Alexis C. Wood

General / Preventive / Lipids

Baylor College of Medicine

About

Alexis C. Wood works in General / Preventive / Lipids affiliated with Baylor College of Medicine.

Alexis C. Wood is an Associate Professor in the Department of Pediatrics-Nutrition at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, TX, and is affiliated with the USDA/ARS Children's Nutrition Research Center. Her research focuses on analyzing complex biological data such as genome, epigenome, transcriptome, metabolome, and proteome to explore how environmental and behavioral factors influence chronic diseases including type 2 diabetes and cognitive decline.

Research focus

Nutritional EpidemiologyGenetic and Epigenetic Analysis in Nutrition and ObesityFatty Acid Research and Metabolic HealthPrecision Medicine for Chronic DiseasesDiet, Physical Activity, and Disease Associations

Impact

327 pubs · 9,072 cites · h-index 48

Training

BS, Psychology and Philosophy
University of Warwick
2002
MS, Social, Genetic and Developmental Psychiatry
King's College London
2006
PhD, Social, Genetic and Developmental Psychiatry
King's College London
2009

Affiliations

Work Experience

Associate Professor, Pediatrics-Nutrition

Baylor College of Medicine · 2014 - Present

Post-Doctoral Fellow, Statistical Genetics and Epidemiology

University of Alabama at Birmingham · 2009 - 2012