Epidemiology
The purpose of the Epidemiology Section is to provide a forum to increase collaboration and networking among obesity epidemiology researchers, to support and promote research to understand etiology, prevention and management of obesity and to facilitate the dissemination of knowledge to the scientific community, public policy stake holders, and the public.
Goals
- Promote participation in TOS amoung young investigators conducting obesity epidemiology research
- Promote networking and collaboration among TOS obesity epidemiology researchers
- Provide mentoring for young investigators
Resources
One-on-One Mentor Matching Program
The Epidemiology Section One-on-One Mentor Matching program is intended to assist students, postdocs, and junior faculty members plan their careers with the advice of more experienced colleagues.
Learn more by clicking HERE.
News
Join the Epidemiology Section
All section members must be a member of The Obesity Society.
If you are not a member of The Obesity Society, join today. Be certain to select the Epidemiology Section when completing your profile.
If you are already a member and would like to join the Epidemiology Section please login to your member profile and select the Epidemiology Section. Once you have updated your profile, you will receive all communications pertaining to the section.
Please contact Sadie Campbell, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it , Governance and Executive Assistant if you have any questions.
Epidemiology ListServ
Section Listservs are now available for TOS members! Listservs are a great place to find and to share knowledge and ideas. Sign up Today!
Member Listserv Rules & Etiquette
Leaders
Meghan M. Slining, PhD, MPH (Chair 2011-2012)
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, NC
Meghan Slining, PHD, MPH is an Assistant Professor of Nutrition at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She has been a member of TOS and the Epidemiology Section for 6 years. In addition to her involvement in the Epidemiology Section, she currently serves on the TOS Program Planning Committee. Her current research examines food purchasing and dietary behavior patterns in the US and how these factors relate to childhood obesity.
Caroline S. Fox, MD, MPH (Secretary 2010-2012)
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
Framingham, MA
Caroline S. Fox received her BA in English from the University of Michigan, her MPH in Epidemiology from the University of Michigan School of Public Health, and her medical degree from the University of Pennsylvania. She trained in Internal Medicine at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital, where she also completed a fellowship in Endocrinology and Metabolism. For the past nine years, Dr. Fox has been an Investigator at the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute’s Framingham Heart Study, focusing on the epidemiology and genetics of obesity and body fat distribution. She also holds a part-time appointment at Harvard Medical School, in the Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, MA. She is currently an Intra-mural NIH investigator and is the Director of Metabolic Research at the Framingham Heart Study, as well as the Associate Director of the Center for Population Studies within the NHLBI.
Klara J. Rosenquist, MD (Fellow 2011-2012)
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Boston, MA
Klara J. Rosenquist received her BS in Biology, Health and Society from Cornell University and her medical degree from the Medical College of Virginia. She completed her residency in Internal Medicine at Yale New Haven Hospital and is currently an Endocrinology Fellow at Brigham and Women’s Hospital. Her research interests are in the epidemiology of adipose tissue distribution and the cardiometabolic sequelae of obesity. Her current research is on adipose tissue quantification at the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute’s Framingham Heart Study.
Amy Roberts, MS (Fellow 2011-2012)
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, NC
Amy Roberts received her BS in Biology from the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill and MS in Nutrition from Columbia University. After completing her masters she worked at the New York Obesity Research Center at St Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital. She is currently a doctoral student in Nutrition Epidemiology at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill. Her research interests include obesity prevention and economic and environmental determinants of diet.
