Kartik Shankar, PhD

Research Leader
USDA Agricultural Research Service
College Station, Texas, United States

As a research scientist with the USDA’s Agricultural Research Service, Dr. Shankar serves as the Research Leader for the Responsive Agricultural Food Systems Research (RAFSR) unit. Dr. Shankar's work is focused on understanding the impact of diet, nutrition and environmental stressors (eg. heat stress, PFAS, etc.) contributing to intergenerational transmission of chronic disease risk in a translational fashion.

Presentation(s):

• Dietary and Environmental Factors Associated With Gene Expression (Oral Session 20)

  Monday, July 27, 2026
  2:30 PM - 4:00 PM ET

  Disclosure(s): No relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.

• (OR20-04-26) Maternal Diet Quality in Pregnancy Is Associated With Angiogenic and Unfolded Protein Response Pathways in Human Placenta at Term

  Monday, July 27, 2026
  3:06 PM - 3:18 PM ET

  Disclosure(s): No relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.