June Stevens, PhD
About
Dr. June Stevens is an obesity epidemiologist with a large research program focusing on the causes, consequences, and prevention of obesity. She studies the impact of obesity on cancer, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, metabolic syndrome, physical functioning and hospitalizations. Her work on causes of obesity includes ethnicity, acculturation, state-level policies and home environments, to name but a few. Her prevention work includes multiple studies, starting with the Pathways trial that developed and tested programs to prevent obesity in American Indian children.June Stevens in the Gillings News
Honors and Awards
Stunkard Lifetime Achievement Award
2018, The Obesity Society
Authored Article Cited as a Top News Story of 2014 by The Obesity Society
2014, The Obesity Society
Affiliate of Corpus Christy College
2013-present, Cambridge University
Receipient of the 2012 Centrum Center Award
2012, American Society for Nutrition
Representative Courses
NUTR 885 Doctoral Seminar
NUTR 814/EPI 261 Obesity Epidemiology
Research Interests:
Cancer, Nutrition and Physical Activity, ObesityPractice Activities
Active Projects
Childhood Obesity Prevention and Treatment Research Coordinating Unit
Measurements to enhance research in childhood obesity (Ancilliary project to Childhood Obesity Prevention and Treatment Research Coordinating Unit)
A Novel Diet Phenotype Interaction Affecting body weight
Nutrition Innovation Collaboration
Percent body fat equations for the United States Population
Education
- Fellow, Epidemiology, Medical Univ. of So Carolina, 1987
- Fellow, Epidemiology, New England Epid Institute, 1992
- PhD, Human Nuitrition, Cornell University, 1986
- MA, Human Nutrition, Pennsylvania State, 1978
- RD, Clinical Dietetics, Cleveland Metro. Gen. Hosp, 1975
