Fish Consumption during Pregnancy and Impacts on Child Health

Join the ECHO Program for a series of three flash talks centered around fish consumption during pregnancy and impacts on child health. Kristen Lyall, Emily Oken, and Margaret Karagas will speak on EC0468 “Associations of maternal fish consumption and omega-3 supplement use during pregnancy with child autism-related outcomes: Results from the ECHO Program,” new guidance on fatty acid supplements to prevent preterm birth, and the recent National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine report “The Role of Seafood in Child Growth and Development” and the potential gaps ECHO could address.

Speakers:

Kristen Lyall, SCD

Dr. Lyall is an Associate Professor in the Modifiable Risk Factors Program of the A.J. Drexel Autism Institute.

Emily Oken, MD, MPH

Dr. Oken is Professor and Chair of the Department of Population Medicine at Harvard Medical School, and President of the Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute.

Margaret Karagas, PhD

Professor Karagas is the inaugural chair of the Department of Epidemiology at the Geisel School of Medicine and director of the Centers for Molecular Epidemiology and Children’s Environmental Health and Disease Prevention Research at Dartmouth College.