Doctor
Leah Gilbert
Mother, Dr. in Life Sciences, Psychologist, Lifestyle coach and Researcher. Dr Gilbert's work focuses on understanding the transgenerational impact of maternal mental and metabolic health. Understanding the role of maternal mental and metabolic health is crucial for the development of adapted care in pregnancy and the postpartum period and to reduce the risks associated with low mood and unhealthy lifestyle behaviors.
New Project
Investigating the role of maternal mental and metabolic health status on the growth of the infant. This is the first time science will be investigating the associations between how maternal mental and metabolic health may influence her feeding behaviors and how this may affect the growth of her child.
Publications
These are the last 3 publications showing an association between maternal mental health and metabolic factors. To see more, go to my publication page
Prospective Associations Between Maternal Depression and Infant Sleep in Women With Gestational Diabetes Mellitus. Gilbert et al. 2022
Maternal Mental and Metabolic health during the perinatal period. Gilbert et al. 2021
Mental health and its associations with weight in women with gestational diabetes mellitus. A prospective clinical cohort study. Gilbert et al. 2020
Thesis supervisors and team
No great work comes without a great team.
Here I would like to give a special thanks to my thesis supervisor Prof. Jardena Puder and my thesis co-supervisor Prof. Antje Horsch for the support they gave me throughout my thesis. I would also like to give a special thanks to my collaborators Drs. Quansah, Lanzi and Arhab and Miss Gross for their insight throughout my thesis. Finally, I would like to thank all the interns I co-supervised during my thesis for their brilliant work and for the clinical collaborators I had the chance to work with.
Postdoc collaborators and team
The best way to predict your future is to create it.
Here I would like to give a special thanks to Prof. Ralph Nanan and Emily Hibbert for the project we developed together: Determining the interactions between psychological, nutritional and behavioral factors and their association with infant obesity risk in pregnancies with and without gestational diabetes mellitus. I am looking forward to working with you and your team. I would also like to thank Khairunnessa Rahman and Alison Webster for their support.