Leigh A. Chamberlin, RD, MEd
Title
Research Program Coordinator
Email
leigh.chamberlin@cchmc.org
Fax
513-636-7756
Bio
Leigh Ann Chamberlin is a Registered Dietitian. She is a Senior Clinical Research Coordinator at Children's Hospital Medical Center in Cincinnati, Ohio. Ms. Chamberlin is currently overseeing several research studies related to cystic fibrosis, diabetes, obesity in young children.
Her expertise combines over 6 years of public health experience in the Kentucky WIC Program with over 8 years of work as a research coordinator working with multisite studies. She earned a Bachelors Degree in Dietetics from Morehead State University and a Masters Degree in Health Promotion with an emphasis in Community Health from the University of Cincinnati. Her career reflects a long-term commitment to the public health and chronic issues affecting children.
Credentials
RD: Morehead State University, Morehead, KY, 1990
Dietetic Internship: University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, 1991
Post-Graduate: Health Promotion and Education, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, 1997
Publications, Most Recent
Baughcum AE, Chamberlin LA, Deeks CM, Powers SW, and Whitaker RC. Maternal perceptions of overweight preschool children. Pediatrics. 2000 Dec; 106 (6):1380-1386.
Jain A, Sherman, SN, Chamberlin LA, Carter Y, Powers SW, and Whitaker RC. Why don't mothers worry about their preschoolers being overweight?Pediatrics. 2001 May; 107 (5) 1138-1146.
Baughcum AE, Powers SW, Bennett Johnson S, Chamberlin LA, Deeks CM, Jain A, Whitaker RC. Maternal feeding practices and beliefs and their relationships to overweight in early childhood.J Dev Behav Pediatr. 2001 Dec, 22 (6) 391-408.
Chamberlin, LA, Sherman, SN, Jain, A, Powers SW, and Whitaker RC. The challenge of obesity prevention: perceptions of WIC health professionals.Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2002 Jul, 156 (7) 662-668.
Whitaker RC, Sherman SN, Chamberlin LA, Powers SW. Altering the perceptions of WIC health professionals about childhood obesity using video with facilitated group discussion.J Am Diet Assoc. 2004 Mar; 104 (3) 379-386.
Jain A, Sherman, SN, Chamberlin LA, Whitaker RW. Mothers misunderstand questions on a feeding questionnaire.Appetite. 2004 Jun; 42 (3) 249-254.
Special Interests
Public health issues affecting women and children.
Presentations
Maternal perceptions of overweight in their young children. Baughcum AE, Whitaker RC, Chamberlin LA, Deeks CM, and Powers SW. 7th Annual Conference on Child Health Psychology, Gainsville, FL, April 23, 1999 (poster)
Maternal education level and perception of overweight in their young children.Chamberlin LA, Baughcum AE, Deeks CM, Brown EH, Powers SW, Whitaker RC. International Life Sciences Institute Conference: Childhood Obesity: Partnerships for Research and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, May 3, 1999 (poster)
Factor analysis of an infant feeding practices questionnaire and factor relationships to weight in the second year of life. Baughcum AE, Whitaker RC, Chamberlin LA, Deeks CM, Johnson SB, and Powers SW. Great Lakes Regional Millennium Conference on Child Health Psychology, Cleveland, OH, April 1, 2000 (poster)
Why don't mothers think their overweight children are overweight? Jain A, Sherman SN, Chamberlin LA, Carter Y, Powers SW, Whitaker RC. North American Association for the Study of Obesity Annual Meeting, Long Beach, CA, October 31, 2000
Predicting childhood obesity at birth. Whitaker RC, Chen B, Chamberlin LA. Pediatric Academic Societies Meeting, Baltimore, MD, April 28, 2001 (poster)
Why don't low-income mothers worry about their preschoolers being overweight? Jain A, Sherman, SN, Chamberlin LA, Carter Y, Powers SW, Whitaker RC. Pediatric Academic Societies Meeting, Baltimore, MD, May 1, 2001
Maternal obesity at conception predicts obesity in low-income preschool children. Whitaker RC, Chen B, Chamberlin, LA. North American Association for the Study of Obesity, Quebec City, Canada, October 8, 2001
The challenge of obesity prevention: perceptions of WIC health professionals. 129th Annual Meeting of the American Public Health Association, Atlanta, GA, October 23, 2001. Chamberlin LA, Sherman SN, Jain A, Powers SW, Whitaker RC (presenter)
Invited Lectures
Maternal Perceptions of Overweight in Their Young. Midatlantic Regional WIC Conference. Williamsburg, Virginia, August 18, 1999
Maternal Feeding Practices and Perceptions of Obesity in Their Young. Maternal Child Health Conference. Louisville, Kentucky, September 9, 1999
Why Don't Mothers Worry About Their Preschoolers Being Overweight? Obesity: A Call to Action. Office of Nutrition, Division of Public Health, Georgia Department of Human Resources, Atlanta, Georgia, September 27, 2000
Addressing childhood obesity in low-income families: The gap between client and provider perceptions. California Dept of Health & UC Berkeley: 2001 California Childhood Obesity Conference, San Diego, CA, March 20, 2001
Obesity in Preschoolers: Perceptions and Barriers in WIC. 18th Annual Conference of the National Association of WIC Directors, Myrtle Beach, SC, May 7, 2001
From Focus Groups to Intervention-Development of Ethnic Specific Programs to Prevent Early Childhood Obesity. American Dietetic Association Food and Nutrition Conference and Exhibition, St Louis, MO, October 23, 2001
Addressing Childhood Obesity in Low Income Families. Great Lakes Regional Cardiovascular Health Conference, Chicago, IL, December 9, 2003.
Measuring Feeding Practices Among Low Income African American Preschoolers and their Caregivers. Society for Research in Child Development, Atlanta, GA, April 9, 2005.
Memberships
American Dietetic Association
