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Dr. Andrea L. Deierlein is the Director of Public Health Nutrition and an Associate Professor at the NYU School of Global Public Health. Her research focuses on the intersection of dietary, behavioral, and environmental factors influencing reproductive health outcomes and chronic diseases across the lifespan. Trained as a nutritional epidemiologist, her work emphasizes maternal metabolic health during pregnancy and postpartum phases, including studies on gestational weight gain, hyperglycemia, and obesity. She has contributed to evidence-based guidelines for gestational weight management and expanded her research to include toxic environmental chemical exposures and disability-related health disparities.
Her training included a K99/R00 Pathway to Independence Award, enabling studies on endocrine-disrupting chemicals' effects on childhood growth and maternal cardiometabolic health. Recent work explores disparities in nutrition and reproductive health among marginalized populations. Dr. Deierlein's research has informed national guidelines and addresses critical gaps in understanding environmental and dietary influences on health.
- Research Interests: Maternal and child health, environmental toxicology, nutritional epidemiology, disability health disparities
- Key Contributions: Systematic reviews for IOM gestational weight gain guidelines, studies on phthalate exposures in pregnancy, DASH diet and cardiovascular outcomes in South Asian populations
- Grants & Collaborations: NIH-funded studies on environmental chemicals, PROGRESS cohort research in Mexico City, MASALA study on South Asian health
- Labs/Teams: Lead researcher in NYU Children's Health and Environment Study
