
Kara Calkins
Associate Professor of Pediatrics /Program Director, Fellowship Training Program · UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine/UCLA Medical Center
Credentials: · ·
History
PresentFellowship Training Program Fellowship · UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine/UCLA Medical Center
PresentFellowship Training Program Fellowship · UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine/UCLA Medical Center
PresentProfessor / · UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine/UCLA Medical Center


1995–1999
Research
Fetal origins of adult disease
Review · Current problems in pediatric and adolescent health care · 2011 · First of 2 authors · 454 citations
Annals of Surgery · 2021 · 115 citations
Review · Progress in Lipid Research · 2019 · 79 citations

9 papers · 3 as a fellow

9 papers

8 papers

8 papers
- SS
8 papers

7 papers
- DR
7 papers
- MP
7 papers
Grants
- 2020–2026
Quantifying Body Composition and Liver Disease in Children Using Free-Breathing MRI and MRE
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases · R01
PI · $2.3M · University of California Los Angeles
- 2009–2010
General Clinical Research Center
National Center for Research Resources · M01
Project lead · $659 · University of California Los Angeles
Clinical trials
- 2020–2022
Donor Breast Milk and Breastfeeding Rates
Principal investigator · Completed
University of California, Los Angeles
- 2010–2014
Low Dose Fat for the Prevention of Liver Disease in Babies With Gastrointestinal Disorders
Principal investigator · Terminated · Phase 4
University of California, Los Angeles
- 2009–2019
Principal investigator · Terminated · Phase 2
University of California, Los Angeles



