Erica P. Gunderson

General / Preventive / Lipids

Kaiser Permanente

About

Erica P. Gunderson works in General / Preventive / Lipids affiliated with Kaiser Permanente.

Erica P. Gunderson, PhD, MPH, is a senior research scientist at Kaiser Permanente Northern California Division of Research and a professor of Health Systems Science at Kaiser Permanente Bernard J. Tyson School of Medicine. She is a reproductive life-course epidemiologist studying the lasting effects of pregnancy outcomes and lactation on future metabolic and cardiovascular health outcomes in women. She has authored more than 140 peer-reviewed papers on these topics.

Research focus

Cardiometabolic risk following gestational diabetesLactation intensity and future type 2 diabetes/CVDPregnancy outcomes as predictors of long-term cardiovascular healthEarly pregnancy blood pressure trajectories and hypertensive disordersLife-course epidemiology of reproductive factors and CVD in women

Impact

253 pubs · 15,014 cites · h-index 60

Training

BS Biological Sciences
Stanford University
MPH and MS in Public Health/Nutritional Sciences
University of California, Berkeley
PhD in Epidemiology
University of California, Berkeley

Affiliations

Work Experience

Senior Research Scientist

Kaiser Permanente Northern California Division of Research

Professor, Department of Health Systems Science

Kaiser Permanente Bernard J. Tyson School of Medicine