Deepika Laddu

Dr. Laddu received her PhD in nutritional sciences, with a minor in medical pharmacology from the University of Arizona. She completed her postdoctoral fellowship in cardiovascular disease prevention research at the Stanford Prevention Research Center (Stanford University).

Dr. Laddu's research portfolio is largely founded in lifestyle/behavior change and health promotion for chronic disease prevention and risk management. As a population health scientist with training in behavioral interventions, her research focuses on developing lifestyle interventions that investigate the preventative and therapeutic effects of nutrition, exercise and physical activity for cardiovascular and metabolic health outcomes. Her current projects include investigating the heart-muscle “connection" to evaluate mechanisms of various cardiovascular diseases in older adults with cardiometabolic and musculoskeletal conditions.