Teresia M. O'Connor, M.D., B.S.

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Baylor College of Medicine
teresiao@bcm.tmc.edu

Education:

• Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, Academic General Pediatric Fellowship (2007)
• Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, Internship and Residency in Pediatrics (2002)
• University of Wisconsin Medical School, Madison, WI, MD (1999)
• University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, BS in Molecular Biology (1994)

Research:

• Representative Publications

Research Interests

My research focus is to develop and evaluate behavioral obesity prevention interventions for the pediatric primary care clinical setting. I am particularly interested in better understanding parenting practices and styles around nutrition and activity. With this in mind, I am currently developing an intervention for community pediatric primary care clinics that targets parents of young children, 5 to 11 years old, to promote healthy nutrition and activity for their children. In addition, I am interested in understanding parent’s behaviors around beverage consumption of their 5 to 8 year old children. Using well developed behavioral theories, such as the Theory of Planned Behavior and the Model of Goal-directed Behaviors, I am developing measures that I plan to validate around parent’s behaviors to promote water and limit sugar-sweetened beverages for their children.

Representative Publications:

O’Connor, T., Yang, S., Nicklas, T. Beverage intake among preschool children and its effect on weight status. Pediatrics, 118: e1010-e1018. 2006