Overview
LaShaunta Glover is an epidemiologist with expertise in cardiovascular, social, and genetic epidemiology. Her research focuses on evaluating and understanding the social determinants of health that exacerbate cardiovascular disease. Her research additionally focuses on exploring social-biological pathways to cardiovascular disease risk with specific focus on OMICs (e.g. epigenomics, proteomics, metabolomics), as a way to understand how social factors lead to upstream cardiovascular disease. Dr. Glover primarily utilizes data from longitudinal cohort studies to understand these associations and is passionate about investigating reasons for health disparities in populations.
Current Appointments & Affiliations
Assistant Professor in Population Health Sciences
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2024 - Present
Population Health Sciences,
Basic Science Departments
Member in the Duke Clinical Research Institute
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2023 - Present
Duke Clinical Research Institute,
Institutes and Centers
Recent Publications
Quantifying Social Determinants of Health for Disease Prediction: A Multi-Level Approach Using Healthy People 2030 and All of Us Data.
Preprint · September 3, 2025 Full text Link to item CiteAlterations in DNA Methylation, Proteomic, and Metabolomic Profiles in African Ancestry Populations with APOL1 Risk Alleles.
Journal Article J Am Soc Nephrol · April 7, 2025 KEY POINTS: We aimed to elucidate potential methylation, proteomic, and metabolomic mechanisms by which APOL1 variants may be linked to kidney disease. We report distinct methylation profiling between APOL1 risk allele carriers and noncarriers, many near A ... Full text Link to item CiteDNA methylation near MAD1L1, KDM2B, and SOCS3 mediates the effect of socioeconomic status on elevated body mass index in African American adults.
Journal Article Hum Mol Genet · October 7, 2024 Obesity and poverty disproportionally affect African American persons. Epigenetic mechanisms could partially explain the association between socioeconomic disadvantage and body mass index (BMI). We examined the extent to which epigenetic mechanisms mediate ... Full text Link to item CiteRecent Grants
Proteomic Biomarkers of Incident Cognitive Impairment in Black and White Adults
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill · 2024 - 2029REGARDS-MI-4
ResearchInvestigator · Awarded by Weill Cornell Medicine · 2022 - 2026Jackson Heart Study Cardiovascular Disease Working Group and Medicare Data Linkage
ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by University of Mississippi Medical Center · 2023 - 2025View All Grants
Education, Training & Certifications
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill ·
2022
Ph.D.
University of Mississippi ·
2015
M.S.