Doug Burrin is a research scientist studying perinatal infant nutrition, gut hormones and development. Views are my own
USDA-ARS Children's Nutrition
Joined December 2011
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Excited to announce the details for the 2027 FASEB SRC Biologically Active Components of Human Milk. See our new date and we will be announcing program details to come in future posts
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ICYMI: Toward understanding the rapid immune system dynamics in preterm infants: doi.org/10.1172/jci.insight.…
Benjamin A. Fensterheim @benfens E. John Wherry @EJohnWherry & team @ChildrensPhila performed longitudinal high-dimensional immune profiling of residual whole blood from 38 preterm infants, finding lung disease and infections drive distinct changes to the immune system that reveal new potential targets for therapy.
The figure: Immune cells and proteins change over gestation
Big congrats to Heather Danhof and @FirasMidani and the Rob Britton lab @BrittonTML on getting this work out. It was a massive project and remarkable demonstration of microbe-gut-brain function and I look forward to see where this science goes forward.
@tmcddc @BCMFromtheLabs
Infant gut microbiomes contribute to metabolic states that impact brain function biorxiv.org/content/10.64898…
Talking about Rigor and Reproducibility in science with David Allison at the DDC Frontiers Symposium @tmcddc @bcmhouston @BCMDeptMedicine
Kicking off the 17th Annual TMC DDC Frontiers in Digestive Disease Symposium with Dr Karen Edelblum. @tmcddc
Check out the DDC Frontiers Symposium and meet some new colleagues, always the highlight of the year for the Texas Medical Center Digestive Disease Center.
Join the Infant Nutrition Science Coalition (INSC) for its upcoming workshop:
Developing Consensus on Evaluations for Functional Ingredients in Infant Formula.
📅 March 2–3, 2026 | Virtual
Register here: lnkd.in/exBPPSDE
We celebrated our first Children's Nutrition Research Center (CNRC) Biguan grant writing workshop in December! The Biguan is a week-long "local retreat" to focus on developing new grant ideas and to refine existing grant proposals. Thanks to our CNRC faculty that participated.
ALT Enjoying Italian cuisine and lively discussion at Coppa Osteria
Latest work showing selective agonism of liver and gut FXR prevents cholestasis and intestinal atrophy in parenterally fed neonatal pigs
Journal of Lipid Research jlr.org/article/S0022-2275%2…
@bcmhouston @BCMFromtheLabs
Congrats to Greg Guthrie on his exciting new model and important finding for nutritional support of children with biliary atresia.
This research paves the way for new clinical interventions that could prevent both #liverInjury and intestinal dysfunction in this vulnerable pediatric population. @bcmhouston @BCMCME @BCM_PCCM G. Guthrie, @DougBurrin, @EstesLab_BCM et al @BCMDeptMedicine eurekalert.org/news-releases…
Big congrats to @MarkHermanMD and the the new Houston NORC leadership team!
Exciting to have another NIDDK research center along with our Texas Medical Center Digestive Diseases Center @tmcddc on campus.
Congrats Mindy well deserved award!
The 2026 recipient of the @ASIPath Marilyn G. Farquhar Early Career Award for Exceptional Achievement in the Advancement of Women in Experimental Pathology is Dr. Melinda A. Engevik, Assistant Professor at @MedUnivSC! loom.ly/yKCTX6o #MeritoriousAwards #WomeninPathology
Congrats Chris this looks like a fun new journey for you!
Introducing a new gut microbiology journal, aptly titled Gut Microbiology.
All Article Publishing Charges (APCs) are waived for 2 years!
Please send your exciting research our way.
sciencedirect.com/journal/gu…
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Our new prospective piece is out. Such a fun project @madisonstrine @KStDenis_ME and Brett Vahkal. @YalePediatrics @YaleMed So much to learn about early life immunity
Check out article about veterinarians advancing human health features comments from Dr. Caitlin Vonderohe. She was advocating for research on behalf of APS with Congressional staffers last week while at the APS meeting.
New in #TPhysMag: Meet APS President Robert Hester and learn how scientists feel about stepping into leadership roles. Read about veterinarians advancing human health, GLP-1 insights and more: ow.ly/bThG50VO04N
More amazing insights into the fetal intestinal metabolome from the Konnikova Lab, check it out.
In utero human intestine contains maternally derived bacterial metabolites. Thrilled to share our latest work. Congrats Wenjia and Weihong and all@our amazing collaborators @KorenLab @YaleMed @YalePediatrics microbiomejournal.biomedcent…
