Penny Gordon-Larsen
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, University of Pennsylvania
0000-0001-5322-4188
About
Penny Gordon-Larsen is the W. R. Kenan, Jr. Distinguished Professor in Nutrition. She is trained as a human biologist. Gordon-Larsen’s research focuses on the linkages between biology, behavior, and environment to inform efforts to prevent, manage, and treat obesity and associated cardiometabolic diseases. Her NIH-funded research portfolio ranges from molecular and genetic to environmental and societal-level factors that influence health and obesity and its cardiometabolic consequences. She also leads the “Heterogeneity in Obesity Creativity Hub: Transdisciplinary Approaches for Precision Research and Treatment,” a large, collaborative project with 27 faculty from 16 departments, six schools, and five centers and institutes. The project focuses on understanding why two people who consume the same diets and exercise can have vastly different susceptibility to weight gain, with the aim of developing treatment approaches that go far beyond the “one-size-fits-all” approach that is so common. She currently serves as Vice Chancellor for Research at the University of North Carolina at Chapel hill, Gordon-Larsen develops, sets strategic direction, and provides support for UNC’s research enterprise.
Employment
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The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Vice Chancellor for Research and William R. Kenan, Jr. Distinguished Professor, Nutrition2023 - Present
Education
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University of Pennsylvania PhD? - 1997
Projects & Funding
Projects & funding information is unavailable.
Publications (31)
- Developing a novel index for neighborhood social determinants of cardiovascular diseases in the CARDIA study Save
- Funding FAIRly Save
- Associations of Neighborhood Food and Physical Activity Environments in Young Adulthood With Cardiovascular Health in Midlife: The CARDIA Study Save
- Associations of Urban Blue and Green Spaces With Coronary Artery Calcification in Black Individuals and Disadvantaged Neighborhoods Save
- Race- and Sex-Specific Factors Associated With Age-Related Slopes in Systolic Blood Pressure: Findings From the CARDIA Study Save
- Inequalities in urban greenness and epigenetic aging: Different associations by race and neighborhood socioeconomic status Save
- Contribution of social, behavioral, and contextual exposures to Black‐White disparities in incident obesity: The CARDIA study Save
- Associations of 5-year changes in alcoholic beverage intake with 5-year changes in waist circumference and BMI in the Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults (CARDIA) study Save
- Do adverse childhood experiences and genetic obesity risk interact in relation to body mass index in young adulthood? Findings from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health Save
- Longitudinal Analysis of Food Insufficiency and Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors in the CARDIA study Save