Doubly Labeled Water | Theory and Applications (3 Videos) | Dr. Rood

  Week 2

 Purpose

The purpose of this video lecture is to discuss the assessment of total energy expenditure using doubly labeled water.The video lecture also focuses on protocols and administration of the water as well as the calculate dilution space.

 Meet the Guest Speaker

Dr. Jennifer C. Rood is currently a Professor and the Associate Executive Director for Cores/Resources at the Pennington Biomedical Research Center in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA. She also is the Chief of the Clinical Chemistry and Mass Spectrometry Laboratories. She obtained a Ph.D. in Clinical Pathology from Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center in 1993. She is board certified by the American Board of Clinical Chemistry and is a Fellow in the National Academy of Clinical Biochemistry. Her main research interest is in developing new analytical methodologies for biomarkers of diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and obesity. She has also worked extensively using stable isotopes to measure metabolism and energy expenditure.

She is a member of the International Atomic Energy Association Doubly Labeled Water Database Group. Dr. Rood has published her research findings in more than 150 scholarly journals and books, and regularly participates in the scientific meetings of several national and international organizations.  

  Video Lecture

The video lecture is broken down into four topics: Introduction, use of energy balance models, examples in clinical research, and addressing conflicts and answering important questions.

Please click each tab to watch each video.

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