VIRGINIA A. STALLINGS

Professor
Pediatrics
Danone Nutricia Early Life Nutrition
Poland

Professor Nutrition
Biography

 Virginia A. Stallings is a Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Director of the Nutrition Center at The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and holds a Chair in Gastroenterology and Nutrition. She is a pediatrician and an expert in nutrition and growth in children with chronic illnesses. Her research interests are in nutrition-related growth in healthy children and those with chronic illnesses including: obesity, sickle cell disease, osteoporosis, cystic fibrosis, cerebral palsy, Crohn’s disease, HIV and congenital heart disease. She has been extensively involved in pediatric nutrition clinical care and research for more than 25 years.

Research Intrest

Nutrition and Growth in Children, Obesity, sickle cell disease, osteoporosis, cystic fibrosis, cerebral palsy, Crohn’s disease,