Dominick Lemas, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department:
MD-HOBI-BIOMED INFORMATICS
Business Phone:
(352) 294-5971
Business Email:
djlemas@ufl.edu
About Dominick Lemas
Dominick Lemas is an assistant professor in the Department of Health Outcomes & Biomedical Informatics at the University of Florida. Dr. Lemas received his bachelor’s degree in biology at the University of Vermont in 2006 and completed his doctorate in biochemistry & molecular biology at the University of Alaska Fairbanks in 2012. His research is devoted to understanding the fetal origins of pediatric obesity with a specific interest in the functional implications of gut microflora and the critical host-microbe interactions that regulate maternal-infant metabolism.
Teaching Profile
Courses Taught
2017-2018,2020-2023,2022-2024
GMS6804 Translational Bioinformatics
2019,2021-2024,2024
GMS7887 Health Outcomes & Policy PhD Research Seminar
2016
GMS6854 Applied Topics in Clinical Effectiveness Research
Research Profile
Open Researcher and Contributor ID (ORCID)
0000-0001-5105-2458
Areas of Interest
- Biomedical informatics
- Child-maternal health
- Computational biology
- Metagenomics
- Molecular epidemiology
- Pediatric obesity
Publications
2024
A systematic review of contaminants in donor human milk.
Maternal & child nutrition.
20(2)
[DOI] 10.1111/mcn.13627.
[PMID] 38268226.
2024
Call for Improved Fourth Trimester Care After Stillbirth
Journal of Obstetric, Gynecologic & Neonatal Nursing.
53(1):26-33
[DOI] 10.1016/j.jogn.2023.09.002.
[PMID] 37778394.
2024
Classifying early infant feeding status from clinical notes using natural language processing and machine learning.
Scientific reports.
14(1)
[DOI] 10.1038/s41598-024-58299-x.
[PMID] 38570569.
2024
Enabling the clinical application of artificial intelligence in genomics: a perspective of the AMIA Genomics and Translational Bioinformatics Workgroup.
Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association : JAMIA.
31(2):536-541
[DOI] 10.1093/jamia/ocad211.
[PMID] 38037121.
2024
Five-Feature Models to Predict Preeclampsia Onset Time From Electronic Health Record Data: Development and Validation Study
Journal of Medical Internet Research.
26
[DOI] 10.2196/48997.
[PMID] 39141914.
2024
Lipid Testing among Youth in Medicaid: The Role of Social Determinants of Health and Providers.
The Journal of pediatrics.
274
[DOI] 10.1016/j.jpeds.2024.114170.
[PMID] 38944189.
2024
Systematic data quality assessment of electronic health record data to evaluate study-specific fitness: Report from the PRESERVE research study.
PLOS digital health.
3(6)
[DOI] 10.1371/journal.pdig.0000527.
[PMID] 38935590.
2023
An Automated Workflow Composition System for Liquid Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry Metabolomics Data Processing.
Journal of the American Society for Mass Spectrometry.
34(12):2857-2863
[DOI] 10.1021/jasms.3c00248.
[PMID] 37874901.
2023
Association between early life antibiotic exposure and development of early childhood atopic dermatitis
JAAD International.
10:68-74
[DOI] 10.1016/j.jdin.2022.11.002.
[PMID] 36688099.
2023
Evaluating LC-HRMS metabolomics data processing software using FAIR principles for research software.
Metabolomics : Official journal of the Metabolomic Society.
19(2)
[DOI] 10.1007/s11306-023-01974-3.
[PMID] 36745241.
2023
Maternal gut microbiota in the postpartum Period: A Systematic review.
European journal of obstetrics, gynecology, and reproductive biology.
285:130-147
[DOI] 10.1016/j.ejogrb.2023.03.042.
[PMID] 37116306.
2023
Perinatal Health Outcomes Across Rural and Nonrural Counties Within a Single Health System Catchment
Women's Health Reports.
4(1):169-181
[DOI] 10.1089/whr.2022.0061.
[PMID] 37096122.
2023
Peripartum women’s perspectives on research study participation in the OneFlorida Clinical Research Consortium during COVID-19 pandemic
Journal of Clinical and Translational Science.
7(1)
[DOI] 10.1017/cts.2022.476.
[PMID] 36755549.
2023
Untargeted Metabolomic Analysis of Lactation-Stage-Matched Human and Bovine Milk Samples at 2 Weeks Postnatal
Nutrients.
15(17)
[DOI] 10.3390/nu15173768.
[PMID] 37686800.
2022
A Checklist for Reproducible Computational Analysis in Clinical Metabolomics Research
Metabolites.
12(1)
[DOI] 10.3390/metabo12010087.
[PMID] 35050209.
2022
Assessment of human milk in the era of precision health.
Current opinion in clinical nutrition and metabolic care.
25(5):292-297
[DOI] 10.1097/MCO.0000000000000860.
[PMID] 35838294.
2022
Association between atopic dermatitis and race from infancy to early childhood: a retrospective cohort study.
International journal of dermatology.
61(6):727-732
[DOI] 10.1111/ijd.15805.
[PMID] 34378189.
2022
Enhancing Quality Measurement With Clinical Information: A Use Case of Body Mass Index Change Among Children Taking Second Generation Antipsychotics.
Academic pediatrics.
22(3S):S140-S149
[DOI] 10.1016/j.acap.2021.11.012.
[PMID] 35339240.
2022
Implementation of a Family Support Grant to Subsidize Caregiving Needs and Support Attendance at American Society for Nutrition’s Annual Professional Scientific Conference.
Current developments in nutrition.
6(6)
[DOI] 10.1093/cdn/nzac076.
[PMID] 35769451.
2021
Acceptability of Research and Health Care Visits During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Cross-sectional Survey Study
JMIR Formative Research.
5(6)
[DOI] 10.2196/27185.
[PMID] 34033577.
2021
Degree of Cardiometabolic Risk Factor Normalization in Individuals Receiving Bariatric Surgery: Evidence From NHANES 2015-2018.
Diabetes care.
44(3):e57-e58
[DOI] 10.2337/dc20-2748.
[PMID] 33431421.
2021
Duration of neonatal intensive care unit exposure associated with decreased risk of atopic dermatitis.
Pediatric dermatology.
38(1):83-87
[DOI] 10.1111/pde.14405.
[PMID] 33063877.
2021
Estimating drug consumption during a college sporting event from wastewater using liquid chromatography mass spectrometry.
The Science of the total environment.
764
[DOI] 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.143963.
[PMID] 33385644.
2021
Implications of the vaginal microbiome and potential restorative strategies on maternal health: a narrative review
Journal of Perinatal Medicine.
49(4):402-411
[DOI] 10.1515/jpm-2020-0367.
2021
Metabolomic Profiling of Biological Reference Materials using a Multiplatform High-Resolution Mass Spectrometric Approach.
Journal of the American Society for Mass Spectrometry.
32(9):2481-2489
[DOI] 10.1021/jasms.1c00194.
[PMID] 34388338.
2021
Perspectives of pregnant and breastfeeding women on longitudinal clinical studies that require non-invasive biospecimen collection – a qualitative study
BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth.
21(1)
[DOI] 10.1186/s12884-021-03541-x.
[PMID] 33472584.
2021
Perspectives of Pregnant and Breastfeeding Women on Participating in Longitudinal Mother-Baby Studies Involving Electronic Health Records: Qualitative Study
JMIR Pediatrics and Parenting.
4(1)
[DOI] 10.2196/23842.
[PMID] 33666558.
2021
Using machine learning analysis to assist in differentiating between necrotizing enterocolitis and spontaneous intestinal perforation: A novel predictive analytic tool
Journal of Pediatric Surgery.
56(10):1703-1710
[DOI] 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2020.11.008.
2020
A Qualitative Study of Pregnant Women’s Perspectives on Antibiotic Use for Mom and Child: Implications for Developing Tailored Health Education Interventions
Antibiotics.
9(10)
[DOI] 10.3390/antibiotics9100704.
[PMID] 33076539.
2020
COVID-19 Impacts Mental Health Outcomes and Ability/Desire to Participate in Research Among Current Research Participants.
Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.).
28(12):2272-2281
[DOI] 10.1002/oby.23016.
[PMID] 32845582.
2020
Postnatal pediatric systemic antibiotic episodes during the first three years of life are not associated with mode of delivery
PLOS ONE.
15(3)
[DOI] 10.1371/journal.pone.0229861.
[PMID] 32130278.
2020
Predicting in-hospital mortality of patients with febrile neutropenia using machine learning models.
International journal of medical informatics.
139
[DOI] 10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2020.104140.
[PMID] 32325370.
2019
Author Correction: The gut microbiota in infants of obese mothers increases inflammation and susceptibility to NAFLD.
Nature communications.
10(1)
[DOI] 10.1038/s41467-019-10943-1.
[PMID] 31263097.
2019
Initial microbial community of the neonatal stomach immediately after birth
Gut Microbes.
10(3):289-297
[DOI] 10.1080/19490976.2018.1520578.
[PMID] 30404568.
2019
Objectively measured pediatric obesity prevalence using the OneFlorida Clinical Research Consortium.
Obesity research & clinical practice.
13(1):12-15
[DOI] 10.1016/j.orcp.2018.10.002.
[PMID] 30391132.
2019
Taq1a polymorphism (rs1800497) is associated with obesity‐related outcomes and dietary intake in a multi‐ethnic sample of children
Pediatric Obesity.
14(2)
[DOI] 10.1111/ijpo.12470.
[PMID] 30253082.
2018
Characterization of adult obesity in Florida using the OneFlorida clinical research consortium.
Obesity science & practice.
4(4):308-317
[DOI] 10.1002/osp4.274.
[PMID] 30151226.
2018
The gut microbiota in infants of obese mothers increases inflammation and susceptibility to NAFLD.
Nature communications.
9(1)
[DOI] 10.1038/s41467-018-06929-0.
[PMID] 30367045.
2018
The Neonatal Microbiome and Its Partial Role in Mediating the Association between Birth by Cesarean Section and Adverse Pediatric Outcomes
Neonatology.
114(2):103-111
[DOI] 10.1159/000487102.
[PMID] 29788027.
2017
Early infant adipose deposition is positively associated with the n-6 to n-3 fatty acid ratio in human milk independent of maternal BMI.
International journal of obesity (2005).
41(4):510-517
[DOI] 10.1038/ijo.2016.211.
[PMID] 27876761.
2017
Personalization of the Microbiota of Donor Human Milk with Mother’s Own Milk.
Frontiers in microbiology.
8
[DOI] 10.3389/fmicb.2017.01470.
[PMID] 28824595.
2017
Reply to M Gotteland and F Magne.
The American journal of clinical nutrition.
105(1):234-236
[DOI] 10.3945/ajcn.116.140749.
[PMID] 28049665.
2017
What Are Optimal Cesarean Section Rates in the U.S. and How Do We Get There? A Review of Evidence-Based Recommendations and Interventions.
Journal of women's health (2002).
26(12):1285-1291
[DOI] 10.1089/jwh.2016.6188.
[PMID] 28825512.
2016
Alterations in human milk leptin and insulin are associated with early changes in the infant intestinal microbiome.
The American journal of clinical nutrition.
103(5):1291-300
[DOI] 10.3945/ajcn.115.126375.
[PMID] 27140533.
2016
Exploring the contribution of maternal antibiotics and breastfeeding to development of the infant microbiome and pediatric obesity.
Seminars in fetal & neonatal medicine.
21(6):406-409
[DOI] 10.1016/j.siny.2016.04.013.
[PMID] 27424917.
2016
Intrinsic disorder and multiple phosphorylations constrain the evolution of the flightin N-terminal region
Journal of Proteomics.
135:191-200
[DOI] 10.1016/j.jprot.2015.12.006.
[PMID] 26691840.
2016
Linkage and association analysis of circulating vitamin D and parathyroid hormone identifies novel loci in Alaska Native Yup’ik people.
Genes & nutrition.
11
[DOI] 10.1186/s12263-016-0538-y.
[PMID] 27579147.
2016
Polymorphisms in stearoyl coa desaturase and sterol regulatory element binding protein interact with N-3 polyunsaturated fatty acid intake to modify associations with anthropometric variables and metabolic phenotypes in Yup’ik people.
Molecular nutrition & food research.
60(12):2642-2653
[DOI] 10.1002/mnfr.201600170.
[PMID] 27467133.
2015
Associations of maternal weight status prior and during pregnancy with neonatal cardiometabolic markers at birth: the Healthy Start study.
International journal of obesity (2005).
39(10):1437-42
[DOI] 10.1038/ijo.2015.109.
[PMID] 26055075.
2015
Higher Intake of PUFAs Is Associated with Lower Total and Visceral Adiposity and Higher Lean Mass in a Racially Diverse Sample of Children.
The Journal of nutrition.
145(9):2146-52
[DOI] 10.3945/jn.115.212365.
[PMID] 26269238.
2015
Linkage and association analysis of obesity traits reveals novel loci and interactions with dietary n-3 fatty acids in an Alaska Native (Yup’ik) population.
Metabolism: clinical and experimental.
64(6):689-97
[DOI] 10.1016/j.metabol.2015.02.008.
[PMID] 25772781.
2014
CDKAL1 and HHEX are associated with type 2 diabetes-related traits among Yup’ik people.
Journal of diabetes.
6(3):251-9
[DOI] 10.1111/1753-0407.12093.
[PMID] 24112421.
2013
Evidence for novel genetic loci associated with metabolic traits in Yup’ik people.
American journal of human biology : the official journal of the Human Biology Council.
25(5):673-80
[DOI] 10.1002/ajhb.22429.
[PMID] 23907821.
2013
Obesity polymorphisms identified in genome-wide association studies interact with n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acid intake and modify the genetic association with adiposity phenotypes in Yup’ik people.
Genes & nutrition.
8(5):495-505
[DOI] 10.1007/s12263-013-0340-z.
[PMID] 23526194.
2012
Genetic polymorphisms in carnitine palmitoyltransferase 1A gene are associated with variation in body composition and fasting lipid traits in Yup’ik Eskimos.
Journal of lipid research.
53(1):175-84
[DOI] 10.1194/jlr.P018952.
[PMID] 22045927.
Grants
Aug 2024
ACTIVE
Clinical, Histological, and Transcriptional Associations Between the Diabetic Placenta and Fetal Congenital Heart Defects
Role: Other
Funding: NATL INST OF HLTH NHLBI
Aug 2024
ACTIVE
Pain and Nutrition in Dementia and Alzheimer's-2 (PANDA-2)
Role: Co-Investigator
Funding: NATL INST OF HLTH NIA
Dec 2023
ACTIVE
Antihypertensive Mechanisms of Minocycline in Resistant Hypertension: Role of the gut microbiota-brain-immune axis
Role: Co-Investigator
Funding: NATL INST OF HLTH NHLBI
Sep 2023
ACTIVE
Understanding the short- and long-term effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the overdose crisis
Role: Principal Investigator
Funding: NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE
via NATL INST OF HLTH NIDA
Aug 2023
ACTIVE
Efficacy and safety of nanoparticle mediated placental gene therapy in nonhuman primates
Role: Co-Investigator
Funding: NATL INST OF HLTH NICHD
Jun 2023
ACTIVE
UFR CTSI Instituitonal Support
Role: Project Manager
Funding: UF DIV OF SPONSORED RES MATCHING FUNDS
Jul 2021
– Jun 2024
Preserving Kidney Function in Children with Chronic Kidney Disease (PRESERVE)
Role: Principal Investigator
Funding: CHILDRENS HOSP PHILADELPHIA
via PATIENT-CENTERED OUTCOMES RES INST
Jun 2021
– Sep 2021
Study on the Use of Donor Human Milk
Role: Project Manager
Funding: FLORIDA MEDICAL SCHOOLS QUALITY NETWORK
via AGCY FOR HLTH CARE ADMN
Jul 2020
– Mar 2022
Together Transforming and Translating Discovery to Improve Health
Role: Project Manager
Funding: NATL INST OF HLTH NCATS
Jul 2019
– Jun 2024
OoR Matching Support for CTSI
Role: Project Manager
Funding: UF DIV OF SPONSORED RES MATCHING FUNDS
Jan 2019
ACTIVE
Human milk metabolomics and microbe-host interactions associated with pediatric obesity
Role: Principal Investigator
Funding: NATL INST OF HLTH NIDDK
Nov 2015
– Jan 2016
assessing the evidence for the microbiome as a potential
Role: Principal Investigator
Funding: ROBIN HOOD FOUNDATION
Contact Details
Phones:
- Business:
- (352) 294-5971
Emails:
- Business:
- djlemas@ufl.edu
Addresses:
- Business Mailing:
-
PO Box 100147
GAINESVILLE FL 32610 - Business Street:
-
1889 Museum Rd, Suite 7000
GAINESVILLE FL 32611