June Stevens

June Stevens, Professor of Nutrition and Epidemiology at UNC-CH, has research interests that include obesity, nutrition, and epidemiology. She is an investigator with Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC), a large prospective cohort study that contains information on white and African American men and women aged 45-64 years at baseline with a maximum of 4 examinations between 1987 and 1998. Stevens is currently examining the association between nutritional factors (obesity, diet, and alcohol) and functional limitations, disability (Activities of Daily Living, Instrumental Activities of Daily Living), and retirement issues in the ARIC cohort. She is also interested in the association between obesity and coronary heart disease, diabetes, hypertension, and mortality. Stevens has a long-standing interest in minority health.