Catherine O'Neill Buck, MD
Assistant Professor
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Research Summary
Dr. Buck's research works to understand how the perinatal environment influences growth and developmental outcomes in preterm infants. Her current projects examine the influence of obesity and diabetes in pregnancy on difference in body composition, adiposity development, and metabolism in infants born preterm. Dr. Buck is
Dr. Buck is a member of the Yale NOURISH Team (Yale Neonatal Nutrition Outcomes Research In Sustaining mother and infant Health) studies health outcomes affected by pregnancy and lactation and specifically focuses on the mother/infant lactation experience and infant growth and development especially in the setting of growth restriction or prematurity.
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Research Interests
Growth; Infant, Newborn; Neonatology; Obesity; Pediatrics; Fetal Nutrition Disorders
Selected Publications
- Monitoring of Growth and Body Composition: New Methodologies.Taylor SN, Buck CO. Monitoring of Growth and Body Composition: New Methodologies. World Review Of Nutrition And Dietetics 2021, 122: 32-45. PMID: 34352757, DOI: 10.1159/000514741.
- Predictors of Parenting Readiness in Fathers of High-Risk Infants in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit.Buck CO, Tucker R, Vohr B, McGowan EC. Predictors of Parenting Readiness in Fathers of High-Risk Infants in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. The Journal Of Pediatrics 2020, 217: 192-195.e1. PMID: 31704051, DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2019.09.078.
- NOVEL XRCC4 MUTATIONS IN AN INFANT WITH MICROCEPHALIC PRIMORDIAL DWARFISM, DILATED CARDIOMYOPATHY, SUBCLINICAL HYPOTHYROIDISM, AND EARLY DEATH: EXPANDING THE PHENOTYPE OF XRCC4 MUTATIONS.Fredette ME, Lombardi KC, Duker AL, Buck CO, Phornphutkul C, Bober MB, Quintos JB. NOVEL XRCC4 MUTATIONS IN AN INFANT WITH MICROCEPHALIC PRIMORDIAL DWARFISM, DILATED CARDIOMYOPATHY, SUBCLINICAL HYPOTHYROIDISM, AND EARLY DEATH: EXPANDING THE PHENOTYPE OF XRCC4 MUTATIONS. AACE Clinical Case Reports 2020, 6: e1-e4. PMID: 32524007, PMCID: PMC7279775, DOI: 10.4158/ACCR-2019-0283.
- Neonatal Adipocytokines and Longitudinal Patterns of Childhood Growth.Buck CO, Eliot MN, Kelsey KT, Chen A, Kalkwarf H, Lanphear BP, Braun JM. Neonatal Adipocytokines and Longitudinal Patterns of Childhood Growth. Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.) 2019, 27: 1323-1330. PMID: 31199076, PMCID: PMC6656611, DOI: 10.1002/oby.22519.
- Prenatal Exposure to Stressful Life Events and Infant Breastfeeding.Buck CO, Gjelsvik A, Vivier PM, Monteiro K, Amanullah S. Prenatal Exposure to Stressful Life Events and Infant Breastfeeding. Breastfeeding Medicine : The Official Journal Of The Academy Of Breastfeeding Medicine 2018, 13: 426-432. PMID: 29985635, DOI: 10.1089/bfm.2017.0200.
- Prenatal exposure to perfluoroalkyl substances and adipocytokines: the HOME Study.Buck CO, Eliot MN, Kelsey KT, Calafat AM, Chen A, Ehrlich S, Lanphear BP, Braun JM. Prenatal exposure to perfluoroalkyl substances and adipocytokines: the HOME Study. Pediatric Research 2018, 84: 854-860. PMID: 30250302, PMCID: PMC6933943, DOI: 10.1038/s41390-018-0170-1.
- A 7-year-old girl with periodic flank discomfort.Maddox K, Buck C, Seguias L. A 7-year-old girl with periodic flank discomfort. Pediatric Annals 2015, 44: 100-2. PMID: 25806726, DOI: 10.3928/00904481-20150313-06.
- Neonatal and Adolescent Adipocytokines as Predictors of Adiposity and Cardiometabolic Risk in Adolescence.Buck CO, Li N, Eaton CB, Kelsey KT, Cecil KM, Kalkwarf HJ, Yolton K, Lanphear BP, Chen A, Braun JM. Neonatal and Adolescent Adipocytokines as Predictors of Adiposity and Cardiometabolic Risk in Adolescence. Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.) 2021, 29: 1036-1045. PMID: 34029449, PMCID: PMC8567116, DOI: 10.1002/oby.23160.
Clinical Trials
| Conditions | Study Title |
|---|---|
| Diseases of the Endocrine System; Women's Health; Pregnancy, Childbirth and the Puerperium | The effect of lactation on insulin sensitivity and lipolysis in women |