HEBHL members partner with Mart Elementary in Waco for National STEM Day, using hands-on activities to teach students about energetics, healthy eating, and physical activity.

Graduate lab member Marcela Pfaff Nash receives Graduate Women in Science grant to determine differences in intestinal energy absorption among children living in poor sanitary conditions.

Graduate lab member Anna Samsonov receives NSF DDRIG grant ($33,383) to investigate drivers of childhood oxidative stress in low-resource settings.

Oxidative stress in children and adolescents: Insights into human biology

Samsonov A & Urlacher SS. (2025)

American Journal of Human Biology

The energetics of childhood: Current knowledge and insights into human variation, evolution, and health

Urlacher SS. (2023)

Yearbook of Biological Anthropology

Minimally invasive biomarkers in human and non–human primate evolutionary biology: Tools for understanding variation and adaptation.

Urlacher SS, Kim LY, Luan T, Young L, Adjetey B. (2022)

American Journal of Human Biology

Childhood Daily Energy Expenditure Does Not Decrease with Market Integration and Is Not Related to Adiposity in Amazonia

Urlacher et al. (2021)

The Journal of Nutrition