021 Aug;32(8):579-593. doi: 10.1016/j.tem.2021.05.011. Epub 2021 Jun 28. PMID: 34210607; PMCID: PMC8282711.

McMahon, J.M., Simmons, J., Haberer, J. E., Mannheimer, S., Leblanc, N., Torres, L., Quiles, R., Aedo, G., Javier, A., Braksmajer, A., Harriman, G., Trabold, N., Pouget, E. R., Kurth, A., Smith, M., Brasch, J., Podsiadly, E. J., Anderson, P. L. (2021) The Magnetic Couples Study: protocol for a mixed methods prospective cohort study of HIV-serodifferent heterosexual couples’ perspectives and use of pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP). British Medical Journal Open, 11(7), DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-048993

Horlyck-Romanovsky MF, Huang TT-K, Ahmed R, Echeverria SE, Wyka K, Leung MM, Sumner AE, Fuster M. Intergenerational Differences in Dietary Acculturation among Ghanaian Immigrants Living in New York City: A Qualitative Study. Journal of Nutritional Science. 2021;10:e80. doi:10.1017/jns.2021.69

Manuscripts Submitted/Under Review

Frank, T*; Pouget, E.R., Fuster, M. (In review). Food environments in times of crises: Examining menu changes in response to COVID-19 among Hispanic Caribbean restaurants in New York City. * Brooklyn College student (manuscript developed from 2021 Master’s thesis).

Gaba A, Costa S, Schnoll R, Dorfman M, Cordova S, Jakuboski S, Speigel B, Joshi A. Development and Evaluation of an On-line Simulated Hospital Unit for Nutrition Assessment Training. Submitted to Topics in Clinical Nutrition, July 2021.

Conference Presentation(s) (Oral/Poster)

Duhuze-Karera MG, Wentzel A, Patterson AC; Waldman ZC, Schenk BR, DuBose CW, Horlyck-Romanovsky MF, Sumner AE. FINDRISC Identifies Diabetes Due To Insulin Resistance But Not β-cell Failure. Mid Atlantic Diabetes and Obesity Research Symposium, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases. September 2021. Poster.

Farag, M.*, Williams, F., Horlyck-Romanovsky, M.F. Afro Caribbeans With Type 2 Diabetes Have Lower Body Mass Index And Lower Waist Circumference Than African Americans: New York City Health And Nutrition Examination Survey 2013/14. American Heart Association Epi | Lifestyles Scientific Sessions, May 20-21, 2021(Virtual). Poster.

Farag, M.*, Khosla, L.*, Bhat, S.*, Montiel Ishino, F.A., Williams, F., Horlyck-Romanovsky, M.F. Black New Yorkers With Type 2 Diabetes: Afro Caribbean Immigrants Have Better Cardiometabolic Health Than African Americans. American Diabetes Association Scientific Sessions June 2021. Poster.

Horlyck-Romanovsky MF. Dietary Acculturation May Lead to Healthy Diets and Lower Disease Risk Among Ghanaian Immigrants Living in New York City: A Qualitative Study. Virtual Conference on African Immigrant Health 2021, “Removing Systemic Barriers (and) Improving Health Outcomes in African Immigrant Communities.” September 8-9, 2021. Oral.

Horlyck-Romanovsky MF. Food Environments in the Cultural Enclave: Dietary Acculturation among Ghanaians. Food Insecurity, Neighborhood Food Environment, and Nutrition Health Disparities: State of the Science, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, NIH, September 2021. Poster.

Hormenu, T., Wentzel A., Ishimwe, M.C.S., Shoup, E.M., OseiI-Tutu, N.H., Patterson, A., Dubose, C., Mabundo, L. Horlyck-Romanovsky, M.F., Sumner, A.E. African Women Have Lower Cardiometabolic Risk At Higher BMI Than Men: The Africans In America Study. American Diabetes Association Scientific Sessions June 2021. Poster.

Jiang X, Korsmo H*. Choline Supplementation in Obese Mouse Dams Alters Offspring DNA Methylation in a Time-Specific Manner. American Society for Nutrition 2021, June 7-10, 2021. Oral.

Waldman ZC, Schenk BR, Patterson AC, Duhuze Karera MG, Wentzel A, DuBose CW, Mabundo LS, Hormenu T, Horlyck-Romanovsky MF, Whitesell P, Sumner AE. The Interaction between Stress and Sleep Quality in African Immigrants: The Africans in America Study. Mid Atlantic Diabetes and Obesity Research Symposium, NIDDK. September 2021. Poster.

Wentzel A., Ishimwe, M.C.S., Shoup, E.M., OseiI-Tutu, N.H., Patterson, A., Hormenu, T., Dubose, C., Horlyck-Romanovsky, M.F., Sumner, A.E. FINDRISC Identifies Diabetes Due To Insulin Resistance But Not β-cell Failure. American Diabetes Association Scientific Sessions June 2021. Poster.

Invited Talks

Horlyck-Romanovsky MF.: Dietary Assessment Among African Immigrants in NYC. Teachers College. May 18, 2021.

Jiang X. “Choline, placental functioning, and metabolic outcomes of offspring”, guest speaker for the research seminar of Biomedical Research and Innovation Platform (BRIP), South African Medical Research Council, May 26, 2021.