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Personal profile
Research Interests
Biological anthropology, adaptability, growth and development, nutrition, South America, Asia, and United States.
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Devlopment Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Education/Academic qualification
Bioanthropology, PhD, University of Michigan
… → 1987
Research interests
- Biological anthropology
- Income inequality
- Indigenous amazonians
- Metabolic health
- Yakut (sakha)
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Walking Green: Developing an evidence-base for Nature Prescriptions
Forest Preserve District of Cook County
5/1/16 → 12/31/17
Project: Research project
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Consequences and Context of Stunting in the Bolivian Amazon
University of Georgia, National Science Foundation
7/1/15 → 7/31/21
Project: Research project
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Doctoral Dissertation Improvement: Conceptualizing the Adaptive Significance of Brown Adipose Tissue in Cold Climates
3/1/15 → 2/28/18
Project: Research project
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The adaptive significance of brown fat among the Yakut of Siberia
1/1/15 → 2/29/16
Project: Research project
Research Output
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A standard calculation methodology for human doubly labeled water studies
the IAEA DLW database group, Feb 16 2021, In: Cell Reports Medicine. 2, 2, 100203.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access6 Scopus citations -
Daily energy expenditure through the human life course
IAEA DLW Database Consortium, Aug 13 2021, In: Science. 373, 6556, eabe5017.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Evidence for a sensitive period of plasticity in brown adipose tissue during early childhood among indigenous Siberians
Levy, S. B., Klimova, T. M., Zakharova, R. N., Fedorov, A. I., Fedorova, V. I., Baltakhinova, M. E. & Leonard, W. R., Aug 2021, In: American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 175, 4, p. 834-846 13 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
1 Scopus citations -
Novel applications of minimally invasive biomarkers in human biology research
Leonard, W. R., Jan 1 2021, In: American Journal of Human Biology. 33, 1, e23568.Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial › peer-review
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Reassessing Global Health Education in the Age of COVID-19
Galvin, S., Neubauer, L. C., Leonard, W. R. & Doobay-Persaud, A., 2021, (Accepted/In press) In: Academic Medicine. p. E20Research output: Contribution to journal › Letter › peer-review
Open Access