Full Curriculum Vitae
Penny Gordon-Larsen, Ph.D.
October 2012
PERSONAL
Business Address: Department of Nutrition and
Carolina Population Center
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
123 W. Franklin Street, University Square
Chapel Hill, NC 27516
(919) 843-9966 (Voice)
(919) 966-9159 (Fax)
Email: Gordon_Larsen@unc.edu
(919) 386-1110
EDUCATION
1997 Doctor of Philosophy
Physical Anthropology (Human Biology)
University of Pennsylvania
Dissertation: Ecology of obesity in West Philadelphia adolescents
Advisor: Dr. Francis E. Johnston
1992 Master of Arts
Physical Anthropology (Human Biology)
University of Pennsylvania
Thesis: Growth during adolescence in rural South African black children: a longitudinal study
Advisors: Dr. Francis E. Johnston and Dr. Nöel Cameron
1989 Bachelor of Arts (with honors)
Anthropology/Experimental Psychology
Tulane University
Honors Thesis: The use of bush teas in Antigua, WI
Advisor: Dr. Barry Hewlett
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Associate Professor with Tenure
2008-present Department of Nutrition and
Carolina Population Center
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Assistant Professor, Tenure Track
2002-2008 Department of Nutrition and
Carolina Population Center
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Research Assistant Professor, non-Tenure Track
2000-2002 Department of Nutrition and
Carolina Population Center
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Postdoctoral Scientist, Dannon Institute Postdoctoral Fellowship in Interdisciplinary Nutrition Science
1998-2000 Department of Nutrition and
Carolina Population Center
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Academic and Administrative Coordinator
1996-1998 W.K. Kellogg Foundation Program to Link Intellectual Resources and Community Needs
Center for Community Partnerships
University of Pennsylvania
Associate Director
1996-1998 Turner Nutrition Awareness Project
Center for Community Partnerships
University of Pennsylvania
Instructor
1995-1998 Department of Anthropology, Division of Human Biology
University of Pennsylvania
HONORS
2010 Eli Lilly Scientific Achievement Award, The Obesity Society
2010 Editor’s Choice Reviewer Award, Obesity
2005 Editor’s Choice Reviewer Award, Obesity Research
2005 Delta Omega Society (Honorary Public Health Society)
2003-2011 Who’s Who in America; Who’s Who in American Education; Who’s Who in Medical Sciences Education
2002 William T. Grant Scholars Award (National Competition, one of 10 finalists)
1999 North American Association for the Study of Obesity Young Investigator Award (finalist)
1998 Dannon Institute Nutrition Leadership Institute Award
1995 Dissertation Award, Center for Community Partnerships
1993-1995 Dissertation and Applied Research Fellowship, Ford Foundation (allocated to University of Pennsylvania)
1991 University Fellowship, University of Pennsylvania
1989 Arden R. King Prize for Excellence in Anthropology, Outstanding Undergraduate Thesis, Tulane University
1989 Kenneth J. Opat Award
MEMBERSHIPS
Scientific Associations
2012-present Member, American Heart Association
2002-present Member, American Society for Nutrition
2002-present Fellow, The Obesity Society
2000-present Member, Population Association of America
1998-2002 Member, North American Association for the Study of Obesity (now The Obesity Society)
Editorial Positions
2011-present Associate Editor, International Journal of Pediatric Obesity
2010-present Associate Editor, Health and Place
2010-present Editorial Board Member, Nutrition and Diabetes
2008-present Editorial Board Member, Annals of Human Biology
2007-2010 Editorial Board Member, Annals of Behavioral Medicine
2003-present Editorial Board, Obesity (Formerly Obesity Research). (First term under Barbara Corkey, reinstated for second term under Chief Editor Richard Bergman)
University Affiliations
2005-present Head, Macro and Built Environment, Interdisciplinary Obesity Center
2004-present Fellow, Center for Urban and Regional Studies
2004-present Leader, Obesity & Metabolic Disease, Flexible interdisciplinary Research Group, Center for Environmental Health and Susceptibility
2001-present Fellow, Carolina Population Center
PUBLICATIONS
Invited Book Chapters
Thompson AL, Gordon-Larsen P. (2011). The anthropology of obesity. Chapter 5. In: Oxford handbook of the social science of obesity. (Cawley J, ed.) Cambridge: Oxford. Pages 60-86.
Gordon-Larsen P, Reynolds KD. (2006). Influence of the built environment on physical activity and obesity in children and adolescents. Chapter 15. In: Handbook of pediatric obesity: Etiology, pathophysiology, and prevention. (Goran MI, and Sothern MS, eds.) Boca Raton: Taylor & Francis. Pages 255-70.
Popkin BM, Gordon-Larsen P. (2006). An international perspective on pediatric obesity. Chapter 4. In: Handbook of pediatric obesity: Etiology, pathophysiology, and prevention. (Goran MI, and Sothern MS, eds.) Boca Raton: Taylor & Francis. Pages 53-66.
Gordon-Larsen P, Popkin BM. (2006). Global perspectives of adolescent obesity. Chapter 2. In: Childhood obesity: Contemporary issues. (Cameron N, Norgan NC, and Ellison GTH, eds.) Boca Raton: Taylor & Francis. Pages 13-23.
Harris KM, King RB, Gordon-Larsen P. (2005). Healthy habits among adolescents: Sleep, exercise, diet, and body image. In: What do children need to flourish? Conceptualizing and measuring indicators of positive development. Series: The Search Institute Series on Developmentally Attentive Community and Society, Vol. 3. (Moore KA, and Lippman L, eds.) New York: Springer Science & Business Publishers. Pages 111-32.
Johnston FE, Gordon-Larsen P. (1999). Poverty, nutrition, and obesity in the urban USA. In: Urbanism, health, and human biology in industrialised countries. (Schell LM, and Ulijaszek S, eds.) Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Pages 192-209.
Published Peer Reviewed Articles
Invited Refereed Journal Articles
Gordon-Larsen P., Jones-Smith J. (2012) The challenge of ameliorating hunger while simultaneously preventing obesity. Lancet. 380:787-9.
Mattes RD, Foster G, Gordon-Larsen P. (2011) Food Environment and Obesity. Section entitled “"Food Availability/Convenience and Obesity." Consensus Statement, Medical Nutrition Council of the American Society of Nutrition. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 11 Pages.
Gordon-Larsen P. and Popkin BM. (2011) Understanding socioeconomic and racial/ethnic status disparities in diet, exercise and weight: underlying contextual factors and pathways. Journal of the American Dietetic Association 111: 1816-9. PMCID: PMC Journal – In Process.
Refereed Journal Articles
†Indicates that the first author is a student or Postdoctoral fellow for whom I am the primary mentor.
*Indicates that I am the senior author.
*†The N, Richardson AS, Gordon-Larsen P. (In press). Timing and duration of obesity in relation to diabetes: Findings from an ethnically diverse, nationally representative sample. Diabetes Care. 35 page manuscript.
*†Graff M, North KE, Mohlke KL, Lange LA, Luo J, Harris KM, Young KM, Richardson AS, Lange EM, Gordon-Larsen P, (In press). Estimation of genetic effects on BMI during adolescence in an ethnically diverse cohort: The National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health. Nutrition and Diabetes. 24 page manuscript
*†Attard S, Herring AH, Mayer-Davis EJ, Popkin BM, Meigs JB, Gordon-Larsen P. (In press). Multilevel examination of diabetes in modernizing China: What elements of urbanization are most associated with diabetes? Diabetologia. DOI 10.1007/s00125-012-2697-8. 11 page Proof.
*†Graff M, North KE, Franceschini N, Reiner AP, Feitosa M, Carr JJ, Gordon-Larsen P, Wojczynski MK, Borecki IB. (2012). PNPLA3 gene-by-visceral adipose tissue volume interaction and the pathogenesis of fatty liver disease: The NHLBI Family Heart Study. Accepted by Int J Obes, doi: 10.1038/ijo.2012.65. 30 page manuscript.
Yan S, Li J, Li S, Zhang B, Du S, Gordon-Larsen P, Adair L, Popkin B. (2012). The expanding burden of cardiometabolic risk in China: the China Health and Nutrition Survey. Obes Rev. 13(9):810-21. doi: 10.1111/j.1467-789X.2012.01016. 37 page manuscript.
Gordon-Larsen P, Adair LS, Meigs JB, Mayer-Davis E, Herring A, Yan S, Zhang B, Shufa D, Popkin BM. (2012). Discordant Risk: Overweight and cardiometabolic risk in Chinese adults Gordon-Larsen: Overweight and Cardiometabolic Risk in China. Obesity (Silver Spring). doi: 10.1038/oby.2012.152
*†Richardson AS, Boone-Heinonen J, Popkin BM, Gordon-Larsen P. (2012). Are neighbourhood food resources distributed inequitably by income and race in the USA? Epidemiological findings across the urban spectrum Br Med J Open 2012;2:e000698; 1-9.
*†Boone-Heinonen J, Gordon-Larsen P. (2012). Obesogenic environments in youth: conceptual and methodological insights and future directions from research in a longitudinal, national sample. Am J Prev Med 42: e37-e46.
Dearth-Wesley T, Gordon-Larsen P, Adair LS, Zhang B, Popkin BM. (2012). Longitudinal, cross-cohort comparison of physical activity patterns in Chinese mothers and children. Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act 9:1-11. PMCID: PMC Journal – In Process
North KE, *†Graff M, Franceschini N, Reiner AP, Feitosa MF, Carr JJ, Gordon-Larsen P, Wojczynski MK, Borecki IB. (2012). Sex and race differences in the prevalence of fatty liver disease as measured by computed tomography liver attenuation in European American and African American participants of the NHLBI family heart study. Eur J Gastroenterol Hepatol. 24:9-16. PMCID: PMC Journal – In Process.
Jones-Smith JC, Gordon-Larsen P, Siddiqi A, Popkin BM. (2011). Is the burden of overweight shifting to the poor across the globe? Time trends among women in 39 low- and middle-income countries (1991-2008). Int J Obes 179: 1-9. PMCID: PMC Journal – In Process.
Gordon-Larsen P. Popkin BM, Guilkey DK. (2011). An economic analysis of community-level fast food prices and individual-level fast food intake: a longitudinal study. Health Place 17:1235-41.PMCID: PMC Journal – In Process.
*†Boone-Heinonen J, Gordon-Larsen P, Kiefe CI, Shikany JM, Lewis CE, Popkin BM. Fast Food Restaurants and Food Stores: Longitudinal Associations With Diet in Young to Middle-aged Adults: The CARDIA Study. (2011). Arch Intern Med 171:1162-70. PMCID: PMC Journal – In Process
Dearth-Wesley T, Gordon-Larsen P P, Adair LS, Siega-Riz AM, Zhang B, Popkin BM. (2011). Less Traditional Diets in Chinese Mothers and Children Are Similarly Linked to Socioeconomic and Cohort Factors but Vary with Increasing Child Age. J Nutr 141:1705-11 PMCID: PMC3159056
*†Hou N, Popkin BM, Jacobs DR, Jr., Song, Y, Guilkey DK, He K, Lewis CE, Gordon-Larsen P. (2011). Longitudinal trends in gasoline price and physical activity: the CARDIA study. Prev Med 52:365-9. PMCID: PMC2962449
Jones-Smith JC, Gordon-Larsen P, Siddiqi A, Popkin BM. (2011). Emerging disparities in overweight by educational attainment in Chinese adults (1989-2006). Int J Obes (Lond) 134; 1-10. PMCID: PMC Journal – In Process
Jones-Smith JC, Gordon-Larsen P, Siddiqi A, Popkin BM. (2011). Cross-national comparisons of time trends in overweight inequality by socioeconomic status among women using repeated cross-sectional surveys from 37 developing countries, 1989-2007. Am J Epidemiol 173:667-75. PMCID: PMC3105263
*† Richardson AS, Boone-Heinonen J, Popkin BM, Gordon-Larsen P. (2011). Neighborhood fast food restaurants and fast food consumption: A national study. BMC Public Health 11:543. PMCID: PMC3160374
*† Scharoun-Lee M, Gordon-Larsen P, Adair LS, Popkin BM, Kaufman JS, Suchindran CM. (2011). Intergenerational Profiles of Socioeconomic (Dis)advantage and Obesity During the Transition to Adulthood. Demography 48:625-51. PMCID: PMC21491185
Zamora D, Gordon-Larsen P, He K, Jacobs DR, Jr., Shikany JM, Popkin BM. (2011). Are the 2005 Dietary Guidelines for Americans Associated With reduced risk of type 2 diabetes and cardiometabolic risk factors? Twenty-year findings from the CARDIA study. Diabetes Care 34:1183-5. PMCID: PMC2937583
*† Boone-Heinonen JE, Diez-Roux AV, Kiefe CI, Lewis CE, Guilkey DK, Gordon-Larsen P. (2011). Neighborhood socioeconomic status predictors of physical activity through young to middle adulthood: The CARDIA study. Soc Sci Med 72:641-9. PMCID: PMC3061839
*† Graff M, North KE, Monda KL, Lange EM, Lange LA, Guo G, Gordon-Larsen P. (2011). The combined influence of genetic factors and sedentary activity on body mass changes from adolescence to young adulthood: The National Longitudinal Adolescent Health Study. Diabetes Metab Res Rev 27(1): 63-9. PMCID: PMC3040976
*† Boone-Heinonen JE, Gordon-Larsen P, Guilkey DK, Jacobs DR, Jr., Popkin BM. (2011). Environment and physical activity dynamics: The role of residential self-selection. Psychol Sport Exerc 12(1): 54-60. NIHMSID: NIHMS152132
*† The NS, Suchindran CM, North KE, Popkin BM, Gordon-Larsen P. (2010). Association of adolescent obesity with risk of severe obesity in adulthood. JAMA 304(18): 2042-7.
*† Boone-Heinonen JE, Gordon-Larsen P. (2010). Life stage and sex specificity in relationships between the built and socioeconomic environments and physical activity. J Epid Comm Health 2011; 65:847-852. NIHMSID: NIHMS248601
*† Hou N, Popkin BM, Jacobs DR, Jr., Song Y, Guilkey DK, Lewis CE, Gordon-Larsen P. (2010). Longitudinal associations between neighborhood-level street network with walking, bicycling, and jogging/running: The CARDIA study. Health Place 16(6): 1206-15. PMCID: PMC2962449
*† Boone-Heinonen JE, Casanova K, Richardson AS, Gordon-Larsen P. (2010). Where can they play? Outdoor spaces and physical activity among adolescents in U.S. urbanized areas. Prev Med 51(3-4): 295-8. PMCID: PMC2962438
*† Boone-Heinonen JE, Popkin BM, Song Y, Gordon-Larsen P. (2010). What neighborhood area captures built environment features related to adolescent physical activity? Health Place 16(6): 1280-6. PMCID: PMC3005308
*† Boone-Heinonen JE, Guilkey DK, Evenson KR, Gordon-Larsen P. (2010). Residential self-selection bias in the estimation of built environment effects on physical activity between adolescence and young adulthood. Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act 7: 70; 1-11. PMCID: PMC2959083
Duffey KJ, Gordon-Larsen P, Steffen LM, Jacobs DR, Jr., Popkin BM. (2010). Drinking caloric beverages increases the risk of adverse cardiometabolic outcomes in the Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults (CARDIA) study. Am J Clin Nutr 92(4): 954-9. PMCID: PMC2937591
Zamora D, Gordon-Larsen P, Jacobs DR, Jr., Popkin BM. (2010). Diet quality and weight gain among black and white young adults: The Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults (CARDIA) study (1985-2005). Am J Clin Nutr 92(4): 784-93. PMCID: PMC2937583
*† The NS, Adair LS, Gordon-Larsen P. (2010). A study of the birth weight–obesity relation using a longitudinal cohort and sibling and twin pairs. Am J Epid 172(5): 549-57. PMCID: PMC3025637
Gordon-Larsen P, The NS, Adair LS. (2010). Longitudinal trends in obesity in the United States from adolescence to the third decade of life. Obesity 18(9): 1801-4. PMCID: PMC2929301
*Robinson WR, Stevens J, Kaufman JS, Gordon-Larsen P. (2010).The role of adolescent behaviors in the female–male disparity in obesity incidence in US black and white young adults. Obesity 18(7): 1429-36. PMCID: PMC2888698
*North KE, Graff M, Adair LS, Lange EM, Lange LA, Guo G, Gordon-Larsen P. (2010). Genetic epidemiology of BMI and body mass change from adolescence to young adulthood. Obes 18(7): 1474-6. PMCID: PMC2889186
*† Boone-Heinonen JE, Evenson KR, Song Y, Gordon-Larsen P. (2010). Built and socioeconomic environments: Patterning and associations with physical activity in U.S. adolescents. Int J Behav Nutr Phys Activity 7(1): 45. PMCID: PMC Journal – In Process
Cerda M, Diez-Roux AV, Tgetchen ET, Gordon-Larsen P, Kiefe CI. (2010). The relationship between neighborhood poverty and alcohol use: Estimation by marginal structural models. Epidemiology 21(4): 482-9.
Duffey KJ, Gordon-Larsen P, Shikany JM, Guilkey DK, Jacobs DR, Jr., Popkin BM. (2010). Food price and diet and health outcomes: 20 years of the CARDIA study. Arch Intern Med 170(5): 420-6. NIHMSID: NIHMS190425
*Perrin EM, Boone JE, Field AE, Coyne-Beasley T, Gordon-Larsen P. (2010). Perception of overweight and self-esteem during adolescence. Int J Eat Disord 43(5): 447-54. PMCID: PMC2882505
Dahly DL, Gordon-Larsen P, Popkin BM, Kaufman JS, Adair LS. (2010). Associations between multiple indicators of socioeconomic status and obesity in young adult Filipinos vary by gender, urbanicity, and indicator used. J Nutr 140(2): 366-70. PMCID: PMC2806889
Duffey KJ, Gordon-Larsen P, Steffen LM, Jacobs DR, Jr., Popkin BM. (2009). Regular consumption from fast food establishments relative to other restaurants is differentially associated with metabolic outcomes in young adults. J Nutr 139(11): 2113-8. PMCID: PMC2762152
*† Boone-Heinonen JE, Jacobs DR, Jr., Sidney S, Sternfeld B, Lewis CE. Gordon-Larsen P. (2009). A walk (or cycle) to the park: Active transit to neighborhood amenities, the CARDIA study. Am J Prev Med 37(4): 285-92. PMCID: PMC2881319
Gordon-Larsen P, Boone-Heinonen JE, Sidney S, Sternfeld B, Jacobs DR, Jr., Lewis CE. (2009). Active commuting and cardiovascular disease risk: The CARDIA study. Arch Intern Med 169(13): 1216-23. PMCID: PMC2736383
Khan LK, Sobush K, Keener D, Goodman K, Lowry A, Kakietek J, Zaro S, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Gordon-Larsen, P., Collaborating Author). (2009). Recommended community strategies and measurements to prevent obesity in the United States. MMWR Recomm Rep 58: 1-26.
*† The NS, Gordon-Larsen P. (2009). Entry into romantic partnership is associated with obesity. Obes 17(7): 1441-7. PMCID: PMC2745942
*† Scharoun-Lee M, Kaufman JS, Popkin BM, Gordon-Larsen P. (2009). Obesity, race/ethnicity and life course socioeconomic status across the transition from adolescence to adulthood. J Epidemiol Community Health 63(2): 133-9. PMCID: PMC2627789
Lee H, Harris KM, Gordon-Larsen P. (2009). Life course perspectives on the links between poverty and obesity during the transition to young adulthood. Popul Research Pol Rev 28(4): 505-32. PMCID: PMC2743510
*† Boone- Heinonen JE, Evenson KR, Taber DR, Gordon-Larsen P. (2009). Walking for prevention of cardiovascular disease in men and women: A systematic review of observational studies. Obesity Rev 10(2): 204-17. PMCID: PMC2782938
* Robinson WR, Gordon-Larsen P, Kaufman JS, Suchindran CM, Stevens J. (2009). The female-male disparity in obesity prevalence among black American young adults: Contributions of sociodemographic characteristics of the childhood family. Am J Clin Nutr 89(4): 1204-12. PMCID: PMC2667464
†* Scharoun-Lee M, Adair LS, Kaufman JS, Gordon-Larsen P. (2009). Obesity, race/ethnicity and the multiple dimensions of socioeconomic status during the transition to adulthood: A factor analysis approach. Soc Sci Med 68(4): 708-16. PMCID: PMC2755235
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