Kristen Boyle, PhD
Associate Professor, Pediatrics-Nutrition

Co-Director, Basic Science Research Track, LEAD Center
Associate Director, Nutrition Obesity Research Center Pilot Award Program
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Gender: Female
Languages: English
Department, Section/Division: Pediatrics-Nutrition

Practice Locations

Hospital Affiliation
  • Children's Hospital Colorado
Center Affiliations
Public Speaking
Yes
I am available to speak about health during pregnancy (obesity, diabetes, exercise) and how this impacts the children.

Education & Training

Graduate Schools:
  • PhD, East Carolina University (2009)
  • MS, Ohio University (2005)

Undergraduate Schools:
  • BS, University of Massachusetts–Amherst (MA) (2001)

Recognition & Awards

  • Elected Member Basic Science Council, Perinatal Research Society (2023)
  • William Hansel Visiting Scientist Lecture, Pennington Biomedical Research Center (2021)
  • Women’s Health Research Day Poster Award, University of Colorado Center for Women's Health Research (2016)
    Awarded to top 5 abstract presentations of ~30
  • Young Investigator Travel Grant Award Recipient, American Diabetes Association (2015)
    Awarded to junior scientist presenters of top abstracts
  • President's Oral Session Abstract Selection, American Diabetes Association (2015)
    Top 8 abstracts of over 4,000
  • Award Recipient, NIH Loan Repayment Program (2014)
  • Women’s Health Research Day Poster Award, University of Colorado Center for Women's Health Research (2013)
    Awarded to top 5 abstract presentations of ~30
  • Travel Award , Seahorse Bioscience (2012)
  • Award Recipient, NIH Loan Repayment Program (2011)
  • Department of Biological Sciences Travel Grant, Ohio University (2003)
  • Commonwealth Scholar, University of Massachusetts, Amherst (2001)
  • Academic Scholarship, State of Connecticut (1996)
  • Academic Scholarship, Commonwealth of Massachusetts (1996)

Professional Memberships

  • American Diabetes Association, Member
  • American Society for Nutrition, Member, Past Chair: Maternal, Perinatal and Pediatric Nutrition Research Interest Section
  • The Obesity Society, Member

Research & Grants

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/myncbi/kristen.boyle.1/bibliography/42569693/public/?sort=date&direction=descending
Grants
  • Stress and Human Stem/Progenitor Cells: Biobehavioral Mechanisms (2022)
    NIH/NICHD R01, $3300212
  • Biological Embedding of Social Disadvantage in Human Stem Cells: Implications for Health Disparities (2022)
    NIH/NIMHD, $3092798
  • Impact of weight loss on the intrinsic circadian clock in human skeletal muscle (2021)
    The Colorado Clinical & Translational Sciences Institute, $60000
  • Umbilical cord-derived stem cell metabolism: Understanding mechanisms for childhood obesity risk (2018)
    The American Diabetes Association, $600000
  • Epigenetic programming of infant mesenchymal stem cells: mechanisms for obesity and diabetes risk in humans (2018)
    NIH/NIDDK R01, $1677000
  • Human Mesenchymal Stem Cells and the Epigenetic Programming of Obesity (2015)
    NIH/NIDDK K01, $397000
  • Mesenchymal Stem Cells and the Epigenetic Programming of Neonatal Adiposity (2014)
    The Colorado Clinical & Translational Sciences Institute , $1000
  • Mesenchymal Stem Cells and the Epigenetic Programming of Neonatal Adiposity (2014)
    University of Colorado Center for Women’s Health Research, $25000
  • The Effect of Maternal Obesity on Skeletal Muscle Cell Differentiation (2013)
    The Obesity Society, $25000
  • Maternal Programming of Fetal Stem Cells (2013)
    NIH/NICHD K12 BIRCWH, $
  • Cellular Mechanisms for Insulin Resistance in Human Gestational Diabetes Mellitus (2011)
    NIH/NIDDK F32, $
  • Postdoctoral Fellow (2009)
    NIH/NIDDK T32 DK 007658, $
Research interests for Patients:
I have a robust foundation in obesity research, with 18 years dedicated to identifying and understanding metabolic phenotypes in primary human stem cells. My research program aims to understand how fetal exposures predispose infants to metabolic disease later in life. In pursuit of this goal, my lab pioneered the use of mesenchymal stem cells collected from umbilical cord tissue of newborn infants to investigate molecular and metabolic phenotypes predictive of future disease risk. Such tools have allowed us to identify children most at risk for excess adiposity in childhood with greater precision than other common measures collected at birth. As we move toward precision approaches for obesity prevention, infant stem cells will help to identify gestational exposures most impactful, and their modifiability through pregnancy interventions, thereby informing evidence-based prenatal clinical care.

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CV Boyle Curriculum Vitae - FEB 2024.pdf