Marisol Castillo-Castrejon, PhD

  • Position: Pathology, Diabetes Research Member, Assistant Professor of Research
  • Languages Spoken: English, Spanish

Biography

My multidisciplinary training in clinical nutrition, epidemiology and biological sciences has primed me to develop a research program which envisions a life course approach and aims broadly to explore the role of nutrition on women’s health. I have divided my research program into three main areas: 1) placental function as a determinant of developmental programming; 2) nutritional epidemiology; and 3) menopause & diabetes risk.

Email

marisol-castillocastrejon@ouhsc.edu

Additional Websites

Health Education
  • Graduate School
  • Postdoctoral Fellow in Reproductive Sciences University of Colorado School of Medicine
    Denver, CO
    2020
  • Postdoctoral Fellow in Environmental Health Sciences University of Michigan School of Public Health
    Ann Arbor, MI
    2016
  • PhD in Biological Sciences Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Mexico
    2014
  • Master of Science, Biological Sciences Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Mexico
    2008
  • College
  • Bachelor of Science, Nutrition and Food Sciences Universidad Iberoamericana
    Ciudad de Mexico,
    2005
Research Interests:
  • Placental Function
  • Nutrition
  • Gestational Diabetes
  • Obesity
  • Menopause
  • Environmental Exposures
  • Fetal Programming
Publications
  • Effect of type 2 diabetes mellitus on placental expression and activity of nutrient transporters and their association with birth weight and neonatal adiposity 2021

    Mol Cell Endocrinol (2021) May 12;532:111319. doi: 10.1016/j.mce.2021.111319.

  • Preconceptional lipid-based nutrient supplementation in 2 low-resource countries resulted in distinctly different IGF- 1/mTOR placental responses 2021

    J Nutr. (2021) Mar 11;151(3):556-569. doi: 10.1093/jn/nxaa354.

  • Timing of Cervico-vaginal Cytokine Collection During Pregnancy and Preterm Birth: A Comparative Analysis in the PRINCESA cohort 2021

    Int J Environ Res Public Health. (2021) Mar 26;18(7):3436. doi: 10.3390/ijerph18073436.

  • Brominated diphenyl ether-47 differentially regulates cellular migration and invasion in a human first trimester trophoblast cell line 2020

    Reprod Toxicol. (2020) 04; 93:191-198.

  • Dietary patterns and diet quality during pregnancy and low birth weight: the PRINCESA cohort 2020

    Matern Child Nutrition (2020) Jul;16(3):e12972. doi: 10.1111/mcn.12972.

  • Gestational weight gain trajectories over pregnancy and their association with maternal diet quality 2019

    Nutrition (2019) Sep; 65:158-166. doi: 10.1016/j.nut.2019.02.002

  • Placental Nutrient Transport in Gestational Diabetic Pregnancies 2017

    Front. Endocrinol (2017) 8:306. doi: 10.3389/fendo.2017.00306.