ECHORN/YALE-TCC: "Developmental Origins of Non-Communicable Diseases - Can Early Life Interventions Change the Story?"

Dr. Maribel Campos Rivera is an investigator in a clinical trial targeting obesity prevention in infants and their mothers. She will talk about the paradigm of the effects of fetal programming on adipose-tissue related illnesses.

Dr. Campos Rivera is a double-board certified pediatrician with sub-specialties in neonatal and perinatal medicine and a Robert Wood Johnson Interdisciplinary Research Leader with more than 10 years of research experience, including clinical trials and patient outcomes studies. Her most recent work focuses on the effects of perinatal and early childhood exposures on an individual’s health across the lifespan. As an assistant professor at the University of Puerto Rico, she also mentors students at various levels of training in their development as researchers. Dr. Rivera holds degrees in health care administration and clinical research.