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Overview

Sheila M. Innis was affiliated with the University of British Columbia in Canada. Their research focused primarily on nutrition, medicine, and public health, with specific attention to pediatric and nutritional studies.

The scientist's areas of study included:

  • Medicine
  • Nursing

Subfields where they contributed research were:

  • Nutrition and Dietetics
  • Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health
  • Rheumatology
  • Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
  • Water Science and Technology

Innis's main research topics encompassed:

  • Birth, Development, and Health
  • Infant Nutrition and Health
  • Folate and B Vitamins Research
  • Nutritional Studies and Diet
  • Fatty Acid Research and Health
  • Fluoride Effects and Removal
  • Epigenetics and DNA Methylation

The scientist published in several venues, with a notable number of papers in:

  • Current Developments in Nutrition
  • UNC Libraries
  • Journal of Nutrition

Frequent coauthors included:

  • Roger Dyer
  • Rajavel Elango
  • Paula Domínguez-Salas
  • Sophie E. Moore
  • Anthony J. C. Fulford

Some of their recent publications were:

  • "Complexity of understanding the role of dietary and erythrocyte docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) on the cognitive performance of school-age children," 2022, Current Developments in Nutrition
  • "DNA methylation potential: dietary intake and blood concentrations of one-carbon metabolites and cofactors in rural African women," 2020, UNC Libraries
  • "School-Aged Children in Vancouver, Canada Do Not Meet Dietary Choline Recommendations but Meet Recommendations for Folate and Vitamin B12," 2021, Current Developments in Nutrition
  • "Maternal nutrition at conception modulates DNA methylation of human metastable epialleles," 2020, UNC Libraries
  • "Children Aged 5-6 Years in Vancouver, Canada Meet Dietary Recommendations for Folate and Vitamin B12 but not Choline," 2022, Journal of Nutrition

Best Publications

  • Essential fatty acids in growth and development

    Sheila M. Innis

  • Dietary (n-3) Fatty Acids and Brain Development

    Sheila M. Innis

  • Dietary omega 3 fatty acids and the developing brain.

    Sheila M. Innis

  • Perinatal biochemistry and physiology of long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids

    Sheila M Innis

  • Maternal nutrition at conception modulates DNA methylation of human metastable epialleles

    Paula Dominguez-Salas;Sophie E. Moore;Maria S. Baker;Andrew W. Bergen

  • Position of the American Dietetic Association and Dietitians of Canada: dietary fatty acids.

    Penny M Kris-Etherton;Sheila Innis;Ammerican Dietetic Assocition

  • Essential fatty acid transfer and fetal development.

    S.M. Innis

  • Genetic variants of the FADS1 FADS2 gene cluster are associated with altered (n-6) and (n-3) essential fatty acids in plasma and erythrocyte phospholipids in women during pregnancy and in breast milk during lactation.

    Lin Xie;Sheila M. Innis

  • Fatty acids and early human development.

    Sheila M. Innis

  • Impact of maternal diet on human milk composition and neurological development of infants

    Sheila M Innis

  • Monosaccharide-induced lipogenesis regulates the human hepatic sex hormone–binding globulin gene

    David M. Selva;Kevin N. Hogeveen;Sheila M. Innis;Geoffrey L. Hammond

  • Human milk: maternal dietary lipids and infant development

    Sheila M. Innis

  • Infant plasma trans, n−6, and n−3 fatty acids and conjugated linoleic acids are related to maternal plasma fatty acids, length of gestation, and birth weight and length

    Sandra L Elias;Sheila M Innis

  • Growth and development in term infants fed long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids: a double-masked, randomized, parallel, prospective, multivariate study.

    Nancy Auestad;Robin Halter;Robert T. Hall;Mark Blatter

  • Decreasing Linoleic Acid with Constant α-Linolenic Acid in Dietary Fats Increases (n-3) Eicosapentaenoic Acid in Plasma Phospholipids in Healthy Men

    Y. Angela Liou;D. Janette King;Deborah Zibrik;Sheila M. Innis

  • The Role of Dietary n–6 and n–3 Fatty Acids in the Developing Brain

    Sheila M. Innis

  • Are human milk long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids related to visual and neural development in breast-fed term infants?

    Sheila M. Innis;Judith Gilley;Janet Werker

  • Human milk and formula fatty acids.

    Sheila M. Innis

  • Dietary triacylglycerol structure and its role in infant nutrition.

    Sheila M. Innis

  • Docosahexaenoic and Arachidonic Acid Prevent a Decrease in Dopaminergic and Serotoninergic Neurotransmitters in Frontal Cortex Caused by a Linoleic and α-Linolenic Acid Deficient Diet in Formula-fed Piglets

    S de la Presa Owens;S M Innis

Frequent Co-Authors

William G. Honer
William G. Honer University of British Columbia
Bruce A. Vallance
Bruce A. Vallance University of British Columbia
David D. Kitts
David D. Kitts University of British Columbia
Andrew M. Prentice
Andrew M. Prentice London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Ruth E. Grunau
Ruth E. Grunau University of British Columbia
Joanne Weinberg
Joanne Weinberg University of British Columbia
David M. Holtzman
David M. Holtzman Washington University in St. Louis
John P. Blass
John P. Blass Cornell University
Asta Håberg
Asta Håberg Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Sandra Ceccatelli
Sandra Ceccatelli Karolinska Institute

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