Leanne M. Redman is a physiologist. She is an LPFA Endowed Fellowship Professor at the

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of the Louisiana State University System, where she studies

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. She was lead researcher on a study that found that low-calorie diets decreased the effects of aging. Redman received the 2018 NPA Garnett-Powers & Associates Mentor Award in recognition of support for post-doctorate mentee scholars in her reproductive endocrinology lab. In October 2023, Redman was honored by The Obesity Society with the 2023 TOPS Research Achievement Award, in recognition to her contributions to the field of obesity.

Education

Redman did her undergraduate studies in human movement science at

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in Australia, earning a bachelor's degree with honors there in 2000. She completed a doctorate at the

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in 2004. In 2011 she added a master's degree in

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from

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