Discipline(s):
Epidemiology
Area(s) of Expertise:
Obesity, Sex Differences in Obesity Prevalence
E-Mail:
whitney_robinson@unc.edu
Background:
Whitney Robinson will receive her PhD in epidemiology from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 2008. Her dissertation explores reasons why obesity prevalence is much greater in young U.S. Black women than in young U.S. Black men. Specifically, her research investigates to what extent adolescent behaviors and family demographics are associated with this gender disparity. As a Health & Society Scholar, Whitney intends to estimate causal associations between obesity and various health outcomes. As part of this research, she will control for residual confounding factors, such as “healthy-user bias” and multiple dimensions of socioeconomic position, that may have affected estimates from previous studies. Whitney also holds a master’s degree in epidemiology from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where she researched the association between early-life body size and rate of prostate cancer later in life.
Journal Articles:
Click here for a list of Whitney Robinson's available publications in PubMed.
