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 of 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
DNA 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 CiteCardiovascular event reduction among a US population eligible for semaglutide per the SELECT trial.
Journal Article Am Heart J · October 2024 BACKGROUND: Our objective was to determine the number of major cardiovascular events (MACE, nonfatal myocardial infarction, nonfatal stroke, or cardiovascular death) and deaths from any cause that could be prevented across varying nationwide uptake of sema ... Full text Link to item CiteSocial Networks and Cardiovascular Disease Events in the Jackson Heart Study.
Journal Article J Am Heart Assoc · November 21, 2023 BACKGROUND: Cardiovascular disease (CVD) disproportionately affects Black adults. Greater social networks (SNs), or social connectedness, may lower the risk of CVD events. This study determined the association of SNs and incident CVD and tested mediation b ... 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 - 2029Interventions that Address Structural Racism to Reduce Kidney Health Disparities Research Coordinating Center
ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2023 - 2028REGARDS-MI-4
ResearchInvestigator · Awarded by Weill Cornell Medicine · 2022 - 2026View All Grants
Education, Training & Certifications
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill ·
2022
Ph.D.
University of Mississippi ·
2015
M.S.