PUBLICATIONS
Mulcahy MC, El Habbal N, Redd JR, Sun H, Gregg B, and Bridges D. GDF15 Knockout Does Not Substantially Impact Perinatal Body Weight or Neonatal Outcomes in Mice. Endocr. 2024 Oct 24; 10.1210/endocr/bqae143
Filatava EJ, Liu Z, Xie J, Tran DB, Chen K, El Habbal N, Weinstock G, Zhou Y, Gregory KE. The preterm human milk microbiota fluctuates by postpartum week and is characterized by gestational age and maternal BMI. Mbio. 2023 Nov 17. 10.1128/mbio.02106-23
El Habbal N, Filatava EJ, Overton NE, Gregas M, and Gregory KE. Pregnancy-Specific Dietary Guidelines for Americans Are Not Met- Descriptive Findings from a Pilot Study. Reprod. Female Child Health. 2023 Oct 16. 10.1002/rfc2.63
Filatava EJ, Overton NE, El Habbal N, Perez Capotosto M, Gregas M, and Gregory KE. Women Who Give Birth Preterm Do Not Meet Dietary Guidelines During Pregnancy. Am. J. Matern. Child Nurs. 2023 Sept 29. 10.1097/NMC.0000000000000968
Mulcahy MC, El Habbal N, Snyder D, Redd JR, Sun H, Gregg B, and Bridges D. Gestational Early-Time Restricted Feeding Results in Sex-Specific Glucose Intolerance in Adult Male Mice. J. Obes. 2023 Sept 29. 10.1155/2023/6666613
Carlson Z, Hafner H, El Habbal N, Harman E, Liu S, Botezatu N, Alharastani M, Rivet C, Reynolds H, Both N, Sun H, Bridges D, and Gregg B. Short Term Changes in Dietary Fat Content and Metformin Treatment During Lactation Impact Milk Composition and Mammary Gland Morphology. J Mammary Gland Biol Neoplasia. 2022 Feb 9. 10.1007/s10911-022-09512-y
El Habbal N, Meyer AC, Hafner H, Redd JR, Carlson Z, Mulcahy MC, Gregg B, and Bridges D. Activation of adipocyte mTORC1 increases milk lipids in a mouse model of lactation. Preprint bioRxiv. 2021 July 1;2021.07.01.450596. 10.1101/2021.07.01.450596
Anderson OS, El Habbal N, and Bridges D. A peer evaluation training results in high-quality feedback, as measured over time in nutritional sciences graduate students. Adv Physiol Educ. 2020 June 1;44(2):203-209. 10.1152/advan.00114.2019
PAPERS UNDER REVIEW
El Habbal N, Filatava EJ, Overton NE, Gregas M, and Gregory KE. Associations Between Maternal Dietary Intake and Infant Anthropometric Outcomes at Birth: Insights from a Pilot Study Among Preterm and Term Infants. Am. J. Matern. Child Nurs. 2025
El Habbal N, Filatava EJ, Charbaji S, Gordon M, Fichorova R, and Gregory KE. Intestinal Inflammation as a Precursor of Systemic Inflammation Among Preterm Infants. J. Pediatr. 2025
PUBLISHED ABSTRACTS
El Habbal N, Filatava EJ, Overton NE, Gregas M, and Gregory KE. Dietary Intake During the Last Month of Pregnancy Among Women Who Gave Birth to Term and Preterm Infants and Its Association With Infant Anthropometric Measurements at Birth. Curr. Dev. Nutr. 2023,7 Suppl 1. Published 2023 July. 10.1016/j.cdnut.2023.101075
El Habbal N, Mulcahy MC, Redd JR, and Bridges D. Effects of Dexamethasone on Offspring Survival and Intrauterine Growth Restriction. J Endocr Soc. 2021;5(Suppl 1):A748-A749. Published 2021 May 3. 10.1210/jendso/bvab048.1522
Mulcahy MC, El Habbal N, Snyder D, Redd JR, Gregg B, and Bridges D. Effects of Early Time-Restricted Feeding during Gestation on Offspring Glucose Homeostasis in Mice. Diabetes. 2021;70(Supplement 1):99-OR. Published 2021 June; 10.2337/db21-99-OR
PAPERS IN PREPARATION
El Habbal N, Bakulski KM, Meyer AC, Ellsworth L, Bridges D, and Gregg B. Infant Sex Affects Human Milk Composition at Two Weeks and Two Months Postpartum.
El Habbal N, Bakulski KM, Meyer AC, Ellsworth L, Bridges D, and Gregg B. Exploratory Analysis of the Association Between Breast Milk Lipids and Infant Adiposity.