Joanne S. Harrell
General / Preventive / Lipids
Florida State University
About
Joanne S. Harrell works in General / Preventive / Lipids affiliated with Florida State University.
Joanne S. Harrell is Professor Emeritus at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Nursing. She led the Cardiovascular Health in Children (CHIC) Study, a randomized field trial examining school-based interventions to reduce cardiovascular disease risk factors in elementary school children. She has also contributed to the HEALTHY Study on school-based approaches to lower type 2 diabetes risk factors.
Research focus
School-based interventions for cardiovascular risk reductionPhysical activity and obesity in children and adolescentsCardiovascular health promotion in youthMetabolic disease risk factorsLifestyle and diet interventions
Impact
118 pubs · 3,990 cites · h-index 35
Training
PhD
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Affiliations
Work Experience
Professor Emeritus
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Nursing
Professor
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Nursing