Graduate Student
alkramer@email.unc.edu
Carolina Population Center
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5191-1336
Research Interests
Infancy, pregnancy, infant sleep, fertility, maternal-child health
Research Background
I am interested in exploring how the interactions between environmental, social, and biological factors contribute to maternal-infant health outcomes during the first 1,000 days (conception-infant age 2 years) in the United States.
Education
PhD, UNC-Chapel Hill, 2024; MSPH, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, 2019; BS, Northeastern University, 2017
Presentations
"Brinson, A.K., Jahnke, H., Arnold, A., L., & Henrich, N. Digital health needs during pregnancy and postpartum. Poster presentation at the American Public Health Association Annual Meeting & Expo. November 2023
Brinson, A.K., McLaughlin, K., Short, S., Wasser, H.M., Thompson, A.L., & Propper, C.B. Does a bedtime routine improve infant sleep? The influence of infant temperament. Oral presentation at the Annual Society of Behavioral Sleep Medicine Scientific Conference. November 2023.
Suchy, N., Murgueitio, N., Brinson, A.K., Carlson, A., Short, S.J., Knickmeyer, R.C., & Propper, C.B. Associations between prenatal maternal gut microbiome composition and infant temperament. Poster presentation at the 24th Occasional Temperament Conference. October 2023.
Hayman, M., Brown, W.J., Brinson, A.K., Budzynski-Seymour, E., Bruce, T., & Evenson, K.R. Public health for physical activity during pregnancy from around the world: a scoping review. Submitted for presentation at The International Society of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 22nd Annual Meeting. June 2023.
Long, A.M., Brinson, A.K., Nicholas, K.M., Thompson, A.L., Bentley, M.E., & Wasser, H.M. Comparing the relationship between neighborhood-level and individual-level measures of socioeconomic adversity on maternal prenatal depressive symptoms. Poster presentation at the Human Biology Association 2023 Annual Meeting. April 2023.
Nulty, A.K., Thompson, A.L., Bentley, M.E., & Wasser, H.M. Household chaos and infant feeding: the role of infant temperament. Poster presentation at the Human Biology Association 2022 Annual Meeting. March 2022.
Nulty, A.K., Nicholas, K., Thompson, A.L., Wasser, H.M., & Bentley, M.E. Trajectories of infant diet profiles among non-Hispanic Black infants in central North Carolina. Poster presentation at the American Public Health Association Annual Meeting & Expo. October 2021.
Nulty, A.K., Chen, E., & Thompson, A.L. Evolutionary mismatch and reproductive health tracking. Oral presentation at the International Society for Evolution, Medicine, & Public Health 2021 Annual Meeting. July 2021.
Nulty, A.K., Bovbjerg, M.L., Savitz, D.A., Herring, A.H., Bradley, C.B., & Evenson, K.R. Association between physical activity and the onset of spontaneous labor. Poster presentation at the 2021 American College of Sports Medicine 68th Annual Meeting. June 2021.
Nulty, A., Zvara, B., Andridge, R., Keim, S., & Anderson, S. Toddler sleep duration and nighttime awakenings associated with regular bedtime and sleep time routines. Poster presentation at Society for Research and Child Development 2021 Virtual Biennial Meeting. May 2021.
Carrier, J., Nulty, A., Thompson, A.L., Wasser, H., & Bentley, M.E. Socioeconomic determinants of breastfeeding intentions and duration among Black women in central North Carolina. Poster presentation at the Human Biology Association 2021 Virtual Annual Meeting. March 2021.
Nulty, A.K., Thompson, A.L., Wasser, H.M., & Bentley, M.E. Maternal perception of insufficient breastmilk supply: predictors and potential pathways. Oral presentation at the Human Biology Association 2021 Virtual Annual Meeting. March 2021.
Nulty, A.K., Thompson, A.L., Wasser, H.M., & Bentley, M.E. (2020). Maternal-infant bedsharing associated with maternal depressive symptoms and perception of infant sleep. Curr Dev Nutr, 4 (supplement_2), 1052. https://doi.org/10.1093/cdn/nzaa054_124 *Emerging Leader in Nutrition Science Finalist in the Maternal, Perinatal and Pediatric Nutrition Topical Area
Thompson, A.L., Wasser, H.M., Nulty, A.K., & Bentley, M.E. (2020). Examining pathways underlying the association between maternal depressive symptoms and infant weight outcomes. Curr Dev Nutr, 4 (supplement_2), 1088. https://doi.org/10.1093/cdn/nzaa054_160
Thompson, A.L., Wasser, H.M., Nulty, A.K., & Bentley, M.E. (2019). Feeding style patterns are relatively stable across infancy and are associated with feeding and weight outcomes in African American infants. Curr Dev Nutr, 3 (supplement_1), 1098. https://doi.org/10.1093/cdn/nzz048.P11-120-19"