Eduardo Villamor, M.D., M.P.H., Dr.P.H.

Associate Professor, Environmental Health Sciences

6017 SPH II
1415 Washington Heights
Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-2029

Office: (734) 615-2198; Fax: (734) 936-7283

E-mail: villamor@umich.edu

Website(s): PubMed list of publications

Professional Summary

Eduardo Villamor's research focuses primarily on the study of nutritional determinants of maternal and child health with the use of epidemiologic methods.  His current research interests span a wide range of topics at the intersection of nutritional, reproductive, and infectious diseases epidemiology.  They include studies of the impact of maternal obesity on pregancy outcomes, the influence of perinatal and early life exposures on immunity in the offspring, the burden and etiology of childhood obesity in countries with atypical patterns of development, and the role of nutritional factors on outcomes related to infectious diseases.

Education

Dr.P.H., Epidemiology and Nutrition, Harvard University, 2001
M.P.H., Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 1996
M.D., National University of Colombia Medical School, 1993

Selected Publications

Arsenault, J.E., Mora-Plazas, M., Forero, Y., Lopez-Arana, S., Marin, C., Baylin, A. and Villamor, E. (2009). Provision of a school snack is associated with vitamin B-12 status, linear growth, and morbidity in children from Bogota, Colombia. Journal of Nutrition, 139, 1744-50.

Villamor, E., Iliadou, A. and Cnattingius, S. (2009). Is the association between low birth weight and asthma independent of genetic and shared environmental factors? American Journal of Epidemiology, 169, 1337-43.

Villamor, E., Sparen, P. and Cnattingius, S. (2008). Interpregancy weight gain and the male-to-female sex ratio of the second pregnancy: a population-based cohort study. Fertility and Sterility, 89, 1240-4.

Villamor, E., Mora-Plazas, M., Forero, Y., Lopez-Arana, S. and Baylin, A. (2008). Vitamin B12 status is associated with socioeconomic level and adherence to an animal food dietary pattern in Colombian school children. Journal of Nutrition, 138, 1391-8.

Villamor, E. and Cnattingius, S. (2006). Interpregnancy weight change and risk of adverse pregnancy outcomes: a population-based study. Lancet, 368, 1164-70.

Professional Affiliations

Americal Society of Nutrition
American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene