Lisa Bodnar is an American nutritional and perinatal epidemiologist. She is the Vice-Chair for Research and a tenured professor at

University of Pittsburgh The University of Pittsburgh (Pitt) is a Commonwealth System of Higher Education, state-related research university in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. The university is composed of seventeen undergraduate and graduate schools and colle ...

. Her research focuses on the contributions of

pregnancy Pregnancy is the time during which one or more offspring gestation, gestates inside a woman's uterus. A multiple birth, multiple pregnancy involves more than one offspring, such as with twins. Conception (biology), Conception usually occurs ...

weight gain, dietary patterns, maternal

obesity Obesity is a medical condition, considered by multiple organizations to be a disease, in which excess Adipose tissue, body fat has accumulated to such an extent that it can potentially have negative effects on health. People are classifi ...

, and maternal

vitamin D Vitamin D is a group of structurally related, fat-soluble compounds responsible for increasing intestinal absorption of calcium, magnesium, and phosphate, along with numerous other biological functions. In humans, the most important compo ...

deficiency to adverse pregnancy and birth outcomes.

Education

In 1998, Lisa M. Bodnar graduated summa cum laude with a Bachelor of Science in Public Health with a major in

nutrition Nutrition is the biochemistry, biochemical and physiology, physiological process by which an organism uses food and water to support its life. The intake of these substances provides organisms with nutrients (divided into Macronutrient, macro- ...

from

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC, UNC–Chapel Hill, or simply Carolina) is a public university, public research university in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States. Chartered in 1789, the university first began enrolli ...

. She completed her dietetic internship at UNC Hospitals in 1998. She graduated with a Master of Public Health in the Department of Nutrition at

UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health The UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health is the public health school at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, a public university in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. It offers undergraduate and graduate degrees and is accredited by ...

at the

in 1999. Bodnar earned a Doctor of Philosophy in nutrition with a minor in epidemiology from UNC Chapel Hill in 2002. From 2002 to 2004, she conducted her postdoctoral research in reproductive biology at Magee-Womens Research Institute and the

University of Pittsburgh Medical Center UPMC is an American integrated delivery system, integrated global nonprofit health enterprise that has 100,000 employees, 40 hospitals with more than 8,000 licensed beds, 800 clinical locations including outpatient sites and doctors' offices, a ...

Career

Bodnar is a nutritional and perinatal epidemiologist. She is the Vice-Chair for Research and a tenured professor of epidemiology at

. Bodnar holds a secondary appointment in th
Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences
She is a registered dietitian and licensed nutritionist in Pennsylvania. Bodnar has contributed her experience to several national panels that set guidelines for nutrition during pregnancy, including th
Institute of Medicine Committee to Reevaluate Pregnancy Weight Gain Guidelinesthe National Academies of Medicine Committee on Scoping Existing Guidelines for Feeding Recommendations for Infants and Young Children Under Age 2
and th
US Departments of Agriculture and Health and Human Services Pregnancy Working Group
that will provide evidence for the 202
Dietary Guidelines for Americans
Her research has been cited over 11,000 times in journals published in 21 languages from 108 countries in all regions of the world. Her work has been used in 9 reports of the National Academy of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine, as well as key recommendations, practice guidelines or action statements from the

American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) is a professional association of physicians specializing in obstetrics and gynecology in the United States. Several Latin American countries are also represented within Districts of ...

, th
U.S. Preventive Task Force
the

American Public Health Association The American Public Health Association (APHA) is a Washington, D.C.–based professional membership and advocacy organization for public health professionals in the United States. APHA is the largest professional organization of public health pr ...

and the

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ; pronounced "ark" by initiates and often "A-H-R-Q" by the public) is one of twelve agencies within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). The agency is headquartered in North ...

, along with international agencies, including the

World Health Organization The World Health Organization (WHO) is a list of specialized agencies of the United Nations, specialized agency of the United Nations which coordinates responses to international public health issues and emergencies. It is headquartered in Gen ...

Awards

* Young Professional Achievement Award from the National Coalition for Excellence in Maternal and Child Health Epidemiology. * University of Pittsburgh 2013 Chancellor's Distinguished Research Award in the Junior Scholar category.

Selected works and publications

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References

External links

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