Jul 13, 2010

Penny Gordon-Larsen, a CPC Fellow and Associate Professor of Nutrition at UNC, has received the 2010 Lilly Scientific Achievement Award from The Obesity Society. The award recognizes excellence in an established research career and is funded by an annual grant from the Eli Lilly Pharmaceutical Company. Recipients are awarded a plaque and $5,000 prize as well as the opportunity to present the Lilly Scientific Achievement Award Lecture. In October, Gordon-Larsen will attend the 28th Annual Scientific Meeting in San Diego to deliver her lecture “Linking biology, behavior, and environment to understand obesity.”