Elizabeth M. Widen, PhD, RD

Assistant Professor
The University of Texas at Austin
Austin, Texas, United States

Dr. Beth Widen is a Registered Dietitian and Assistant Professor at the University of Texas at Austin in the Department of Nutritional Sciences.
Dr. Widen's research program applies an interdisciplinary life course approach to the intersection of nutrition sciences with reproductive, perinatal, pediatric and nutritional epidemiology and behavioral nutrition. The goal of Dr. Widen's research is to develop and apply advanced analytic methods and interdisciplinary approaches to improve nutrition during the first 1,000 days of life and therafter. Widen holds a PhD in Nutritional Epidemiology from the Gillings School of Global Public Health at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Prior to joining the faculty at UT Austin, she completed an interdisciplinary postdoctoral fellowship in the Institute of Human Nutrition, Department of Epidemiology and the New York Obesity Research Center at Columbia University.

Presentation(s):

• Maternal, Perinatal, and Pediatric Nutrition GEM Forum - Speed Networking: Making Connections in the Field of Maternal, Perinatal, and Pediatric Nutrition

  Saturday, July 22, 2023
  7:30 PM – 8:30 PM ET

  Disclosure information not submitted.

• From the Womb to the World: Impact of Prenatal and Perinatal Exposures on Offspring Outcomes (Oral 21)

  Monday, July 24, 2023
  4:00 PM – 5:30 PM ET

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

• (OR21-02-23) WIC Participation Is Associated With Recommended Gestational Weight Gain and Lower Birthweight in Texas

  Monday, July 24, 2023
  4:12 PM – 4:24 PM ET

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