Elizabeth A. Holdsworth

Elizabeth A. Holdsworth studies how early-life environments, stress, and maternal behaviors shape infant and child health and development, using methods spanning epigenetics (chemical modifications to DNA that affect gene activity), microbiome analysis, and human milk composition. Her recent work examines cannabis use during breastfeeding, maternal stress and the infant microbiome, and how neighborhood and pandemic-related stressors affect mothers, teachers, and children. Much of this research combines biological measurements with social and environmental data to understand health disparities across generations.

Publication output has grown gradually over the past decade, rising from about 1 paper per year in 2017 to a steadier average of roughly 3-4 papers per year in recent years, with some year-to-year fluctuation.

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