معرفی
Courtney Choy is a Research Fellow in Chronic Disease Epidemiology at the Yale School of Public Health. She is a Fogarty Global Health Scholar affiliated with Samoa’s Ministry of Health, co-leading the fourth wave of the Ola Tuputupua’e study and supporting the Obesity Lifestyle and Genetic Adaptation (OLaGA) group. Her work focuses on child growth, cardiometabolic disease, and Pacific Islander health, with a focus on Samoa. Dr. Choy holds a PhD from Brown University, an MPH from Yale, and a BS from Georgetown University.
Research Interests:
- Child growth and development
- Cardiometabolic disease mechanisms
- Life course epidemiology
- Longitudinal and multilevel data analysis
- Global health equity in Pacific Islander populations
Publications: Her 15 most recent articles (2020–2023) analyze obesity genetics (CREBRF variants), anemia-obesity correlations in children, dietary patterns, physical activity metrics, and environmental exposures like Bisphenol-A. Key themes include Samoa’s double burden of malnutrition and cardiometabolic risk factors.
Labs/Teams: Collaborates with the OLaGA group and mentors/co-leads the Ola Tuputupua’e cohort study. Works under mentors Dr. Nicola Hawley (Yale) and Leausa S.T. Dr. Take Naseri (Samoa).
