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Traci A Bekelman

TitleAssistant Research Professor
InstitutionUniversity of Colorado Denver - Anschutz Medical Campus
DepartmentCSPH-Epidemiology General Ops

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    University of California, BerkeleyBAHuman Biodynamics
    Johns Hopkins University, Bloomberg School of Public HealthMPHInternational Health
    University of Colorado, BoulderMABiological Anthropology
    University of Colorado, BoulderPhDBiological Anthropology
    University of Colorado Anschutz Medical CampusPost-doctoral FellowNutrition

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    UG3OD023248     (DABELEA, DANA)Sep 21, 2016 - May 31, 2025
    NIH
    Environmental influences on Child Health Outcomes - The Colorado ECHO Pediatric Cohort
    Role: Co-Principal Investigator

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    1. Taylor GL, Burjak M, Ray D, Blackwell CK, Santos HP, Ganiban J, Dunlop AL, Elliott AJ, Aschner JL, Stroustrup A, Bekelman TA, Barone C, Camargo CA, McEvoy CT, Tung I, Schweitzer JB, Herbstman J, Wright RO, Wright RJ, Akinkugbe AA, Kelly RS, Hartert TV, Patterson BL, Bendixsen C, Cassidy-Bushrow AE, O'Shea TM, Fry RC. Associations among positive child health measures in the environmental influences on child health outcomes (ECHO) cohort. Qual Life Res. 2025 May; 34(5):1277-1289. PMID: 39904821.
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    2. McCormack LA, MacKenzie DA, Deutsch A, Beene D, Hockett CW, Ziegler K, Knapp EA, Kress AM, Li ZR, Bakre S, Habre R, Jacobson L, Karagas MR, LeWinn K, Nozadi SS, Alshawabkeh A, Aris IM, Bekelman TA, Bendixsen CG, Camargo C, Cassidy-Bushrow AE, Croen L, Assiamira F, Fry R, Gebretsadik T, Hartert T, Hirko KA, Karr CJ, Kloog I, Loftus C, Magee KE, McEvoy C, Neiderhiser JM, O'Connor TG, O'Shea M, Straughen JK, Urquhart A, Wright R, Elliott AJ. A descriptive examination of rurality in the Environmental influences on Child Health Outcomes Cohort: Implications, illustrations, and future directions. J Rural Health. 2025 Jan; 41(1):e12908. PMID: 39731317.
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    3. Bosquet Enlow M, Blackwell CK, Sherlock P, Mansolf M, Bekelman TA, Blair C, Bush NR, Graff JC, Hockett C, Leve LD, LeWinn KZ, Miller EB, McGrath M, Murphy LE, Perng W. The influence of early childhood education and care on the relation between early-life social adversity and children's mental health in the environmental influences for Child Health Outcomes Program. Dev Psychopathol. 2024 Dec 10; 1-19. PMID: 39655664.
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    4. Hedderson MM, Schuh HB, Knapp EA, Bekelman TA, Catellier DJ, Westlake M, Lyall K, Schmidt RJ, Dunlop AL, Comstock SS, Chatzi L, Sauder KA, Dabelea D, Switkowski KM, Lin PD, Avalos LA, Zhu Y, Ferrara A. Prenatal Diet and Infant Growth From Birth to Age 24 Months. JAMA Netw Open. 2024 Nov 04; 7(11):e2445771. PMID: 39570591.
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    5. Autret K, Bekelman TA. Socioeconomic Status and Obesity. J Endocr Soc. 2024 Sep 26; 8(11):bvae176. PMID: 39416425.
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    6. Towe-Goodman N, McArthur KL, Willoughby M, Swingler MM, Wychgram C, Just AC, Kloog I, Bennett DH, Berry D, Hazlehurst MF, James P, Jimenez MP, Lai JS, Leve LD, Gatzke-Kopp L, Schweitzer JB, Bekelman TA, Calub C, Carnell S, Deoni S, D'Sa V, Kelly C, Koinis-Mitchell D, Petriello M, Thapaliya G, Wright RJ, Zhang X, Kress AM. Green Space and Internalizing or Externalizing Symptoms Among Children. JAMA Netw Open. 2024 04 01; 7(4):e245742. PMID: 38598238.
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    7. Bragg MG, Westlake M, Alshawabkeh AN, Bekelman TA, Camargo CA, Catellier DJ, Comstock SS, Dabelea D, Dunlop AL, Hedderson MM, Hockett CW, Karagas MR, Keenan K, Kelly NR, Kerver JM, MacKenzie D, Mahabir S, Maldonado LE, McCormack LA, Melough MM, Mueller NT, Nelson ME, O'Connor TG, Oken E, O'Shea TM, Switkowski KM, Sauder KA, Wright RJ, Wright RO, Zhang X, Zhu Y, Lyall K. Opportunities for Examining Child Health Impacts of Early-Life Nutrition in the ECHO Program: Maternal and Child Dietary Intake Data from Pregnancy to Adolescence. Curr Dev Nutr. 2023 Nov; 7(11):102019. PMID: 38035205.
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    8. Zheng S, Mansolf M, McGrath M, Churchill ML, Bekelman TA, Brennan PA, Margolis AE, Nozadi SS, Bastain TM, Elliott AJ, LeWinn KZ, Hofheimer JA, Leve LD, Rennie B, Zimmerman E, Marable CA, McEvoy CT, Liu C, Sullivan A, Woodruff TJ, Ghosh S, Leventhal B, Ferrara A, Lewis J, Bishop S. Measurement bias in caregiver-report of early childhood behavior problems across demographic factors in an ECHO-wide diverse sample. JCPP Adv. 2024 Mar; 4(1):e12198. PMID: 38486952.
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    9. Brennan PA, Nozadi SS, McGrath M, Churchill ML, Dunlop AL, Elliott AJ, MacKenzie D, Margolis AE, Ghassabian A, McEvoy CT, Fry RC, Bekelman TA, Ganiban JM, Williams L, Wilson CL, Lewis J. COVID-19 Stress and Child Behavior: Examining Discrimination and Social Support in Racially Diverse ECHO Cohorts. J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry. 2024 May; 63(5):528-538. PMID: 37544643.
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    10. LeWinn KZ, Trasande L, Law A, Blackwell CK, Bekelman TA, Arizaga JA, Sullivan AA, Bastain TM, Breton CV, Karagas MR, Elliott AJ, Karr CJ, Carroll KN, Dunlop AL, Croen LA, Margolis AE, Alshawabkeh AN, Cordero JF, Singh AM, Seroogy CM, Jackson DJ, Wood RA, Hartert TV, Kim YS, Duarte CS, Schweitzer JB, Lester BM, McEvoy CT, O'Connor TG, Oken E, Bornkamp N, Brown ED, Porucznik CA, Ferrara A, Camargo CA, Zhao Q, Ganiban JM, Jacobson LP. Sociodemographic Differences in COVID-19 Pandemic Experiences Among Families in the United States. JAMA Netw Open. 2023 08 01; 6(8):e2330495. PMID: 37610749.
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    11. Kasman M, Hammond RA, Reader L, Purcell R, Guyer S, Ganiban JM, Mitchell DC, Dabelea DM, Bellatorre A, Bekelman TA, Cohen CC, Perng W, Grummon AH, Wu AJ, Oken E, Kleinman K. Childhood Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Consumption: an Agent-Based Model of Context-Specific Reduction Efforts. Am J Prev Med. 2023 12; 65(6):1003-1014. PMID: 37451323.
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    12. Bekelman TA, Trasande L, Law A, Blackwell CK, Jacobson LP, Bastain TM, Breton CV, Elliott AJ, Ferrara A, Karagas MR, Aschner JL, Bornkamp N, Camargo CA, Comstock SS, Dunlop AL, Ganiban JM, Gern JE, Karr CJ, Kelly RS, Lyall K, O'Shea TM, Schweitzer JB, LeWinn KZ. Opportunities for understanding the COVID-19 pandemic and child health in the United States: the Environmental influences on Child Health Outcomes (ECHO) program. Front Pediatr. 2023; 11:1171214. PMID: 37397146.
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    13. Hedderson MM, Bekelman TA, Li M, Knapp EA, Palmore M, Dong Y, Elliott AJ, Friedman C, Galarce M, Gilbert-Diamond D, Glueck D, Hockett CW, Lucchini M, McDonald J, Sauder K, Zhu Y, Karagas MR, Dabelea D, Ferrara A. Trends in Screen Time Use Among Children During the COVID-19 Pandemic, July 2019 Through August 2021. JAMA Netw Open. 2023 02 01; 6(2):e2256157. PMID: 36790805.
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    14. Zell-Baran LM, Starling AP, Glueck DH, Bekelman TA, Norris JM, Adgate JL, Brown JM, Dabelea D. Vaccination Trends and Family-Level Characteristics Associated With Incomplete or Delayed Childhood Immunizations: The Healthy Start Study. Am J Health Promot. 2023 05; 37(4):524-528. PMID: 36302397.
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    15. Lucchini M, Bekelman TA, Li M, Knapp EA, Dong Y, Ballard S, Deoni S, Dunlop AL, Elliott AJ, Ferrara A, Friedman C, Galarce M, Gilbert-Diamond D, Glueck D, Hedderson M, Hockett CW, Karagas MR, LeBourgeois MK, Margolis A, McDonald J, Ngai P, Pellerite M, Sauder K, Ma T, Dabelea D. Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on children's sleep habits: an ECHO study. Pediatr Res. 2023 02; 93(3):586-594. PMID: 36195633.
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    16. Knapp EA, Dong Y, Dunlop AL, Aschner JL, Stanford JB, Hartert T, Teitelbaum SL, Hudak ML, Carroll K, O'Connor TG, McEvoy CT, O'Shea TM, Carnell S, Karagas MR, Herbstman JB, Dabelea D, Ganiban JM, Ferrara A, Hedderson M, Bekelman TA, Rundle AG, Alshawabkeh A, Gilbert-Diamond D, Fry RC, Chen Z, Gilliland FD, Wright RJ, Camargo CA, Jacobson L, Lester BM, Hockett CW, Hodges ML, Chandran A. Changes in BMI During the COVID-19 Pandemic. Pediatrics. 2022 09 01; 150(3). PMID: 35768891.
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    17. Bekelman TA, Dong Y, Elliott AJ, Ferrara A, Friesen K, Galarce M, Gilbert-Diamond D, Glueck DH, Hedderson MM, Hockett CW, Karagas MR, Knapp EA, Lucchini M, McDonald JC, Sauder KA, Dabelea D. Health Behavior Changes during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Longitudinal Analysis among Children. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2022 07 28; 19(15). PMID: 35954577.
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    18. Bekelman TA, Knapp EA, Dong Y, Dabelea D, Bastain TM, Breton CV, Carroll KN, Camargo CA, Davis AM, Dunlop AL, Elliott AJ, Ferrara A, Fry RC, Ganiban JM, Gilbert-Diamond D, Gilliland FD, Hedderson MM, Hipwell AE, Hockett CW, Huddleston KC, Karagas MR, Kelly N, Lai JS, Lester BM, Lucchini M, Melough MM, Mihalopoulos NL, O'Shea TM, Rundle AG, Stanford JB, VanBronkhorst S, Wright RJ, Zhao Q, Sauder KA. Sociodemographic Variation in Children's Health Behaviors During the COVID-19 Pandemic. Child Obes. 2023 06; 19(4):226-238. PMID: 35856858.
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    19. Blackwell CK, Mansolf M, Sherlock P, Ganiban J, Hofheimer JA, Barone CJ, Bekelman TA, Blair C, Cella D, Collazo S, Croen LA, Deoni S, Elliott AJ, Ferrara A, Fry RC, Gershon R, Herbstman JB, Karagas MR, LeWinn KZ, Margolis A, Miller RL, O'Shea TM, Porucznik CA, Wright RJ. Youth Well-being During the COVID-19 Pandemic. Pediatrics. 2022 04 01; 149(4). PMID: 35301542.
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    20. Cohen CC, Perng W, Bekelman TA, Ringham BM, Scherzinger A, Shankar K, Dabelea D. Childhood nutrient intakes are differentially associated with hepatic and abdominal fats in adolescence: The EPOCH study. Obesity (Silver Spring). 2022 02; 30(2):460-471. PMID: 35088559.
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    21. Bekelman TA, Johnson SL, Steinberg RI, Martin CK, Sauder KA, Luckett-Cole S, Glueck DH, Hsia DS, Dabelea D. A Qualitative Analysis of the Remote Food Photography Method and the Automated Self-Administered 24-hour Dietary Assessment Tool for Assessing Children's Food Intake Reported by Parent Proxy. J Acad Nutr Diet. 2022 05; 122(5):961-973. PMID: 34767972.
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    22. Bekelman TA, Dabelea D, Ganiban JM, Law A, McGovern Reilly A, Althoff KN, Mueller N, Camargo CA, Duarte CS, Dunlop AL, Elliott AJ, Ferrara A, Gold DR, Hertz-Picciotto I, Hartert T, Hipwell AE, Huddleston K, Johnson CC, Karagas MR, Karr CJ, Hershey GKK, Leve L, Mahabir S, McEvoy CT, Neiderhiser J, Oken E, Rundle A, Sathyanarayana S, Turley C, Tylavsky FA, Watson SE, Wright R, Zhang M, Zoratti E. Regional and sociodemographic differences in average BMI among US children in the ECHO program. Obesity (Silver Spring). 2021 12; 29(12):2089-2099. PMID: 34467678.
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    23. Bekelman TA, Ringham BM, Sauder KA, Johnson SL, Harrall KH, Glueck DH, Dabelea D. Adherence to index-based dietary patterns in childhood and BMI trajectory during the transition to adolescence: the EPOCH study. Int J Obes (Lond). 2021 11; 45(11):2439-2446. PMID: 34304241.
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    24. Bekelman TA, Martin CK, Johnson SL, Glueck DH, Sauder KA, Harrall KK, Steinberg RI, Hsia DS, Dabelea D. A comparison of the remote food photography method and the automated self-administered 24-h dietary assessment tool for measuring full-day dietary intake among school-age children. Br J Nutr. 2022 04 28; 127(8):1269-1278. PMID: 34085613.
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    25. Santamar?a-Ulloa C, Bekelman TA. [Intake of processed meats by Costa Rican women: effect of socioeconomic status]. Rev Biol Trop. 2021 Oct 01; 69(2):665-677. PMID: 36742162.
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    26. Thompson DA, Bekelman TA, Ferrante MJ, McCloskey ML, Johnson SL, Bellows LL. Picture Perfect: How Attaining the Ideal Meal is Not So Easy for Parents of Young Children. J Nutr Educ Behav. 2021 04; 53(4):290-298. PMID: 33558158.
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    27. Montero-Lopez M, Santamaria-Ulloa C, Bekelman TA, Arias-Quesada J, Corrales-Calderon J, Jackson-Gomez M, et al. . Determinantes sociales de la salud y prevalencia de sobrepeso-obesidad en mujeres urbanas, según nivel socioeconómico. Hacia la Promocion de la Salud. 2021; 2(26):192-207.
    28. Bekelman TA, Sauder KA, Rockette-Wagner B, Glueck DH, Dabelea D. Sociodemographic Predictors of Adherence to National Diet and Physical Activity Guidelines at Age 5 Years: The Healthy Start Study. Am J Health Promot. 2021 05; 35(4):514-524. PMID: 33118362.
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    29. Bender RL, Bekelman TA, Sandberg PA, Dufour DL, Reina JC. Shift in body fat distribution from lower body to upper body among urban Colombian women, 1988-1989 to 2007-2008. Public Health Nutr. 2020 06; 23(8):1320-1328. PMID: 32238205.
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    30. Bekelman TA, Johnson SL, Taylor CA. Differences in Diet Quality and Snack Intakes Among Non-Hispanic White and Mexican American Adolescents from Different Acculturation Groups. J Racial Ethn Health Disparities. 2020 12; 7(6):1090-1099. PMID: 32144631.
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    31. Bekelman TA, Bellows LL, McCloskey ML, Martin CK, Johnson SL. Assessing dinner meals offered at home among preschoolers from low-income families with the Remote Food Photography Method. Pediatr Obes. 2019 11; 14(11):e12558. PMID: 31347302.
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    32. Sauder KA, Bekelman TA, Harrall KK, Glueck DH, Dabelea D. Gestational diabetes exposure and adiposity outcomes in childhood and adolescence: An analysis of effect modification by breastfeeding, diet quality, and physical activity in the EPOCH study. Pediatr Obes. 2019 12; 14(12):e12562. PMID: 31274243.
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    33. Bekelman TA, Santamar?a-Ulloa C, Dufour DL. Variation in dietary intake and body fatness by socioeconomic status among women in the context of Costa Rican nutrition transitions. J Biosoc Sci. 2020 03; 52(2):230-247. PMID: 31218982.
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    34. McCloskey ML, Johnson SL, Bekelman TA, Martin CK, Bellows LL. Beyond Nutrient Intake: Use of Digital Food Photography Methodology to Examine Family Dinnertime. J Nutr Educ Behav. 2019 05; 51(5):547-555.e1. PMID: 30826162.
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    35. Bekelman TA, Bellows LL, Clark L, Thompson DA, Kemper G, McCloskey ML, Johnson SL. An Ecocultural Perspective on Eating-Related Routines Among Low-Income Families With Preschool-Aged Children. Qual Health Res. 2019 07; 29(9):1345-1357. PMID: 30499371.
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    36. Bellows LL, McCloskey M, Clark L, Thompson DA, Bekelman TA, Chamberlin B, Johnson SL. HEROs: Design of a Mixed-Methods Formative Research Phase for an Ecocultural Intervention to Promote Healthy Eating and Activity Behaviors in Rural Families With Preschoolers. J Nutr Educ Behav. 2018 Jul - Aug; 50(7):736-745. PMID: 29653807.
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    37. Turner TR, Bernstein RM, Taylor AB, Asangba A, Bekelman T, Cramer JD, Elton S, Harvati K, Williams-Hatala EM, Kauffman L, Middleton E, Richtsmeier J, Szathm?ry E, Torres-Rouff C, Thayer Z, Villase?or A, Vogel E. Participation, representation, and shared experiences of women scholars in biological anthropology. Am J Phys Anthropol. 2018 01; 165 Suppl 65:126-157. PMID: 29380882.
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    38. Bekelman TA, Bellows LB, Johnson SL. Are Family Routines Modifiable Determinants of Preschool Children’s Eating, Dietary Intake, and Growth? A Review of Intervention Studies. Current Nutrition Reports. 2017; 2(6):171-189.
    39. Bekelman TA, Santamar?a-Ulloa C, Dufour DL, Mar?n-Arias L, Dengo AL. Using the protein leverage hypothesis to understand socioeconomic variation in obesity. Am J Hum Biol. 2017 May 06; 29(3). PMID: 28121382.
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    40. Bekelman TA, Santamaría-Ulloa C, Dufour DL, Dengo AL . [Food availability and dietary intake among urban Costa Rican women: A Pilot Study]. Población y Salud en Mesoamérica. 2016; 2(13).
    41. Olszowy KM, Dufour DL, Bender RL, Bekelman TA, Reina JC. Socioeconomic status, stature, and obesity in women: 20-year trends in urban Colombia. Am J Hum Biol. 2012 Sep-Oct; 24(5):602-10. PMID: 22513997.
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    42. Perfetti R, Brown TA, Velikina R, Busselen S. Control of glucose homeostasis by incretin hormones. Diabetes Technol Ther. 1999; 1(3):297-305. PMID: 11475276.
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