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Trenton Dailey-Chwalibóg

@trenton.phd
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#Epidemiologist · #MultiOmics · #MNCH · #Microbiota · #EED · #HumanMilk · #UGent · #AFRICSanté · #BrusselsGriffons

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Trenton Dailey-Chwalibóg @trenton.phd · 26/03/2026
Worth a try! 📂 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Accurate predictions on small data with a tabular foundation model - Nature
Tabular Prior-data Fitted Network, a tabular foundation model, provides accurate predictions on small data and outperforms all previous methods on datasets with up to 10,000 samples by a wide margin.
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Trenton Dailey-Chwalibóg @trenton.phd · 15/01/2026
Is anyone going to the 2026 U.S.-Africa Frontiers of Science, Engineering, and Medicine symposium?
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Trenton Dailey-Chwalibóg @trenton.phd · 17/12/2025
[6/6] @laeticiacelinetoe.bsky.social @drlarsbode.bsky.social
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Trenton Dailey-Chwalibóg @trenton.phd · 17/12/2025
[5/6] This is the second first-author paper that Lishi has written for what will inevitably be a beautiful doctoral thesis, due next May already! Congratulations to you, Lishi. You are such an impressive scientist, and I’m so honored to co-author by your side 🫂 authors.elsevier.com/a/1mHq46t8JE...
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Trenton Dailey-Chwalibóg @trenton.phd · 17/12/2025
[4/6] This two-way dialogue challenges the traditional view of milk as a one-directional supply system and instead positions it as a dynamic, responsive interface between mother and child.
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Trenton Dailey-Chwalibóg @trenton.phd · 17/12/2025
[3/6] Using rich, longitudinal #multiomic data from the #Misame3 trial in Burkina Faso, we show that early infant gut microbial patterns are not only shaped by maternal biology, but can also predict later changes in milk composition.
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Trenton Dailey-Chwalibóg @trenton.phd · 17/12/2025
[2/6] In it, @lishideng.bsky.social tells a story of how milk appears to function as a bidirectional communication matrix: mothers deliver microbes, nutrients and bioactives to infants and infants seem able to “ask” for what they need, prompting mothers to adapt milk composition in response.
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Trenton Dailey-Chwalibóg @trenton.phd · 17/12/2025
I think this paper is among the most sophisticated I’ve been involved in producing 🥹 Today, we published our article below in @cp-cellhostmicrobe.bsky.social with @lishideng.bsky.social @carllachat.bsky.social @meghanazad.bsky.social authors.elsevier.com/a/1mHq46t8JE... [1/6]
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Early-life gut microbiome development is shaped by complex maternal and nutritional influences, yet the temporal and directional structure of these interactions remains unclear. In a longitudinal study of 152 mother-infant dyads in rural Burkina Faso, we examine how maternal gut and milk microbiomes, alongside milk components, influence infant gut microbiome development during the first 6 months. At 1–2 months, the infant gut microbiome clusters into three types: Escherichia-dominated, Bifidobacterium-dominated, and a diverse, pathogen-prevalent profile, which become less distinct by 5–6 months. Early infant gut microbiomes associate with maternal prenatal gut microbiota and early milk microbiome and oligosaccharides, while later variation links to other milk nutrients. Furthermore, early infant gut profiles predict subsequent milk composition, suggesting potential bidirectional communication between infant needs and maternal lactational physiology. These findings offer insights into early-life microbial development and inform future mechanistic studies and microbiome-targeted interventions, particularly in low-resource settings.
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Trenton Dailey-Chwalibóg @trenton.phd · 24/07/2025
Nothing warrants this and you know it. I cannot take it anymore. It must end. You have a voice, you owe it to these dying babies to use it.
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Trenton Dailey-Chwalibóg @trenton.phd · 24/07/2025
I feel nauseated because I know in the deepest, darkest part of my heart that ready-to-use therapeutic food should not be fucking needed in Gaza.
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Trenton Dailey-Chwalibóg @trenton.phd · 24/07/2025
I am served sponsored content from the World Food Program, a UN agency that I have worked with on countless occasions, asking me for money to provide ready-to-use therapeutic food to babies in Gaza.
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Trenton Dailey-Chwalibóg @trenton.phd · 24/07/2025
I feel hopeless and homicidal and my thumbs tremble as I flip through the photos of innocent, starving babies on Instagram. My heart beats through my chest with rage even while I write this message.
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Trenton Dailey-Chwalibóg @trenton.phd · 24/07/2025
I wake up every morning and see severe acute malnutrition inflicted by sadistic genocidal maniacs on innocent infants in Gaza. I sit on the couch with my phone in my hand and cry silently while I drink my coffee.
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Trenton Dailey-Chwalibóg @trenton.phd · 24/07/2025
I cannot explain to you how palpable and contagious the joy is when a group of dedicated nutritionists work a full day in a rehabilitation center and see that the babies are getting better, and we go home knowing that they will make it.
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Trenton Dailey-Chwalibóg @trenton.phd · 24/07/2025
Her baby is gaining weight. Her baby is becoming more active. Her baby is smiling again.
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Trenton Dailey-Chwalibóg @trenton.phd · 24/07/2025
I cannot tell you how bright a mother’s eyes become when she realizes her baby will survive this deadly condition, because she got her hands on ready-to-use therapeutic food, she gives it to her baby religiously, and it’s working.
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Trenton Dailey-Chwalibóg @trenton.phd · 24/07/2025
I have been so blessed to train with and work alongside hundreds, if not thousands, of inspiring individuals (physicians, midwives, nurses, nutritionists). I have learned so much and seen so much. I cannot explain in words what it feels like to see a child recover from severe acute malnutrition.
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Trenton Dailey-Chwalibóg @trenton.phd · 24/07/2025
Severe acute malnutrition, the technical term for child starvation, is the most horrifying thing you could possibly imagine. I promise you that. I have spent my entire career combating it.
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Trenton Dailey-Chwalibóg @trenton.phd · 17/04/2025
Should you return home after earning your PhD abroad? This Nature article explores the dilemmas faced by international researchers considering a move back to their home countries. A thought-provoking read for anyone navigating global academic careers.  www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Should I return to my home country after my PhD abroad?
A graduate student from southeast Asia, now based in a European country and missing her homeland, agonizes over her next career move.
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Trenton Dailey-Chwalibóg @trenton.phd · 14/04/2025
Huge congratulations to Dr. Cheick Ouattara, our brilliant study coordinator, for leading this important paper with dedication and care from the field! 🥰 [12 of 12] @carllachat.bsky.social @gilescook.bsky.social @lhuybreg.bsky.social @kokebhaddis.bsky.social @laeticiacelinetoe.bsky.social
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Trenton Dailey-Chwalibóg @trenton.phd · 14/04/2025
Accurate gestational age isn’t just a number, it’s the foundation for monitoring pregnancy risk, ensuring appropriate newborn care, and implementing life-saving interventions. [11 of 12]
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Trenton Dailey-Chwalibóg @trenton.phd · 14/04/2025
Our findings highlight a critical need: to improve access to obstetric #ultrasound in #BurkinaFaso and to train clinicians in accurate gestational age assessment, especially in the second and third trimesters. [10 of 12]
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Trenton Dailey-Chwalibóg @trenton.phd · 14/04/2025
The problem? These methods don’t agree with each other. Like at all. Compared to ultrasound-based methods, these techniques overestimate the prevalence of #prematurity. This explains the inflated rates reported in routine data, and why we weren’t seeing #preterm births in our cohort. [9 of 12]
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Trenton Dailey-Chwalibóg @trenton.phd · 14/04/2025
Here’s what we found: most women in #BurkinaFaso don’t have access to #ultrasound during #pregnancy. Instead, gestational age is estimated using traditional methods—last menstrual period (#LMP), symphysis-fundal height (#SFH), and others. [8 of 12]
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Trenton Dailey-Chwalibóg @trenton.phd · 14/04/2025
So, we dug deeper, launching a mixed-methods investigation (#qualitative and #quantitative analysis) into how gestational age is assessed in #BurkinaFaso’s public health system. This led to two papers, the first of which (quantitative) has just been published. doi.org/10.3390/jcm1... [7 of 12]
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Trenton Dailey-Chwalibóg @trenton.phd · 14/04/2025
But the question remained: Why such a massive discrepancy between our data and the statistics from health centers in Bobo-Dioulasso? [6 of 12]
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Trenton Dailey-Chwalibóg @trenton.phd · 14/04/2025
This broader operational definition, based on low birth weight (#LBW), small-for-gestational age (#SGA), and/or preterm birth (#PTB), had just been proposed in a timely series by The Lancet on Small Vulnerable Newborns. We adapted. The study was saved 😅 [5 of 12] #smallVulnerableNewborns
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Trenton Dailey-Chwalibóg @trenton.phd · 14/04/2025
To keep the study afloat, we expanded our inclusion criteria from “#preterm vs. full-term” to “small vulnerable newborns vs. healthy community controls.” [4 of 12] #smallVulnerableNewborns
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Trenton Dailey-Chwalibóg @trenton.phd · 14/04/2025
Throughout the first 6 months of implementation, only four #preterm births were recorded in our cohort. That’s right, four, compared to the 48 we had projected. Naturally, we panicked 😨 [3 of 12]
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Trenton Dailey-Chwalibóg @trenton.phd · 14/04/2025
Based on routine preterm prevalence data from our study sites in urban #BurkinaFaso, we estimated we’d reach our target sample size (50 #preterm and 50 full-term newborns) within roughly six months, expecting 8–12 preterm births per month. [2 of 12]
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Trenton Dailey-Chwalibóg @trenton.phd · 14/04/2025
Welcome to storytime (with AI illustrations) 📖🥰 In 2022, our team launched the #DenBalo study, the goal of which is to use #multiomics to uncover the biological underpinnings of vulnerability in #preterm newborns compared to full-term counterparts. www.linkedin.com/pulse/we-exp... [1 of 12]
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We Expected 48 Preterm Births in 6 months. We Found 4. Here’s What That Taught Us
In 2022, our team launched the DenBalo Study: Description and Comparison of Biological Vulnerability in Pre- versus Full-Term Newborns in Urban Burkina Faso.¹ The goal of this study is to use multi-om...
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Trenton Dailey-Chwalibóg @trenton.phd · 25/03/2025
@mattolm.bsky.social @carllachat.bsky.social @gilescook.bsky.social @lhuybreg.bsky.social
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Trenton Dailey-Chwalibóg @trenton.phd · 25/03/2025
This work strengthens the case for #microbiome directed interventions like #BEP to improve the health of moms and babies across the globe. Please read it, share it widely, and keep your eyes peeled for more from us soon 👀 #Misame3 #BioSpé
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Trenton Dailey-Chwalibóg @trenton.phd · 25/03/2025
Congratulations to you, Lishi, on the first paper for your doctoral work! You did a beautiful job describing the complex linkages between maternal #nutrition, the gut #microbiome, and child health.
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Trenton Dailey-Chwalibóg @trenton.phd · 25/03/2025
We found that #BEP reshapes mom’s gut #microbiome, increasing its diversity, enriching beneficial bacteria, and reducing gut #inflammation. Infants whose moms take BEP experience accelerated microbiome maturation and enhanced carbohydrate metabolism, which likely have a positive influence on growth.
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Trenton Dailey-Chwalibóg @trenton.phd · 25/03/2025
Just yesterday, we published a deep dive into the physiological effects of #BEP supplementation on both mom and baby: rdcu.be/ed5Wb 🥰
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Maternal balanced energy-protein supplementation reshapes the maternal gut microbiome and enhances carbohydrate metabolism in infants: a randomized controlled trial
Nature Communications - Here, in a sub-study of the MISAME-III randomized controlled trial, the authors show that maternal balanced energy-protein supplementation during pregnancy and lactation...
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Trenton Dailey-Chwalibóg @trenton.phd · 25/03/2025
In 2023, we showed that #BEP during pregnancy also improves a baby’s growth at six months and reduces stunting rates. Moreover, continuing BEP while breastfeeding helps sustain a baby’s growth through infancy, up to 12 months (doi.org/10.1371/jour...).
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Fortified balanced energy–protein supplementation during pregnancy and lactation and infant growth in rural Burkina Faso: A 2 × 2 factorial individually randomized controlled trial
Carl Lachat and colleagues report a a 2×2 factorial individually randomized controlled trial conducted in rural Burkina Faso which investigates the impact of fortified balanced energy-protein suppleme...
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Trenton Dailey-Chwalibóg @trenton.phd · 25/03/2025
In 2022, we showed that taking #BEP daily during pregnancy increases a baby’s birth length, weight, and arm circumference, extends the length of pregnancy, and reduces low birth weight rates (doi.org/10.1371/jour...).
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Prenatal fortified balanced energy-protein supplementation and birth outcomes in rural Burkina Faso: A randomized controlled efficacy trial
Brenda de Kok and colleagues investigate the efficacy of fortified BEP supplementation during pregnancy to improve birth outcomes, as compared to iron-folic acid (IFA) tablets, among pregnant women in...
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Trenton Dailey-Chwalibóg @trenton.phd · 25/03/2025
Since 2017, my colleagues and I have tested whether a fortified peanut butter supplement, provided every day during pregnancy and while breastfeeding, can help. This product is called Balanced Energy-Protein, or #BEP.
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Trenton Dailey-Chwalibóg @trenton.phd · 25/03/2025
Many pregnant women in rural #BurkinaFaso struggle to eat enough to meet the demands of their growing babies. This leads to higher rates of #miscarriage, still- and #preterm birth, and intrauterine growth restriction.
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Trenton Dailey-Chwalibóg @trenton.phd · 08/03/2025
If you’re reading this and you’re in Addis this week, let’s get drinks and find an Ethiopian jazz concert 🇪🇹
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Trenton Dailey-Chwalibóg @trenton.phd · 20/12/2024
Wishing everyone reading this a joyful holiday season and a very happy New Year!
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Trenton Dailey-Chwalibóg @trenton.phd · 20/12/2024
Looking back on 2024, we’ve had a wonderful year filled with much success. Looking forward to 2025, my New Year’s resolution is to spend less time urgently responding to every solicitation as quickly as I can—and instead, set more boundaries and dedicate long, slow hours to thoughtful reflection.
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Trenton Dailey-Chwalibóg @trenton.phd · 20/12/2024
My out-of-office automatic reply is set. I’m about to (not really) slam my laptop closed for the holidays. Currently, I’m in Detroit with my family and about to head to the airport to pick up my partner and dog, who are joining us. www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Trenton Dailey-Chwalibóg @trenton.phd · 13/12/2024
Nutrition friends far and wide! Submit your abstracts to #ICN2025 and come visit me in Paris this coming summer. The weather is beautiful in late August and I promise you a glass of fine wine on a terrasse (on me). Deadline is today, 23:59 UTC+2 🍷🗼
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Trenton Dailey-Chwalibóg @trenton.phd · 12/12/2024
Thrilled to present at #ISRHML2024 on behalf the #IMiC consortium! We analyzed maternal nutrition interventions in Burkina Faso, Pakistan & Tanzania, finding #BEP shifts human milk composition, increasing B-vitamins & seemingly enriching polyunsaturated fatty acids for neurodevelopment. #misame3 🥛🌍🌏
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Trenton Dailey-Chwalibóg @trenton.phd · 07/12/2024
Milk friends! Lishi, Laéticia and I are on our way to The International Society for Research in Human Milk and Lactation (#ISRHML) conference in Charleston, SC. Laéticia and I both present on Tuesday and Lishi presents on Thursday. Come find us and connect! Looking forward to it 🥛🤓
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Trenton Dailey-Chwalibóg @trenton.phd · 02/12/2024
Thank you !
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Trenton Dailey-Chwalibóg @trenton.phd · 22/11/2024
Thank you Alejandro! Have a nice weekend.
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Trenton Dailey-Chwalibóg @trenton.phd · 22/11/2024
Hi Jaime, I would love to be added to this starter pack please!
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