Katherine Donald
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Postdoctoral Fellow
Also affiliated: University of British Columbia (2022–2025); Cornell University (2024); Coalition for a Drug Free Hawaii (2024); Upsher-Smith Laboratories (United Kingdom) (2023); Canada's Michael Smith Genome Sciences Centre (2022–2025); Arkansas Department of Agriculture (2022–2025)
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Biography and Research Information
OverviewAI-generated summary
Dr. Katherine Donald is a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, focusing on infant nutrition and health with an emphasis on the interplay between the gut microbiota and immune system development. Her research explores the critical role of early-life interactions between the microbiota and the immune system, particularly in the context of atopic disease. Donald's work investigates how secretory IgA in breast milk protects against asthma, modulating the gut microbiota to promote normal immune development. She has published on the impact of human milk oligosaccharides on allergic responses, and the role of human milk IgA in limiting Th17-inducing bacteria in the infant gut. Additionally, Dr. Donald's broader research interests include breastfeeding practices and influences, pediatric health, respiratory diseases, and smoking behavior and cessation.
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- h-index: 6
- Publications: 19
- Citations: 558
Positions
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Postdoctoral Fellow 2025–presentWeill Cornell Medicine Microbiology & Immunology ORCID
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Postdoctoral Fellow publications 2025University of Arkansas at Little Rock ORCID
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PhD Student 2020–2025University of British Columbia Microbiology & Immunology ORCID
Selected Publications
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Capacity to address determinants of health among a social justice coalition in the United States (2025)
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Changes in Capacity Building and Sustained Implementation Among a Statewide Coalition to Address Racial/Ethnic COVID-19 Disparities (2024)
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Abstract A002: Leveraging resources through the Translational Research Institute to engage communities in tobacco-related health disparities research (2020)
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- Changes in Capacity Building and Sustained Implementation Among a Statewide Coalition to Address Racial/Ethnic COVID-19 Disparities
- Abstract A002: Leveraging resources through the Translational Research Institute to engage communities in tobacco-related health disparities research
- Capacity to address determinants of health among a social justice coalition in the United States
- Changes in Capacity Building and Sustained Implementation Among a Statewide Coalition to Address Racial/Ethnic COVID-19 Disparities
- Capacity to address determinants of health among a social justice coalition in the United States
- Changes in Capacity Building and Sustained Implementation Among a Statewide Coalition to Address Racial/Ethnic COVID-19 Disparities
- Capacity to address determinants of health among a social justice coalition in the United States
- Changes in Capacity Building and Sustained Implementation Among a Statewide Coalition to Address Racial/Ethnic COVID-19 Disparities
- Capacity to address determinants of health among a social justice coalition in the United States
- Changes in Capacity Building and Sustained Implementation Among a Statewide Coalition to Address Racial/Ethnic COVID-19 Disparities
- Capacity to address determinants of health among a social justice coalition in the United States
- Abstract A002: Leveraging resources through the Translational Research Institute to engage communities in tobacco-related health disparities research
- Abstract A002: Leveraging resources through the Translational Research Institute to engage communities in tobacco-related health disparities research
- Abstract A002: Leveraging resources through the Translational Research Institute to engage communities in tobacco-related health disparities research
- Abstract A002: Leveraging resources through the Translational Research Institute to engage communities in tobacco-related health disparities research
- Abstract A002: Leveraging resources through the Translational Research Institute to engage communities in tobacco-related health disparities research
- Abstract A002: Leveraging resources through the Translational Research Institute to engage communities in tobacco-related health disparities research
- Abstract A002: Leveraging resources through the Translational Research Institute to engage communities in tobacco-related health disparities research
- Abstract A002: Leveraging resources through the Translational Research Institute to engage communities in tobacco-related health disparities research
- Abstract A002: Leveraging resources through the Translational Research Institute to engage communities in tobacco-related health disparities research
- Abstract A002: Leveraging resources through the Translational Research Institute to engage communities in tobacco-related health disparities research