Dr. Sharon M. Dononvan

• Synergistic Theory Research Obesity and Nutrition Group (STRONG) Kids 2 birth cohort study (STRONG KIDS 2)
  • Fiese BH, Musaad S, Bost KK, McBride BA, Lee SY, Teran-Garcia M, Donovan SM. The STRONG Kids 2 Birth Cohort Study: A Cell-to-Society Approach to Dietary Habits and Weight Trajectories across the First 5 Years of Life. Curr Dev Nutr. 2019; 18;3(3):nzz007. doi: 10.1093/cdn/nzz007.

• (STRONG KIDS 2 SUBPROJECT) Factors Influencing Microbiome Development and Host-microbe Interactions Affected Infant and Child Outcomes
  • Ellis JL, Wang M, Fu X, Fields CJ, Donovan SM, Booth SL. Feeding practice and delivery mode Are determinants of vitamin K in the infant gut: An exploratory analysis. Curr Dev Nutr. 2022; 6(3):nzac019. doi: 10.1093/cdn/nzac019.
  • Wang M, Nittono H, Takei H, Patricia G. Wolf, Ridlon JM, Donovan SM. Fecal bile acid profiles differ by feeding mode and infant age in the first year of life. 21^st International Conference of the Society for Research on Human Milk and Lactation, Panama City, Panama, October 24-28, 2022.

• (STRONG KIDS 2 SUBPROJECT) Factors Influencing Human Milk Oligosaccharide Patterns and Associations with Infant and Child Outcomes
  • Fan Y, Vinjamuri A, Lebrilla CB, Donovan SM: Determinants of human milk oligosaccharide profiles of participants in the STRONG Kids 2 cohort. 21^st International Conference of the Society for Research on Human Milk and Lactation, Panama City, Panama, October 24-28, 2022.
  • Fan Y, Vinjamuri A, Tu D, Lebrilla CB, Donovan SM. Determinants of human milk oligosaccharides profiles of participants in the STRONG kids 2 cohort. Front Nutr. 2023 Mar 28;10:1105668. doi: 10.3389/fnut.2023.1105668. PMID: 37057069; PMCID: PMC10086122.

• (STRONG KIDS 2 SUBPROJECT) Development of Dietary Patterns and Relationship to Growth and Neurocognitive Outcomes
  • Iwinski S, Donovan SM, Fiese BH, Bost KK. The impact of household chaos and dietary consumption on executive function in young children. Nutrients 2021; 13: 4442. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu13124442. PMID: 34959994
  • Montgomery S, Donovan SM. Dietary intake characteristics in toddlers that may be associate with breastfeeding practices. 21^st International Conference of the Society for Research on Human Milk and Lactation, Panama City, Panama, October 24-28, 2022.
  • McMath AL, Iwinski S, Shen S, Bost KK, Donovan SM, Khan NA. Adherence to screen time and physical activity guidelines is associated with executive function in US toddlers participating in the STRONG Kids 2 birth cohort study. Journal of Pediatrics 2022 Aug 23:S0022-3476(22)00761-2. doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2022.08.026. Online ahead of print. PMID: 36027980

• Influencing Microbial Development in Early Life
  • Berding K, Donovan SM. Microbiome and nutrition in autism spectrum disorder: current knowledge and research needs. Nutr Rev. 2016; 74(12):723-736. doi: 10.1093/nutrit/nuw048. PMID: 27864534.
  • Davis EC, Wang M, Donovan SM. The role of early life nutrition in the establishment of gastrointestinal microbial composition and function. Gut Microbes. 2017; 8(2):143-171. doi: 10.1080/19490976.2016.1278104. PMID: 28068209; PMCID: PMC5390825.
  • Berding K, Holscher HD, Arthur AE, Donovan SM. Fecal microbiome composition and stability in 4- to 8-year old children is associated with dietary patterns and nutrient intake. J Nutr Biochem. 2018; 56:165-174. doi: 10.1016/j.jnutbio.2018.01.002. PMID: 29571010.
  • Donovan SM. Evolution of the gut microbiome in infancy within an ecological context. Curr Opin Clin Nutr Metab Care. 2020; 23(3):223-227. doi: 10.1097/MCO.0000000000000650. PMID: 32167987; PMCID: PMC7394314.
  • Davis EC, Dinsmoor AM, Wang M, Donovan SM. Microbiome composition in pediatric populations from birth to adolescence: Impact of diet and prebiotic and probiotic interventions. Dig Dis Sci. 2020; 65(3):706-722. doi: 10.1007/s10620-020-06092-x. PMID: 32002758; PMCID: PMC7046124.
  • Berding K, Donovan SM. Dietary patterns impact temporal dynamics of fecal microbiota composition in children with autism spectrum disorder. Front Nutr. 2020; 6:193. doi: 10.3389/fnut.2019.00193. PMID: 31998741; PMCID: PMC6968728.
  • Zurita MF, Cárdenas PA, Sandoval ME, Peña MC, Fornasini M, Flores N, Monaco MH, Berding K, Donovan SM, Kuntz T, Gilbert JA, Baldeón ME. Analysis of gut microbiome, nutrition and immune status in autism spectrum disorder: a case-control study in Ecuador. Gut Microbes. 2020; 11(3):453-464. doi: 10.1080/19490976.2019.1662260. PMID: 31530087; PMCID: PMC7524316.
  • Davis EC, Wang M, Donovan SM. Microbial interrelationships across sites of breastfeeding mothers and infants at 6 weeks postpartum. Microorganisms. 2022; 10(6):1155. doi: 10.3390/microorganisms10061155. PMID: 35744673; PMCID: PMC9230604.

• Factors Influencing Breastfeeding Initiation and Duration
  • Kim JH, Fiese BH, Donovan SM. Breastfeeding is natural but not the cultural norm: A mixed-methods study of first-time breastfeeding, African American mothers participating in WIC. J Nutr Educ Behav. 2017; 49(7 Suppl 2):S151-S161.e1. doi: 10.1016/j.jneb.2017.04.003. PMID: 28689552.
  • Sutter C, Fiese BH, Lundquist A, Davis EC, McBride BA, Donovan SM. Sources of information and support for breastfeeding: Alignment with Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Strategies. Breastfeed Med. 2018; 13(9):598-606. doi: 10.1089/bfm.2018.0056. PMID: 30307320; PMCID: PMC6247975.
  • Lundquist A, McBride BA, Donovan SM, Kieffer A. An Exploratory Look at the Role of Childcare Providers as a Support and Resource for Breastfeeding Mothers. Breastfeed Med. 2019; 14(5):313-319. doi: 10.1089/bfm.2018.0091. PMID: 30896256.
  • Lundquist A, McBride BA, Donovan SM, Wszalek M. Father support for breastfeeding mothers who plan to utilize childcare: A qualitative look at mothers’ perspectives. Appetite. 2022; 169:105854. doi: 10.1016/j.appet.2021.105854. PMID: 34890723.

• Factors Influencing Child Feeding Behaviors and Picky Easting.
  • Luchini V, Musaad S, Lee SY, Donovan SM. Observed differences in child picky eating behavior between home and childcare locations. Appetite. 2017; 116:123-131. doi: 10.1016/j.appet.2017.04.021. PMID: 28442336.
  • Cole NC, Wang AA, Donovan SM, Lee SY, Teran-Garcia M; STRONG Kids Team. Variants in chemosensory genes are associated with picky eating behavior in preschool-age children. J Nutrigenet Nutrigenomics. 2017;10(3-4):84-92. doi: 10.1159/000478857. PMID: 28858874.
  • Cole NC, An R, Lee SY, Donovan SM. Correlates of picky eating and food neophobia in young children: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Nutr Rev. 2017; 75(7):516-532. doi: 10.1093/nutrit/nux024. PMID: 28535257.
  • Podlesak AK, Mozer ME, Smith-Simpson S, Lee SY, Donovan SM. Associations between parenting style and parent and toddler mealtime behaviors. Curr Dev Nutr. 2017; 1(6):e000570. doi: 10.3945/cdn.117.000570. PMID: 29955704; PMCID: PMC5998350.
  • Cole NC, Musaad SM, Lee SY, Donovan SM; STRONG Kids Team. Home feeding environment and picky eating behavior in preschool-aged children: A prospective analysis. Eat Behav. 2018; 30:76-82. doi: 10.1016/j.eatbeh.2018.06.003. PMID: 29894927.
  • Patel MD, Donovan SM, Lee SY. Considering nature and nurture in the etiology and prevention of picky eating: A narrative review. Nutrients. 2020; 12(11):3409. doi: 10.3390/nu12113409. PMID: 33171966; PMCID: PMC7694604.
  • Iwinski S, Cole NC, Saltzman JA, Donovan SM, Lee SY, Fiese BH, Bost KK. Child attachment behavior as a moderator of the relation between feeding responsiveness and picky eating behavior. Eat Behav. 2021; 40:101465. doi: 10.1016/j.eatbeh.2020.101465. PMID: 33310487.

• Microbiome Composition and Function in Preterm Infants
  • Aguilar-Lopez M, Dinsmoor AM, Ho TTB, Donovan SM. A systematic review of the factors influencing microbial colonization of the preterm infant gut. Gut Microbes. 2021; 13(1):1-33. doi: 10.1080/19490976.2021.1884514. PMID: 33818293; PMCID: PMC8023245
  • Aguilar-Lopez M, Wetzel C, MacDonald A, Ho TTB, Donovan SM. Human milk-based or bovine milk-based fortifiers differentially impact the development of the gut microbiota of preterm infants. Front Pediatr. 2021; 9:719096. doi: 10.3389/fped.2021.719096. PMID: 34917555; PMCID: PMC8669825.
  • Lim SJ, Aguilar-Lopez M, Wetzel C, Dutra SVO, Bray V, Groer MW, Donovan SM, Ho T. The effects of genetic relatedness on the preterm infant gut microbiota. Microorganisms. 2021; 9(2):278. doi: 10.3390/microorganisms9020278. PMID: 33572789; PMCID: PMC7911719.
  • Aguilar-Lopez M, Wetzel C, MacDonald A, Ho TTB, Donovan SM. Metagenomic profile of the fecal microbiome of preterm infants consuming mother’s own milk with bovine milk-based fortifier or infant formula: a cross-sectional study. Am J Clin Nutr. 2022; 116(2):435-445. doi: 10.1093/ajcn/nqac081. PMID: 35383822.

• Exfoliated Epithelial Cells
  • Chapkin RS, Zhao C, Ivanov I, Davidson LA, Goldsby JS, Lupton JR, Mathai RA, Monaco MH, Rai D, Russell WM, Donovan SM, Dougherty ER. Noninvasive stool-based detection of infant gastrointestinal development using gene expression profiles from exfoliated epithelial cells. Am J Physiol Gastrointest Liver Physiol. 2010; 298(5):G582-9. doi: 10.1152/ajpgi.00004.2010. PMID: 20203060; PMCID: PMC2867429.
  • Schwartz S, Friedberg I, Ivanov IV, Davidson LA, Goldsby JS, Dahl DB, Herman D, Wang M, Donovan SM, Chapkin RS. A metagenomic study of diet-dependent interaction between gut microbiota and host in infants reveals differences in immune response. Genome Biol. 2012; 13(4):r32. doi: 10.1186/gb-2012-13-4-r32. PMID: 22546241; PMCID: PMC3446306.
  • Knight JM, Davidson LA, Herman D, Martin CR, Goldsby JS, Ivanov IV, Donovan SM, Chapkin RS. Non-invasive analysis of intestinal development in preterm and term infants using RNA-Sequencing. Sci Rep. 2014; 4:5453. doi: 10.1038/srep05453. PMID: 24965658; PMCID: PMC4071321.
  • Donovan SM, Wang M, Monaco MH, Martin CR, Davidson LA, Ivanov I, Chapkin RS. Noninvasive molecular fingerprinting of host-microbiome interactions in neonates. FEBS Lett. 2014 Nov 17; 588(22):4112-9. doi: 10.1016/j.febslet.2014.07.008. PMID: 25042036; PMCID: PMC4253854.
  • Yoon G, Davidson LA, Goldsby JS, Mullens DA, Ivanov I, Donovan SM, Chapkin RS. Exfoliated epithelial cell transcriptome reflects both small and large intestinal cell signatures in piglets. Am J Physiol Gastrointest Liver Physiol. 2021; 321(1):G41-G51. doi: 10.1152/ajpgi.00017.2021. PMID: 33949197; PMCID: PMC8321797.
  • He K, Donovan SM, Ivanov IV, Goldsby JS, Davidson LA, Chapkin RS. Assessing the multivariate rRelationship between the human infant intestinal exfoliated cell transcriptome (exfoliome) and microbiome in response to diet. Microorganisms. 2020; 8(12):2032. doi: 10.3390/microorganisms8122032. PMID: 33353204; PMCID: PMC7766018.

• Screening for Safety and Efficacy of Bioactive Ingredients in the Preclinical Piglet Model
  • Fleming SA, Mudd AT, Hauser J, Yan J, Metairon S, Steiner P, Donovan SM, Dilger RN. Dietary oligofructose alone or in combination with 2′-fucosyllactose differentially improves recognition memory and hippocampal mRNA expression. Nutrients. 2020; 12(7):2131. doi: 10.3390/nu12072131. PMID: 32709093; PMCID: PMC7400822.
  • Monaco MH, Kim DH, Gurung RB, Donovan SM. Evaluation of 6′-sialyllactose sodium salt supplementation to formula on growth and clinical parameters in neonatal piglets. Nutrients. 2020; 12(4):1030. doi: 10.3390/nu12041030. PMID: 32283716; PMCID: PMC7230961.
  • Wang M, Monaco MH, Hauser J, Yan J, Dilger RN, Donovan SM. Bovine milk oligosaccharides and human milk oligosaccharides modulate the gut microbiota composition and volatile fatty acid concentrations in a preclinical neonatal model. Microorganisms. 2021; 9(5):884. doi: 10.3390/microorganisms9050884. PMID: 33919138; PMCID: PMC8143120.
  • Daniels VC, Monaco MH, Wang M, Hirvonen J, Jensen HM, Ouwehand AC, Mukherjea R, Dilger RN, Donovan SM. Evaluation of 2′-fucosyllactose and Bifidobacterium longum subspecies infantis on growth, organ weights, and intestinal development of piglets. Nutrients. 2021; 14(1):199. doi: 10.3390/nu14010199. PMID: 35011074; PMCID: PMC8747721.
  • Sutkus LT, Joung S, Hirvonen J, Jensen HM, Ouwehand AC, Mukherjea R, Donovan SM, Dilger RN. Influence of 2′-fucosyllactose and Bifidobacterium longum subspecies infantis supplementation on cognitive and structural brain development in young pigs. Front Neurosci. 2022; 16:860368. doi: 10.3389/fnins.2022.860368. PMID: 35546890; PMCID: PMC9081927.
  • Vu VH, Donovan SM, Brink LR, Li Q, Gross G, Dilger RN, Fleming SA. Developing a reference database for typical body and organ growth of the artificially reared pig as a biomedical research model. Front Pediatr. 2021; 9:746471. doi: 10.3389/fped.2021.746471. PMID: 34926340; PMCID: PMC8672453.