My research interests are on brain regulation of body weight and appetite in children. My goal is to identify and address early-life risk factors that modify brain development and contribute to the occurrence of child obesity and cardiometabolic diseases. Ultimately, I seek to identify protective or modifiable early-life factors with promise to further understanding of intergenerational transmission of obesity. My research has combined distinct MRI techniques to investigate brain structural and functional characteristics in the context of pediatric obesity. My research has been funded by the American Heart Association Career Development Award, the UW Nutrition Obesity Research Center Pilot and Feasibility Award, and the UW Medicine Diabetes Institute Catalyst Award.
Leticia Sewaybricker, MD, PhD
Email: leticker@uw.edu
Research Assistant Professor, Division of General Internal Medicine
Leticia E. Sewaybricker, MD, PhD, is a research assistant professor at the University of Washington in the Division of General Internal Medicine at Harborview Medical Center.
Dr. Sewaybricker earned her medical degree, completed residency in Pediatrics and fellowship in Pediatric Endocrinology at the University of Campinas, Brazil. She received a PhD in Child and Adolescent Health in 2017 from the University of Campinas, Brazil. She first joined the UW and BBARC team in 2015 to conduct part of her PhD research. Dr. Sewaybricker has completed postdoctoral training with Dr. Ellen Schur at the UW. In 2022 she was appointed to the faculty in the Department of Medicine.
