Ansvars/forskningsområder
Jennifer L. Baker er forskningsleder for
forskningsgruppen "Life Course Epidemiology" i Sektion for Epidemiologi.
Jennifer fik sin ph.d. i Human Nutrition fra Cornell University. Jennifer har
etableret et forskningsprogram, der undersøger årsager og langtidskonsekvenser
af kropstørrelse og vækst i barndommen, som tager udgangspunkt i Det
Københavnske Skolelægejournalregistre koblet med nationale sundhedsregistre. Jennifer er med i
flere videnskabelige kommiteer og er co-chair for Childhood Obesity Task Force
for the European Association for the Study of Obesity.
Anerkendelser
2017: Appointed
as a Fellow of The Obesity Society (USA)
2016: Member of
the Handbook on Obesity and Cancer working group at the International Agency
for Research on Cancer, Lyon, France
2013: Editorial
Board member, International Journal of Obesity
2012: European
Research Council Starting Grant n° 281419, Project title "Childhood body
size, growth and pubertal timing and the risk of cancer in adulthood" €1,200,000
Udvalgte publikationer
Bjerregaard LG, Jensen BW, Angquist L, Osler M, Sørensen TIA, Baker JL. Change in Overweight from Childhood to Early Adulthood and Risk of Type 2 Diabetes. N Engl J Med 2018;378(14):1302-12.
Gjaerde LK, Gamborg M, Angquist L, Truelsen TC, Sørensen TIA, Baker JL. Association of Childhood Body Mass Index and Change in Body Mass Index With First Adult Ischemic Stroke. JAMA Neurol 2017;74(11):1312-8.
Kitahara CM, Gamborg M, Berrington de Gonzalez A, Sørensen TIA, Baker JL. Childhood height and body mass index were associated with risk of adult thyroid cancer in a large cohort study. Cancer Res 2014;74(1):235-42.
Zimmermann E, Gamborg M, Sørensen TIA, Baker JL. Sex Differences in the Association Between Birth Weight and Adult Type 2 Diabetes. Diabetes 2015;64(12):4220-5.
Baker JL, Olsen LW, Sørensen TIA. Childhood body-mass index and the risk of coronary heart disease in adulthood. N Engl J Med 2007;357(23):2329-37.