Barry Popkin

Professor, Department of Nutrition, Gillings School of Public Health, UNC
Director, UNC Interdisciplinary Obesity Center (IDOC)
Director, Nutrition Epidemiology Division
Fellow, Carolina Population Center
Director, The Nutrition Transition Research Program
Adjunct Professor, Department of Economics
Member, Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center

Dr. Popkin's Curriculum Vitae
Email: Popkin@unc.edu
Websites:
http://www.nutrans.org
http://www.cpc.unc.edu/bios/index.php?person=popkin
http://www.sph.unc.edu/nutr

Ph.D., Cornell University, Agricultural Economics (73–74)
M.S., University of Wisconsin, Economics (68–69)
Other graduate work, University of Pennsylvania (67–68)
B.S., University of Wisconsin, Honors in Economics (62–65, 66–67)
Other undergraduate work, University of New Delhi (65–66)

Fields of Interest

The nutrition transition: patterns and determinants of dietary trends and body composition trends (United States and low-income countries); obesity dynamics and their environmental causes; dietary and physical activity patterns, trends, and determinants; the creation of large-scale program and policy initiatives to address nutrition-related noncommunicable diseases.