Lenora Goodman

Picture of Lenora Goodman in a black top in front of a tree outside
she/her
PhD Student
Epidemiology and Community Health
Biography

Lenora is a PhD student in social and behavioral epidemiology at the University of Minnesota School of Public Health and a predoctoral fellow on the Minnesota Obesity Prevention Training Program (MnOPT) working with Dr. Nancy Sherwood. She is a mixed-methods researcher focused on social and structural determinants of maternal, child, and adolescent health with an emphasis on health equity and intersectionality. Lenora is a registered dietitian whose research interests are informed by previous work experience for the Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) program and in clinical pediatric endocrinology. With this background in health behavior, Lenora’s previous projects have examined how parents and children navigate nutrition and weight to inform clinical and public health interventions aimed at preventing nutrition-related chronic disease. Her current and upcoming projects include examining social determinants of pediatric cardiovascular health and evaluating federal food assistance programs.