Elisabet Borsheim, Ph.D

Professor
Arkansas Children’s Nutrition Center; University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
Little Rock, Arkansas, United States

Dr. Børsheim is a Professor in the Dept. of Pediatrics and Dept. of Geriatrics at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS). She is an Associate Director of the Arkansas Children’s Nutrition Center (ACNC), a national human nutrition research center funded by the USDA-Agricultural Research Services. She leads the translational research group Physical Activity, Energetics, and Metabolism, directs a Physical Activity core at the ACNC, and directs the Metabolism and Bioenergetics Core in the NIH-Center of Biomedical Research Excellence (COBRE) funded Center for Childhood Obesity Prevention at the Arkansas Children’s Research Institute. Her background is in physiology, and her research focuses on the effects of nutrition and physical activity/exercise on cardiometabolic health throughout life, with a special focus on early life.

Presentation(s):

• Amino Acid and Protein Metabolism (Oral 6)

  Saturday, June 29, 2024
  5:00 PM – 6:00 PM CT

  Disclosure(s): No relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.

• (OR06-02-24) Effect of Protein Intake at Breakfast on Energy Expenditure, Net Protein Balance, and Cardiometabolic Health in Children Who Are Normal Weight or Have Overweight/Obesity

  Saturday, June 29, 2024
  5:24 PM – 5:36 PM CT

  Disclosure(s): No relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.

• Building Blocks of Life: Protein and Amino Acids in Early Development (Focus on Early Career Investigators) (Poster Theater Flash Session 3)

  Sunday, June 30, 2024
  8:00 AM – 9:30 AM CT

  Disclosure(s): No relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.

• Seafood Access and Intake for Child Health and Development (Oral 20)

  Monday, July 1, 2024
  10:00 AM – 11:30 AM CT

  Disclosure(s): No relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.

• The Arkansas Children’s Nutrition Research Center: 30 Years of Advancing Nutrition Science Research for Maternal and Child Health

  Tuesday, July 2, 2024
  8:00 AM – 9:30 AM CT

  Disclosure(s): No relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.

• Current Research in Physical Activity and Metabolism at the ACNC

  Tuesday, July 2, 2024
  8:50 AM – 9:10 AM CT

  Disclosure(s): No relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.